Not nominating a single African American to the appellate courts is absolutely outrageous.
We are a very diverse country. Our communities are wonderfully diverse. But with that in mind, those who are interpreting and enforcing the law aren’t reflective of that diversity, and as such, you end up with some very dangerous and disturbing decisions.
— Hilary O. Shelton, senior vice president for advocacy and policy of the the NAACP, commenting on President Donald Trump’s failure to select a single black nominee for a federal appellate court. If this continues, Trump would be the first president since Richard Nixon to go a full first term without doing so.
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