Political Quotes

“on the nomination of Andrew Brasher for the Eleventh Circuit, the nomination is truly a disgrace--a disgrace-- to our judiciary. I urge every single Senator to reject it. Mr. Brasher is laughably inexperienced. He was confirmed as a district court judge only 9 months ago. That is the sum total of his experience as a judge at any level--9 months. Now Leader McConnell wants to elevate him to an appellate court. In Leader McConnell's desperate rush to pack the courts with hard-right judges, his party is asking the Senate to confirm judicial novices to the most austere and important seats on the Federal bench. Worse than this nominee's inexperience, though, are his views, which are so far outside the American mainstream. In his 5 years as solicitor general in the State of Alabama, Brasher defended the indefensible on issues ranging from women's reproductive rights, to marriage equality, to gun safety. Mr. Brasher has also amassed a career's worth of experience undermining voting rights. Brasher signed on to an amicus brief that argued in favor of gutting the Voting Rights Act--arguably the most important piece of civil rights legislation in our Nation's history. His arguments in defense of an Arizona voter ID law were roundly rejected by the Supreme Court, including Justice Scalia.…”