[ [link removed] ]No one who denies Brown deserves a seat on the bench

Petition to the Senate:
"Block any judicial nominee who denies, or refuses to affirm, that Brown
v. Board of Education was correctly decided from a lifetime appointment to
the federal bench."

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Dear John,

[ [link removed] ]No one who denies Brown
deserves a seat on the
bench

More than 65 years ago, the Supreme Court unanimously decided Brown v.
Board of Education – a landmark case that declared segregated schools
unconstitutional. For decades, it stood as a shining example of the
court's role in advancing progress in our nation.

Until now. More and more of Donald Trump's judicial nominees refuse to say
that Brown was correctly decided. More than 30 of those picks, including 2
who were confirmed this week, are Brown deniers.^1,2

It's no surprise that hard-right Republicans are fine to confirm judges
who won't affirm basic principles of racial equality, but so-called
moderate Republicans and even Democrats are voting to give Brown deniers a
lifetime appointment on the federal bench. It's unacceptable and it needs
to stop.

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Even right-wing judges like Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh affirmed
Brown during their confirmation hearings. If these flawed and unethical
judges think Brown was rightly decided, it is terrifying to think what the
legions of Brown deniers will do when they are on the bench.^3

But some Senate Democrats seem to have no problem confirming these judges
and legitimizing this shameful precedent. Even Democrats from blue states
have voted for nearly a third of these nominees.

Segregation is not a problem that lives in the past. Today, about 40% of
all Black students are confined to schools that are 90-100% non-white,
amounting to effective segregation.^5 We need progressive judges who will
continue the march to racial equality. But instead, Republican senators
are helping Trump remake the federal judiciary in his racist, sexist
image, and Democrats are refusing to put up a fight.

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Thanks to Mitch McConnell, Trump has appointed more than 150 judges so
far, while President Obama had appointed less than 100 by this point in
his term. More than one in five judges on circuit courts – where most
federal cases go upon appeal, and where all but a handful are decided for
good – are Trump appointees, and his 37 circuit court confirmations are a
record for this point in a first term. On top of it all, more than 86% of
Trump's judicial appointees are white, and he has yet to nominate a single
Latinx or Black judge.^6,7

Justice Stephen Breyer recently warned that we can only wonder "which
cases the Court will overrule next."^8 Refusing to say that Brown was
correctly decided implies that these judges might actually overturn the
decision – and send America back to the ugly days of open racial
discrimination. We can't let that happen.

Tell the Senate: No one who denies Brown deserves a seat on the bench.
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Thank you for speaking out,

Heidi Hess, Co-Director
[ [link removed] ]CREDO Action from Working Assets

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References:

 1. Dahlia Lithwick, "[ [link removed] ]Democrats Still Haven’t Learned Their Lesson
About the Courts," Slate, Aug. 1, 2019.
 2. Nicole Goodkind, "[ [link removed] ]Why Brown V. Board of Education Could Be in
Jeopardy, 65 Years Later," Newsweek, May 17, 2019.
 3. Ibid.
 4. Ibid.
 5. Gretchen Frazee, "[ [link removed] ]How Trump is reshaping one of the country’s most
liberal courts," PBS NewsHour, Aug. 19, 2019.
 6. Igor Bobic and Alexis Arnold, "[ [link removed] ]Trump’s Largely White And Male
Appellate Judges, In One Photo," HuffPost, Aug. 5, 2019.
 7. Goodkind, "[ [link removed] ]Why Brown V. Board of Education Could Be in Jeopardy,
65 Years Later."

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