AFJ leads the fight for equal justice and a federal judiciary that safeguards the rights of all, not just the wealthy and powerful. #CourtsMatter @AFJBeBold
Oct 31, 2022 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Oral arguments are getting started in the two Supreme Court cases challenging #AffirmativeAction. Listen live on the Court's website: supremecourt.gov
For everything you might hear today, remember these two cases challenging #AffirmativeAction were spearheaded by a white activist who has spent decades campaigning against racial equality with huge conservative financial backing. slate.com/news-and-polit…
Dec 20, 2021 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
.@SenatorHagerty should fully support Andre Mathis’s confirmation. We’ve heard no substantive objections from conservatives on Mathis, and Hagerty is wrong on past “precedent” that was accorded Senate Dems under Trump. wapo.st/3mhxAT6
Here’s 17 times GOP Senators confirmed Trump judges for important circuit court seats over strong objections from Senate Dems:
"We had no choice then, and we have no choice now," @NanAron says about overcoming the filibuster nearly a decade ago to confirm President Obama's nominees just as we must do now to pass voting rights legislation.
Jul 12, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
This morning the @HouseJudiciary Committee is holding the second hearing in its series on the importance of diversity on our courts.
#CourtsMatter
As @RepJerryNadler notes, our courts are still dominated by white men, people with Ivy League degrees, and corporate attorneys and prosecutors.
They're more diverse than they once were thanks a committed effort, but there is still progress to be made.
This week, Mitch McConnell filed cloture on a vote to confirm Stephen Schwartz to the Court of Federal Claims.
This nominee's record is ATROCIOUS, so it's time for a thread about what it means if Senate Republicans vote to confirm him.
2. If you've never heard of the CFC, it's sometimes called "the People's Court." It hears monetary claims against the government from contracts, regulations, and more. The goal is to balance government actions with citizen protection, and Schwartz could do great damage there.
Oct 22, 2020 • 26 tweets • 7 min read
We Read All 184 Pages of Barrett's QFR...We found evasiveness that spoke volumes and, with every non-answer, a confirmation of her record, the reason she was nominated, and all the harm she will do....we'll tweet out as many of the terrible answers we can. #BlockBarrett
Barrett would not confirm whether the circumstances of safely voting in the 2020 election are “substantially different” than a regular year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, or whether states have a responsibility to maintain access to voting. #BlockBarrett
