Today, Senator Tim Scott announced that he would oppose Thomas Farr, Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Lambda Legal brought together 27 national, state and local LGBT civil rights organizations to urge the Senate Judiciary Committee to oppose the confirmations of Eric Murphy and Chad Readler to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
We are deeply disappointed that a majority of Senators have agreed to advance Brett Kavanaugh to final vote in the face of so many serious concerns and unanswered questions, but this fight is not over.
The decision by the Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to advance by a party-line vote the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Senate for a full floor vote is highly disturbing and extremely dangerous.
We salute the courage of Julie Swetnick, who has now become the third woman to subject herself to public scrutiny and ridicule because Senate Republicans and the White House refuse to take allegations of sexual assault seriously.