Senate Confirms Another Anti-Civil Rights Nominee

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Contact: Rafael Medina, [email protected], 202.869.0390

WASHINGTON – Kristine Lucius, executive vice president for policy and government affairs at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the Senate’s vote to confirm J. Campbell Barker to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas:

“The Republican race to stack our courts with dangerous judges who will undermine our civil and human rights protections is moving ahead at full steam. J. Campbell Barker is an extreme ideologue who has devoted his young career to restricting voting rights, LGBTQ equality, immigrant rights, reproductive freedom, environmental protections, and fairness in the criminal justice system. The Senate majority’s brazen push to speed through ideologues in the hope that they go unnoticed will harm our civil and human rights for decades.”

Read The Leadership Conference’s letter in opposition to the confirmation of J. Campbell Barker.

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 200 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States. The Leadership Conference works toward an America as good as its ideals. For more information on The Leadership Conference and its member organizations, visit www.civilrights.org.