Posted on 08/26/2018 2:30:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s latest judicial nomination was refreshingly bipartisan for Trump's first ever out lesbian pick.
Trump nominated Illinois judge Mary M. Rowland, through a June announcement, for a seat as a district judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Why is this significant for Instinct Readers? Because Rowland is an out lesbian and the first openly LGBTQ judge to be nominated by Trump since entering the White
Rowland has had a long standing history in the world of law. She got her bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
After that, she worked as a staff attorney and later Chief Appellate Attorney for the Federal Defender Program for the Northern District of Illinois, according to the American Bar Association.
While working for the Federal Defender Program, Rowland represented 275 indigent defendants in federal criminal cases. She then moved on to join a private law firm, Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, before she was sworn in as a United States Magistrate Judge in 2012.
"Mostly, I'm just excited," she said at the time, according to the University of Chicago Law School. "I'm looking forward to the amount of variety the cases present. They present different areas of the law. Every day is different, every day is interesting."
According to the Washington Blade, the Senate Confirmation hearing for Rowland happened this past Wednesday (August 22), and went fairly smoothly.
Both Republican and Democratic senators seemed to respect Rowland and asked her easy questions. For instance, Louisiana senator John Kennedy (R) questioned Rowland’s views on which Supreme Court decision, besides Roe v. Wade and Brown v. Board of Education, had the biggest impact on American society.
Rowland answered that Marbury v. Madison, the 1803 decision that established judicial review, was the most the influential.
North Carolina senator Thom Tillis (R) also asked how Rowland sees the difference in her experience as a lawyer and as a judge.
Rowland replied by saying:
“At some point, I had to put a note on my bench saying you are no longer the lawyer because you can hear yourself talking out loud, ‘Well, you could argue it this way and what if you said it that way,’ and, of course, you’re not permitted to make arguments for lawyers anymore,” Rowland said. “It is also though a pleasure of being in a position of being unbiased and giving parties, both sides a fair shake, listening to what they have to say, and actually being in a position of helping them resolve the case.”
While Republican senators respected her and went fairly easy on her during the confirmation hearing, Democratic senators and LGBTQ advocates celebrated her during and after the hearing.
Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth (D) introduced Rowland during the hearing and said that Rowland’s “reputation in the legal community is impeccable.” She also added that people who know Rowland “commend her good temperament, intelligence and fairness.”
Meanwhile, Annise Parker, CEO of the LGBTQ Victory Institute, commended the nomination of Mary Rowland.
“Mary Rowland is well-respected by the LGBTQ community in Illinois and we are pleased that someone with her experience and integrity was nominated,” Parker said.
“It is wonderful that she is openly and proudly out,” D’Arcy Kemnitz, executive director of the National LGBT Bar Association, told The Daily Beast on the matter. “Visibility of the LGBT community, especially in the courts, is vitally important. A good judge is fair and open-minded. We hope that her life experiences as a lesbian inform her understanding of equality under the law.”
Agreed! As long as it was a legally nationalized American Martian.
Agreed. Sickening pukes who come out as “normal” and some limp-wristed Freepers on this thread are fawning that “at least” they have an “interpretation” of the Constitution.
Seriously. I will wager in the next 10 years, the dyke will shoot down any rule when it comes down to homo marriage.
There god the left looking at someone’s skin color or orientation rather than the content of their character and their qualifications.
As long as she lets the Constitution dictate, no problem.
Dear Mr. President:
No person known to suffer from Same-Sex Attraction Disorder (SSAD) should occupy any position in which he could become a role model, or even be thought free from mental disorder.
We elected you to combat the forces of evil, not to raise up loathsome perverts for everyone’s admiration.
Great more homage to the glorious LGBTQ...and whatever gaggle. If anything these are disqualifiers in my opinion. But I’m an older white racist bigot homophobe sexual misogynist clinger to Biblical principles of the Founders.
—...the first openly LGBTQ judge to be nominated by Trump...——
You forgot the “+” at the end, you bigots!! lol
This country may not make it to the vote on the nominee. Given our nation’s anti-God rhetoric, agendas and legislation, God’s judgment is eminent. Just re-read the Old Testament. God can take this country out in a nano-second. . . just by speaking it. Nothing indicates this county is assured an existence before Jesus returns for His Church (believers in Christ).
Her choosing a perverted life style tells me everything I need to know about her judgement and character.
Next week we will read articles hailing the appointment of a straight white Christian male to the courts...........
God has turned them to a reprobate mind. Not good for the country
God has turned them to a reprobate mind. Not good for the country
I truly understand what you’re saying, but the world we live in in 2018 wants to shout at you as a hater. Andrew Breitbart once said “Culture is upstream of politics” and it’s probably one of the smartest things he ever said. Now, when the press claims that Trump hates homosexuals he can point to this woman to prove them liars. And chances are she’ll probably be more conservative than the average Bush appointee.
The Tammy in the story is Tammy Duckworth, not Tammy Bruce.
“Unfortunately, in all likelihood she will be at least somewhat activist. But not definitely. We’ll see.”
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I put the odds of her not being an activist at No Chance In Hell.
Look who’s listed as praising her. If she wasn’t a known and loud activist, those same sources from “the community” would be raging for her scalp.
Ditto! Her “Sticking to the Constitution as written” is her number one qualification for appointment.
Ditto! Her “Sticking to the Constitution as written” is her number one qualification for appointment.
I did not vote for fagotry
Could care less what sort of biscuit she munches.
“Rejoice”? That’s a funny word to use for this.
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