A third of the more than 50 circuit court judges nominated by President Trump since he took office have a “demonstrated history of anti-LGBTQ bias,” according to a new report by an LGBTQ civil rights group.
to the Senate Judiciary Committee opposing Menashi’s confirmation, stating that he had “clearly and consistently expressed his animosity” toward LGBTQ people and people living with HIV through his personal writings. The letter stated Menashi has “unambiguously asserted his opposition to marriage equality,” citing a 2015 article he wrote about the Supreme Court’s landmark Obergefell v.
Allison Jones Rushing arrives at a Senate Judiciary confirmation hearing on her nomination to be a United States circuit judge for the Fourth Circuit in Washington on Oct. 17, 2018.Rushing, 37, was confirmed in March to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia. She made headlines for becoming one of the youngest and least experienced members of the federal judiciary, but also for her, a conservative legal nonprofit with a long record of opposing LGBTQ rights.
Lambda Legal’s report also sounded the alarm on the lack of diversity among the Trump administration’s circuit court nominees , the confirmation of three nominees deemed “not qualified” by the American Bar Association , and the rapid pace at which the administration is filling the courts .
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