Posted on 02/05/2019 7:28:42 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
President Donald Trump's pick to replace Brett Kavanaugh on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to face tough questioning from Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday over what they say is a career of advocating an expansive view of presidential power and working on the widespread rollback of regulations.
If confirmed, Neomi Rao would sit on one of the most important courts in the country and one that acts as a springboard to the Supreme Court. Her confirmation hearing Tuesday provides Democrats with the opportunity to press the nominee about her views on the environment, affirmative action, gender parity, sexual harassment and government’s role on these issues.
Rao is currently the administrator of a little-known but powerful office in the executive branch, the Office of Informational and Regulatory Affairs. In that role, which is often called the “regulatory czar,” she has been instrumental in Trump’s rollback of government regulations at the Education Department, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Interior Department and more.
“One of our primary concerns is that in a lot of areas relating to the important subject of government protections we’ve seen since the New Deal, she is more extreme than the person she will replace — Brett Kavanaugh,” said Elliot Mincberg, senior fellow with the People for the American Way, a progressive judicial oversight organization.
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Her parents are Parsis, Zoroastrians. If she has since found the Christian faith, I don’t know, but of course I would be glad to hear of it.
” Is there anything-—ANYTHING-—this president can say or do that Democrats will give a thumbs up to?”
Yes. Die or resign.
If she has since found the Christian faith in the last year and a half, I don't know, but of course I would be glad to hear of it.
Have they limited debate to 2 hours yet?
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