Cypress (04-23-2019), Guno צְבִי (04-23-2019), ThatOwlWoman (04-23-2019)
sucking teeth....rolling eyes.....
The Good Ol’ Boys: 2 Years In, Trump Is Making Our Courts A Lot Less Diverse
His lifetime federal judges are almost entirely white, male ideologues. Did someone clone Mike Pence or what?
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump has done something remarkable to the nation’s federal courts: he’s filled up their empty seats with clones of Vice President Mike Pence. Whether it’s for district courts or higher-ranking appeals courts, Trump’s confirmed lifetime judges are overwhelmingly white men with records of opposing abortion, LGBTQ rights and voting rights.A whopping 90% of the Trump picks confirmed for appeals courts in his first two years in office were white, according to a Congressional Research Service analysis. 10% were Asian American. He didn’t confirm any African American or Hispanic circuit judges. In that same period, 92% of his confirmed district court judges were white. 4% were Asian American, 2% were African American and 2% were Hispanic.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump...b0ffefe3b835a6
Cypress (04-23-2019), Guno צְבִי (04-23-2019), ThatOwlWoman (04-23-2019)
Guno צְבִי (04-23-2019), ThatOwlWoman (04-23-2019), TTQ64 (04-23-2019)
Guno צְבִי (04-23-2019)
Yup.
One of the things I do support Trump on is his selection of conservative judges. And at the end of the day conservative judicial philosophy is conservative judicial philosophy regardless of the race of the person ruling. But it's unfortunate Trump and McConnell are not promoting more black and hispanic conservative judges. This is an opportunity to mentor and grow minority judges and it's unfortunate we are not doing so.
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