Political Quotes

“Mr. President, so far this year President Trump and Senate Republicans have selected a long list of Wall Street insiders, corporate CEOs, lobbyists, and radical rightwing ideologues to run the Federal Government, but the Republicans haven't stopped there. They are also working to fill vacancies on the courts with the same kind of people--nominees who reflect pro-corporate, radically conservative views that will threaten the principle of equal justice under law. That is not coincidence. Powerful rightwing groups have had their sights set on the courts for decades, and over the past 8 years they have launched a relentless campaign to capture our courts. During the Obama administration, a key part of their strategy was stopping fair, mainstream nominees with diverse, professional backgrounds from becoming judges. Our Federal courts suffered the consequences. Vacancies sat open for months. They sat open for years, and cases piled up on the desks of overworked judges. Now, with President Trump in the White House and Senate Republicans are in control of the Senate, those powerful interests see an unprecedented opportunity to reshape our courts in ways that will benefit billionaires and giant corporations for decades to come. Now they see their chance to stack the courts with radical, rightwing, pro- Big Business conservatives. John Bush, President Trump's nominee to sit on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, is one of those radical, rightwing, pro-business conservatives. Mr.…”