Court disaster

by digby

I will never understand why the administration would agree to nominate a cretin like this:

In an April 10 letter that surfaced Monday, Michael Boggs, a nominee for a U.S. district court judgeship in Georgia, told Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that he left out details in his January questionnaire to the committee that he didn’t think were necessary or that weren’t readily available. Now, Boggs said, he has “located and exhausted new resources” to provide senators with more information about his background.

The 26-page addendum lists bills that Boggs sponsored, and votes he took while serving in the Georgia House from 2000 to 2004. It also cites speeches he’d given. While it’s not unusual for a nominee to provide supplemental materials to the committee, it’s notable that Boggs provided, in his original paperwork, a lengthy description of the kinds of bills he sponsored as a state legislator but left out contentious legislation on abortion, gay marriage and religious freedom, which appear in his addendum.

Among the bills that Boggs sponsored, but didn’t mention in his original paperwork: A constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, legislation to feature the Ten Commandments in all of Georgia’s county courthouses, and multiple bills related to abortion, including one that would create “Choose Life” license plates and another that would impose tougher restrictions on minors seeking abortions, even in cases of rape or incest.

I realize that this guy was part of a package deal they brokered with Georgia Senators but some deals just aren’t worth making.

The Obama legacy on the courts, aside from the two Supremes, is dreadful enough. There have been far too many vacancies and not nearly attention paid to how this will shape the future. But to actually appoint a far right wingnut is just too much. They need to withdraw this name. If it messes up their agreement, so be it.

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