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Trump is elevating judges who could gut the Voting Rights Act
Kevin M. Kruse RetweetedFresh off acquitting Trump, the Senate is confirming judges in the Deep South who oppose the Voting Rights Act.
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Trump is elevating judges who could gut the Voting Rights Act
Alexander Nazaryan National Correspondent, Yahoo News February 12, 2020
WASHINGTON Fresh from handing President Trump a victory in his impeachment trial, the U.S. Senate has moved to install federal judges who have expressed disdain for the Voting Rights Act, the landmark 1965 law that struck down rules across the South that kept African-Americans from the ballot box.
Overturning voting-rights protections tends to benefit Republicans, who have said states, not the federal government, should decide the particulars of how elections are conducted. Some scholars even believe that weakening the Voting Rights Act ahead of the 2016 election helped Trump win the presidency.
The first of those nominees, Andrew L. Brasher, 38, was formerly the solicitor general of Alabama, a position that allowed him to stake out conservative stances on issues from gun control to reproductive rights. He was confirmed to an Alabama district court last year and, in a rapid elevation, was nominated only months later for a seat on the 11th Circuit court of appeals, which is based in Atlanta. Despite intense opposition by progressive groups, Brasher was confirmed by the full Senate on Feb. 11 Link to tweet
" target="_blank">in a 52-43 vote.
He is the 188th judge confirmed during Trumps time in the White House.
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Alexander Nazaryan National Correspondent, Yahoo News February 12, 2020
WASHINGTON Fresh from handing President Trump a victory in his impeachment trial, the U.S. Senate has moved to install federal judges who have expressed disdain for the Voting Rights Act, the landmark 1965 law that struck down rules across the South that kept African-Americans from the ballot box.
Overturning voting-rights protections tends to benefit Republicans, who have said states, not the federal government, should decide the particulars of how elections are conducted. Some scholars even believe that weakening the Voting Rights Act ahead of the 2016 election helped Trump win the presidency.
The first of those nominees, Andrew L. Brasher, 38, was formerly the solicitor general of Alabama, a position that allowed him to stake out conservative stances on issues from gun control to reproductive rights. He was confirmed to an Alabama district court last year and, in a rapid elevation, was nominated only months later for a seat on the 11th Circuit court of appeals, which is based in Atlanta. Despite intense opposition by progressive groups, Brasher was confirmed by the full Senate on Feb. 11 Link to tweet
" target="_blank">in a 52-43 vote.
He is the 188th judge confirmed during Trumps time in the White House.
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Trump is elevating judges who could gut the Voting Rights Act (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Feb 2020
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Poeraria
(219 posts)1. Exactly why we need an electable candidate.
Not a pie-in-the-sky fantasy, but an experienced, electable candidate.
Biden.
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StevieM
(10,500 posts)4. Exactly why we need a candidate who will reform the courts.
They already have the votes they need to do incredible and lasting damage to our democracy.
Faux pas
(14,672 posts)2. Kickin' with disgust!
Dan
(3,559 posts)5. Exactly why we need a candidate
That will help get rid of that sorry son of a bitch Moscow Mitch.