As a second Trump administration approaches, we’re running out of time to confirm as many federal judges as possible to provide a check on his presidential power and curb his stated policy priorities.
There are 40 federal judicial vacancies and 16 nominations before the Senate right now—as our civil rights hang in the balance, take action now!
“A single judge in Texas has ignored 78 years of legal precedent and taken money out of the pockets of millions of working people across the country by blocking the long overdue update of the overtime rule,” Emily Martin, vice president for workplace justice at the National Women’s Law Center, said in a statement Wednesday. “These workers, the majority of whom are women, earn modest salaries, work long hours, and have just been told that they will still be denied fair pay.”
