Guy Who Defended Prop 8 And Backed Torture Memo Author Says Hell Make A Great Judge

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Huffington Post

01/10/2018 05:55 pm ET

Trump court nominee Howard Nielson told senators not to worry about that time he attacked a gay judge’s impartiality.
By Jennifer Bendery and Jessica Schulberg



CARLO ALLEGRI / REUTERS
Despite waving a big gay flag, President Donald Trump hasn’t turned out to be an advocate for LGBTQ rights with his judicial nominations.



WASHINGTON ― Howard Nielson fought for California’s short-lived ban on same-sex marriage, argued that a gay judge should be disqualified from overseeing a case challenging that law, and defended a former Justice Department colleague who wrote a controversial and now-rescinded memo authorizing the CIA’s use of torture.

Now Nielson is President Donald Trump’s nominee to a lifetime seat on the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. On Wednesday, he insisted to the Senate Judiciary Committee that his record shouldn’t call into question his ability to be fair-minded.

“Do you care if someone is gay?” asked Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.).

“I do not,” said Nielson.

Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/howard-nielson-trump-judge-marriage-equality-torture_us_5a55037ce4b0efe47ebd77de?section=us_politics

[sakabatou]

1. GAH!

[irisblue]

2. And this is a nice thing that Sen Harris of Calif. & Sen Booker of NJ

are on that committee.
From Wiki article on Sen Booker. ...."On October 21, 2013, 12:01 am, the date when same-sex marriage became legal in New Jersey, Booker began performing same-sex and opposite-sex marriages in New Jersey." And I'm suspect DiFi isn't going to be an easy yes vote.

[StTimofEdenRoc]

3. Not being filibustered? What am I missing?