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Friday, September 13th, 2019

‘Decades of progress are at stake’ as Trump reaches 150 lifetime judicial appointments and right-wing court takeover accelerates

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Source:     Raw Story
Publication Date:     September 12, 2019
 Link: ‘Decades of progress are at stake’ as Trump reaches 150 lifetime judicial appointments and right-wing court takeover accelerates
Stephan:   Moscow Mitch and Grifter Trump aided and abetted by the Republican zombies in the Senate, particularly Lindsey Graham, are slowly transforming the American federal judiciary into a christofascist cabal while the Democrats in the House fail to defend the nation and impeach Trump. The courts that will exist by the time of the election in 2020 will be radically different than the courts of 2016. And the mainstream media, well they run around like our new kitten, Shadow, after one of his little toy mice, oblivious to what is actually going on in the country.

Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell

The Republican-controlled Senate quietly confirmed four more of President Donald Trump’s lifetime federal judicial nominees on Wednesday, bringing the total number of conservative judges successfully appointed by the administration to over 150.

It is a milestone that, according to rights groups, marks the extent to which Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have flooded the nation’s courts with disproportionately young and unqualified right-wing judges who could reshape the judiciary for decades to come.

—Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

“Every network should be covering this,” tweeted the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. “Trump’s dangerous takeover of our courts will last a generation. All who care about our civil rights being protected must speak out and demand better.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, reacted gleefully on Wednesday […]

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1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Friday, September 13, 2019 at 7:37 am

    Trump really needs to be impeached before he does any more damage. We cannot wait for another election.