Steven Menashi is undergoing his 3rd attempt to get Senate Judiciary Cmte. approval for a lifetime federal appeals court seat. @maddow explains why he is "one of Donald Trump's most controversial nominees", including a paper trail of troubling opinions. (1/5)
@maddow Before his judicial nomination, Steven Menashi was a top lawyer under Education Sec. Betsy DeVos. He wrote a memo arguing students scammed by for-profit colleges should not have their loans completely forgiven, even if their degree was worthless. (2/5) 
@maddow A judge ruled the policy to be illegal but this did not stop DeVos and the Education Dept. from continuing to charge these scammed students for their loans. (3/5)
@maddow One student did not receive an actual diploma or proper training to get a job in her field, but only 20% of her student loan was forgiven by the Education Dept. (4/5)
@maddow "This education policy from Steven Menashi... proved disastrous for students and embarrassing, expensive and potentially incarcerating for our nation's secretary of education," says @maddow. Senate Judiciary Cmte. is to vote on his nomination Thurs. (5/5) #NBCNewsThreads
