Extremist judges will not stop endangering the lives of pregnant people or people who may become pregnant—overturning Roe v. Wade, attacking medication abortion, threatening the future of IVF, and this week at SCOTUS, emergency abortion care.
Our lawyers are waging strategic fights that make clear what is at stake for people who can become pregnant and seek to bolster our fundamental rights to control our lives, futures, and destinies.
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Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nominations of John K. Bush to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and Damien Schiff to the Court of Federal Claims, on a party-line vote. These two nominees have deeply problematic records, replete with troubling legal positions and intemperate statements, which demonstrate that they are unfit to serve as federal judges. At the Committee’s executive business meeting, Democratic senators pointed to numerous elements of the nominees’ records that call into serious question whether, if confirmed, they could fairly adjudicate the legal disputes that come before their respective courts. Their nominations could be sent to the full Senate for a confirmation vote as soon as next week.
In addition, the Committee approved the nomination of Kevin Newsom to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Although Newsom’s nomination received bipartisan support, Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein highlighted the fact that the Alabama senators had blocked the nomination of District Court Judge Abdul Kallon to this same seat during the Obama Administration, preventing this important seat from being filled earlier.
