CBC Chair Richmond: ‘Mr. Kavanaugh Confirmation Will Fortify a Generation of Destructive Conservative Ideology’
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RICHMOND: "Mr. Kavanaugh's confirmation will fortify a generation of destructive conservative ideology at a a time when several historically significant legal challenges will come before the high court. As members of the CBC, we cannot overstate what is at stake for African-Americans and communities of color across the nation. Judge Kavanaugh, who relies heavily on the same textualist reading of the Constitution employed by former Justice Scalia, possesses a conservative judicial record that leads us to believe that voting rights, education, criminal law outcomes will be greatly endangered in the coming years. A careful in-depth evaluation of his record, which has largely been shrouded in secrecy and withheld from public examination, uncovers writings that illustrates sparse commitment to equal protection under the law."