Excerpt: | The committee hearings have witnessed the dog whistles of white supremacy, wild forays into irrelevance, and the kind of raw demagoguery that then-Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman James Eastland deployed on the first Black Americans nominated to the federal bench. It was a classless effort by Republicans to discredit a nominee who embodies class. |
Published at: | 11:52 AM on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022 |
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Written by: | Joel Connelly |
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Categories: | Public Service |
Tags: | Judicial Nominations |
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