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In case you missed it, last night, Senate Democrats confirmed longtime voting rights attorney and advocate Myrna Pérez to a lifetime seat on a U.S. appeals court. huffpost.com/entry/myrna-pe…
In case you missed it, last night, Senate Democrats confirmed longtime voting rights attorney and advocate Myrna Pérez to a lifetime seat on a U.S. appeals court. huffpost.com/entry/myrna-pe…
Perez's confirmation comes at a time when voting rights are under assault nationwide.
Republicans in 19 states have enacted at least 31 new laws THIS YEAR to restrict voting rights -- primarily targeting people of color -- and overhaul elections for their own partisan gains.
Republicans in 19 states have enacted at least 31 new laws THIS YEAR to restrict voting rights -- primarily targeting people of color -- and overhaul elections for their own partisan gains.
Not a single Republican senator voted to confirm Perez.
These are the same Republican senators who have now blocked voting rights legislation 3 times this year.
These are the same Republican senators who have now blocked voting rights legislation 3 times this year.
The bill that every Senate Republican filibustered last week, the Freedom to Vote Act, would override new voting restrictions in Republican-run states that build on Trump’s lies about election fraud.
Pérez was confirmed in a 48-43 vote.
Most recently, she was the director of the voting rights and election program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.
She’s been counsel for the center for 15 years.
Most recently, she was the director of the voting rights and election program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.
She’s been counsel for the center for 15 years.
Pérez will now be the only Latina on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
She'll also be just the second Latina to ever serve on this court. The first was Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
She'll also be just the second Latina to ever serve on this court. The first was Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
So rest assured, America, there will now be at least one voting rights expert* with a solid understanding of voting law and voter suppression sitting on the federal bench.
*In a sea of mostly white, male corporate lawyers and former prosecutors.
*In a sea of mostly white, male corporate lawyers and former prosecutors.
More on Perez in here, including Tom Cotton's failed attempt to discredit her during her confirmation hearing: huffpost.com/entry/myrna-pe…
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