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Civil rights groups oppose fast-tracked Supreme Court nominee: Nation’s diversity not represented in its courts
Charlene Crowell

Civil rights groups oppose fast-tracked Supreme Court nominee: Nation’s diversity not represented in its courts

Charlene CrowellOctober 22, 2020

One of the most consequential decisions that presidents make are lifetime federal judicial appointments at every level: circuit, appellate and the U.S. Supreme Court. The independent federal judiciary is charged with ensuring that the nation’s courts are fair to all people. Even the phrase “equal justice under law” is carved in the stone façade of the Supreme Court building.  

CBC Chairman G. K. Butterfield Statement on Supreme Court Vacancy
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CBC Chairman G. K. Butterfield Statement on Supreme Court Vacancy

Sentinel News ServiceFebruary 24, 2016

“Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is reinforcing the Republican political agenda to disrupt governmental functions when the circumstances do not line up with their philosophy. It is imperative that we have nine members of the United States Supreme Court deciding constitutional issues that are important to the American people. It is absurd to suggest that President Obama should be denied the opportunity to nominate a qualified jurist to replace Justice Scalia on the Supreme Court. The American people should clearly understand that Senate Republicans have a political agenda to pack the Court with conservative justices who would reverse years of progressive jurisprudence.