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 42 federal judicial vacancies and 13 nominations before the Senate right now—as our civil rights hang in the balance, take action now!
Katie O’Connor is the Director of Federal Abortion Policy at the National Women’s Law Center. Before joining NWLC, she served as Deputy Chief Counsel at Demand Justice, an organization fighting for progressive change in our courts. Katie has also served as Director of Policy Development and Programming at the American Constitution Society, where she drove the organization’s strategy on voting and democracy, equality and liberty. She previously litigated federal and state voting rights cases as staff counsel at Advancement Project and the ACLU Voting Rights Project. She is a Tennessee native, DC resident, and graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia State University College of Law.
