In the latest edition of Yeomans Work, AFJ Senior Justice Fellow Bill Yeomans notes that D.C. Circuit Court nominee Neomi Rao is the latest in a series of Trump judicial nominees who have refused to say whether they think the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education was rightly decided.
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AFJ: Barr Confirmation a “Great Big Valentine” for Trump
Now we have an attorney general who will be happy to look the other way while Trump runs roughshod over the Constitution, at the same time his Justice Department curtails civil rights for everyday Americans.
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House lawmakers roll out bill to make court records free
House lawmakers are planning to introduce a bipartisan bill Wednesday that would make court records free to the public.
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Trump’s replacement for Kavanaugh won’t talk about Brown v. Board of Ed decision
Neomi Rao, the conservative lawyer nominated by President Trump’s to replace Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, refused to say whether Brown v. Board of Education — the Supreme Court decision that desegregated public schools — was correct during her Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday.
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Chad Readler’s Lack of Conscience
Like almost all Trump judicial nominees, Readler has a record of working to undermine constitutional rights and legal protections for all Americans. He has attacked voting rights and rights for women and LGBTQ Americans; worked to eliminate the right to public education in Ohio; defended attacks on immigrants; and sought to weaken protections for workers and consumers.
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Take Roberts Court Defense with a Grain of Salt
For those who have long been fed up with President Trump’s relentless attacks on judges and the justice system, recent days provided a seeming bright spot: the Chief Justice offered a rare pushback against the President. Chief Justice Roberts’s comments that there are no partisan “Obama judges” as the President alleged – nor “Bush judges,” “Clinton judges” or “Trump judges” – looked for all the world like Roberts was claiming some sort of moral high ground. Yet progressives should be very wary of the Chief Justice’s remarks.
Yeomans Work
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Brown, Upside-Down
Neomi Rao is the latest Trump judicial nominee to refuse to say whether she thinks Brown v. Board. of Education was correctly decided. She joins a growing list of Trump picks who refuse to endorse this iconic Supreme Court decision.
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H.R. 1 and Brett Kavanaugh
Democrats are kicking off the new Congress with hearings on H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2019. The bill contains a blueprint for strengthening democracy through reforms in voting, campaign finance, and ethics in all three branches of government. It is massive, ambitious and long overdue.
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