Thomas Farr has spent decades attacking our
right to vote
Tell the Senate to reject his nomination !
Dear friend,
Thomas Farr has been North Carolina’s chief defender of voting laws that a federal court said “target African Americans with almost surgical precision.” His nomination to the longest judicial vacancy in the nation comes at the expense of two highly-qualified African-American female judges who were blocked from even receiving a Committee hearing. Farr’s history of mistreatment of North Carolina’s African-American voters makes him ill-suited to preside over a region with a sizeable Black population. Despite Farr's history and availability of qualified nominees who reflect the state the two Senators from North Carolina have ignored the community and thrown their support behind a man dedicated to suppressing the Black vote.
Farr's nomination fits into a larger pattern that sees placing ultra-conservative federal judges on the bench as one of the few areas that the Trump Administration is productive. In the absence of legislative success the Trump Administration has done everything they can to roll back out rights with executive orders and nominations. We must work to make sure that the rights of Black voters are protected by the judiciary and placing Thomas Farr would be a decidedly great setback for democracy in North Carolina.
President Trump is rewarding Thomas A. Farr, North Carolina’s chief defender of voter suppression, with a plum federal judgeship. The U.S. Senate’s Judiciary Committee will vote on his nomination very soon. It is imperative that we let them know Thomas Farr is unacceptable for the federal bench !
Join me in making sure that Thomas Farr isn't given the power of the federal bench.
Until justice is real,
Rashad, Arisha, Brandi, Johnny, Jade, Evan, Corina, Chad, and the rest of the Color Of Change team
Color Of Change is building a movement to elevate the voices of Black folks and our allies, and win real social and political change. Help keep our movement strong.
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