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!
Shiwali Patel, who worked as an attorney in the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights during the Obama administration and resigned during Trump’s first term, said she worries about the plans Republicans have for her former workplace.
“They clearly have an agenda to roll back any sort of progress made under the Biden administration on Title IX,” she said, “and to go even further and weaponize Title IX to engage in further discrimination against students.”
