Op-Ed: The Wrong Nominees at the Wrong Time
Monday, May 30, 2005
- Organization: civilrights.org
- Link: http://www.civilrights.org
Marc H. Morial is President and CEO of the National Urban League. His column is published weekly.
The compromise forged by a small band of Republican and Democratic Senators has preserved the Senate's tradition of the filibuster.
But the battle in Congress' upper chamber over judicial nominations continues--now against a troubling backdrop: the burning last week of three crosses in one night in Durham, North Carolina.
This act, whose perpetrators have yet to be caught, offers a vivid reminder that racial hatred and intolerance still live in America; and it helps underscore the importance of our fight for judges who won't turn their backs on those who most need the courts to protect them against injustice.
The compromise forged by a small band of Republican and Democratic Senators has preserved the Senate's tradition of the filibuster.
But the battle in Congress' upper chamber over judicial nominations continues--now against a troubling backdrop: the burning last week of three crosses in one night in Durham, North Carolina.
This act, whose perpetrators have yet to be caught, offers a vivid reminder that racial hatred and intolerance still live in America; and it helps underscore the importance of our fight for judges who won't turn their backs on those who most need the courts to protect them against injustice.
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