A great op-ed by ColorOfChange Campaign Director Arisha Hatch calls on Senate Judiciary Chair Senator Patrick Leahy to do away with the Senates widely-abused blue slips policy, which allows right-wing Senators to veto President Obamas judicial nominees without cause: Thanks to the misuse of blue slips by Republican obstructionists, a bevy of highly qualified Black nominees have been routinely denied confirmation hearings. Long-vacant judgeships -- and the lopsided deals the President has been forced to make in order to fill them -- have put civil rights in harms way. Check out the full article below, and join us in demanding that Senator Leahy throw out the blue slips tradition, and stop allowing the GOP to block Black women from the bench: colorofchange.org/BlueSlips
Posted on: Thu, 01 May 2014 15:48:33 +0000
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