Sunday, February 13, 2011
"Obama Renominates Judge with Record of Racial Double Standards"
This nominee seems highly questionable.
Why can't we skip him, and look for someone less controversial?
Then again, maybe I don't want to know why; or, maybe I already do...
Why can't we skip him, and look for someone less controversial?
Then again, maybe I don't want to know why; or, maybe I already do...
Hans A. von Spakovsky has the story at PajamasMedia.com:
"Graves, a black justice on the Mississippi Supreme Court, was nominated to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals by the president last year. His nomination died when the Senate failed to act on it before the 111th Congress ended. But Graves was one of several judges that President Obama renominated on January 5.
This despite the fact that Graves’ votes in three different disciplinary cases involving Mississippi judges show that he looks at alleged misconduct differently depending on the race of the perpetrator. While Graves strongly condemns racist and other discriminatory attitudes and language by white judges, he tolerates and finds acceptable the very same type of distasteful and sordid attitudes and language by a black judge. He apparently believes that while the First Amendment protects black judges, it has its limits when it comes to white judges."
