Dear Friend-- 

Tomorrow, discrimination and bigotry will be on full display as in the Senate as Steven Menashi, one of President Trump’s nominees to be a federal judge, will have a hearing to discuss his fitness for the job. We can’t be more clear about this: he is not fit to sit on the bench. 

Menashi has a documented hostility to civil rights protections for women, people of color, and LGBTQ people[1] and has harbored deeply troubling[2] anti-Muslim views[3]. 

Your senators need to hear you. We’re asking for you to speak out against Menashi’s outmoded and hateful views.

Click here to find your senator and urge them to reject Menashi’s appointment. 

Menashi has dehumanized Muslims for years and cast them as either inhuman villains from horror movies or as adversaries in civilizational warfare. He once endorsed a myth about a general who executed Muslims “with bullets dipped in pig fat” and wrapped "their bodies in pigskin before burial” as an "effective" national security tactic. 

That’s right: “Pig fat.” That’s just one of his clash of civilizations-style takes he has against Muslims. On top of that, he’s openly hostile to basic civil rights protections in the workplace and in schools.

Menashi’s behavior should never be condoned, much less elevated to a judicial appointment and confirmation hearing. In an era when judges are ruling that American Muslims are not entitled to equal religious freedom protections, Menashi’s nomination stands out as a new low for judicial standards. 

Speak out against this Menashi’s appointment in hopes to preserve the fundamental notion of religious freedom. 

Sincerely, 

Scott Simpson

Public Advocacy Director

Muslim Advcocates

[1] Steven Menashi: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

[2] Trump court pick denounced feminists, gay-rights groups and diversity efforts in 1990s, 2000s editorials

[3] Trump Judge Pick Spread Anti-Muslim Pig Blood Bullet Myth