These picks are not qualified.
Then-nominee Anthony Kennedy – “I think #BrownvBoard was right when it was decided, and I think it would have been right if it had been decided 80 years ago or 80 before.”
Why won’t Trump nominees Wendy Vitter & Andrew Oldham say the same? pic.twitter.com/7zt2P6Is0X— Senate Democrats (@SenateDems) May 17, 2018
On this anniversary of #BrownvBoard, a reminder that, at her confirmation hearing, judicial nominee Wendy Vitter refused to say whether the landmark ruling was correctly decided. This is disqualifying, and her nomination must be withdrawn. #Brownat64 https://t.co/v60oGDe03C
— Legal Defense Fund (@NAACP_LDF) May 17, 2018
We can’t let this fly under the radar: the Trump administration is systemically appointing extreme judges to the federal bench. Today, over my objections the Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Wendy Vitter, someone who refused to endorse the Brown v. Board decision.
— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) May 24, 2018
On this anniversary of #BrownvBoard, a reminder that, at her confirmation hearing, judicial nominee Wendy Vitter refused to say whether the landmark ruling was correctly decided. This is disqualifying, and her nomination must be withdrawn. #Brownat64 https://t.co/v60oGDe03C
— Legal Defense Fund (@NAACP_LDF) May 17, 2018
It includes “The refusal of Wendy Vitter and Andrew Oldham to endorse the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education is a judicial dog-whistle and should be disqualifying.”
Overview on Trump’s judicial appointments
Trump WH definitely more focused on appeals court judges than Obama WH was, but primary difference is GOP could filibuster Obama's nominees (& Leahy enforced the blue-slip rule), while Dem senators can't filibuster Trump's nominees (& Grassley tossed the blue-slip rule). @jbouie https://t.co/wxIPLtobIM
— Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) July 21, 2018
Sad! 