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underbear1
Senate Republicans are currently making a desperate end-of-the-session push to approve a judicial nominee who is an opponent of equal educational opportunities and has questionable ethical values. Thomas B. Griffith, a firm opponent of Title IX (the 1972 federal law banning discrimination on the basis of sex in federal education), is the most recent nominee for the second most powerful and influential court in the nation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Please contact members of the Senate Judiciary Committee (whose numbers are provided below) and urge them to oppose the nomination and confirmation of Griffith, an aggressive opponent of equal educational opportunities and who apparently lied about the status of his license to practice law.

A hearing on the nominee was held on Tuesday Nov.16, and depending on the committee's action, a vote by the full committee may follow shortly. Few of the committee members attended the Griffith hearing, despite the nominee's atrocious record on women's issues and questionable moral ethics. Use the contact information toward the end of this alert to call Judiciary Committee members and use the message at the bottom to send an email to the senators from your state.
Jothika
Well, I am going to go see if my local Democrats have anything about this on their site.

Thank you for the head's up, underbear.
grammydidi
This is the cause of the opposition by women's groups to this nominee.

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· In particular, Griffith wanted to drop one of the tests used to evaluate compliance with Title IX - whether athletic programs offer opportunities to men and women in substantial proportion to their representation in the student body. Griffith called this proportionality standard "illegal, unfair and wrong" and even "morally wrong," and he claimed that it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. Even the commission rejected Griffith's views, which would have eviscerated enforcement of Title IX. While on the commission, Griffith dismissed the fact that eight US circuit courts of appeals have upheld the standard, saying "the courts got it wrong," and that "I don't believe in the infallibility of the judiciary." He later claimed his proposal "went down in flames." because it was "radical."
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