RT @EoinHiggins_: Let's meet the judges so far.
David James Porter, 52, of Pennsylvania is a longtime ally of Rick Santorum who will be a… at
— Cory Alperstein (@glassedin) October 13, 2018
RT @EoinHiggins_: Richard J. Sullivan, a 54 year old judge from New York, is your newest U.S. District Judge for the Second Circuit! He's… at
— Cory Alperstein (@glassedin) October 13, 2018
RT @EoinHiggins_: William McCrary Ray II, 55, is your newest U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia!
Ray on if there wa… at
— Cory Alperstein (@glassedin) October 13, 2018While Democrats ostensibly agreed to help the GOP ram through judges in order to allow vulnerable Democrats to return home and campaign through the Nov. 6 midterm elections, progressives argued that Democrats are making a massive political mistake by refusing to use all of the tools at their disposal to combat the right-wing takeover of the judicial system, which will have severe ramifications for women, people of color, the planet, and the poor far into the future.
New Yorker writer Osita Nwanevu was among many commentators suggesting that Democrats easily could have allowed red-state Democrats facing tough re-election campaigns to return home while the rest of the Senate Democratic caucus remained to fight Trump's nominees, but Schumer opted to fully cave to McConnell instead.
RT @OsitaNwanevu: Instead of confirming these judges like this, if Senate Democrats wanted campaign time for vulnerable candidates, couldn'… at
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