A Republican a Senate Judiciary Committee athetsa mwambo wazaka zana Lachinayi womwe udzafulumizitsa kusankhidwa kwa oweruza a mapiko amanja m'maboma ofiirira ndi abuluu, komwe azitsogolera milandu masauzande ambiri yomwe sidzafika ku Khothi Lalikulu.
Kusunthaku, motsogozedwa ndi Wapampando wa komiti ya Senate Judiciary Committee a Charles Grassley waku Iowa, kunali kulowererapo koopsa kwambiri pamilandu kuyambira pomwe Mtsogoleri Wachipani cha Republican Mitch McConnell adaletsa milandu ya 2016 yosankhidwa ndi Purezidenti Obama womaliza wa Khothi Lalikulu, Merrick Garland, zomwe zikanapereka khothi. ambiri pakati kumanzere. (Pambuyo pa chisankho cha 2016, Neil Gorsuch wodziletsa adasankhidwa ndikutsimikiziridwa.)
"Michael Brennan asankhidwa kuti achoke mu komiti ya Senate Judiciary Committee motsatira zipani ngakhale kuti anakana kuvomereza tsankho lachilungamo," adatero Vanita Gupta, pulezidenti ndi CEO wa bungwe. Msonkhano wa Utsogoleri pa Ufulu Wachibadwidwe ndi Anthu, ndi mtsogoleri wakale wa Dipatimenti Yachilungamo ya Civil Rights Division pansi pa Purezidenti Obama. "Grassley amapha chikhalidwe cha buluu ndi voti iyi. Brennan adavotera kukana kwa senate wakunyumba. "
"Mfundo za buluu za Chuck Grassley zaletsa mayina atatu a Obama aku Africa America. Koma tsopano wasintha mfundo zake kuti zidutse awiri mwa mayina oyera a Trump, kuphatikiza Michael Brennan, "adatero Christopher Kang, yemwe adatumikira mu Ofesi ya aphungu a Obama White House kwa zaka zopitilira zinayi ndipo amayang'anira ntchito yosankha makhothi.
Ndemanga izi zidatsimikizira kuti ma Republican pansi pa Purezidenti Trump akudzaza makhothi a federal ndi osankhidwa akumanja, ambiri omwe sali oyenerera kukhala ndi maudindo amoyo wonse. Anthu nthawi zambiri amapeputsa mphamvu za oweruza a federal, makamaka pa mlingo wa apilo. Ngakhale Khoti Lalikulu Kwambiri limalandira ma apilo pafupifupi 7,000 pachaka ndikumvetsera milandu pakati pa 100 ndi 150, makhothi a apilo a federal amalandira ma apilo opitilira 60,000 pachaka ndipo nthawi zambiri amakhala oweruza omaliza ku America.
Zomwe zidachitika Lachinayi zinali zamachitidwe komanso ndale. Potsatira ndondomekoyi, wapampando wa komiti ya Republican Judiciary Committee adatsutsa zotsutsana ndi senate wakunyumba kwa a Michael Brennan, a Democrat Tammy Baldwin waku Wisconsin, yemwe sanabweze zomwe zimatchedwa buluu, kuyimitsa kusankhidwa kwa Brennan.
โUwu ndi mwambo wazaka 100. Si ndondomeko yovomerezeka. Si lamulo, koma wakhala mwambo, "adatero Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-CA, akutsutsa chisankho cha Grassley chogonjetsa Baldwin ndikuvotera pa chisankho cha Brennan, chomwe chinasamukira ku Senate pa voti ya chipani. "Kuyambira pomwe idakhazikitsidwa, palibe wapampando wa demokalase wa Judiciary Committee yemwe adakhalapo ndi mlandu wotsutsana ndi senate waku Republican. Izi ndi zoona ndipo ndi mbiri yakale. "
Koma chisankho cha Grassley ndi chandale kwambiri. Sizingowonetsa kuti aku Republican asiya lamulo lililonse kapena miyambo yomwe ili pakati pawo ndikukhala ndi mphamvu zandale, zikuwonetsanso kuti GOP ikufunitsitsa kukakamiza oweruza ankhanza pamayiko ofiirira ndi abuluu.
"Voti yamasiku ano ... ikuwonetsa momwe Chuck Grassley aliri wokonzeka kupita kuti awononge dongosolo la macheke ndi masikelo otetezedwa kuti ateteze makhothi athu ndi ufulu wathu," atero a Marge Baker, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa People for the American Way. "Lingaliro lake loti apite patsogolo pa chisankho cha Brennan pokana kukana kwa senator wakunyumba kumapereka chidziwitso chomveka bwino kuti olamulira a Trump atha kusokoneza ma senate pawokha pankhani yosankha makhothi. Donald Trump ndi [Mlangizi wa White House] Don McGahn asankha mobwerezabwereza abwenzi andale osayenerera komanso oganiza mozama kuti akhale pamipando yovuta pa benchi ya federal. "
Baker akunena za osankhidwa angapo a Trump omwe mbiri yawo yotsutsana idawakakamiza kuti achoke panjirayo. Koma Feinstein, m'mawu ake mu Disembala watha, adawonanso kuti aku Republican akuthamangitsa osankhidwa kudzera munjira yodzaza makhothi a federal ndi oyenerera kumanja.
"Liwiro lomwe oweruza awa akuchulukira panthawiyi ndilodabwitsa," iye anati. "Ife tikuwona kale zotsatira zake. Dzulo dzulo White House idalengeza kuti awiri mwa omwe adasankhidwa sapita patsogolo. Wosankhidwa wina, Brett Talley, anali atasankhidwa kale kuti atuluke mu Komiti Yoweruza, koma tidamva za vuto lomwe silinatchulidwe pomwe adadikirira pansi ... "
"A Republican anakana kupititsa patsogolo anthu asanu ndi awiri omwe adasankhidwa ku khothi la dera chaka chatha, koma tsopano tikufulumira kuti tikwaniritse mipandoyi ndi oweruza osamala," adatero. Feinstein anatero. "Kupatula apo, tonse tiyenera kukhala ndi nkhawa kuti tikupereka maudindo kwa omwe angakhale osayenerera."
Kodi Brennan ndi wosayenerera bwanji? Taganizirani kusinthanitsa uku pakati pa Brennan ndi Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, momwe Brennan adazemba mafunso a Booker okhudza tsankho mu federal Justice system.
Sen. Booker: Mukudziwa kuti Afirika Achimereka amaimitsidwa kuposa azungu pofuna kufufuza mankhwala osokoneza bongo, kuti palibe kusiyana pakati pa anthu akuda ndi azungu omwe amagwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo kapena kugulitsa mankhwala osokoneza bongo, koma nthawi zambiri 3.7 akhoza kumangidwa chifukwa cha izo. Mukudziwa zambiri, ndikuganiza, zomwe zimati anthu aku Africa aku America amatha kulandira zigamulo zochepa pamilandu yomweyi. Mwinamwake mukudziwa kuti anthu aku America aku America amatha kukhala ndi nthawi yochulukirapo pamilandu yofananira. Kodi mukuganiza kuti kusankhana mitundu kumangokhalako mu Chilungamo monga mukudziwira?
Michael Brennan: Chimodzi mwazinthu zomwe ndinganene, Senator, ndikufuna kuyika zoyesayesa zanga za pro bono [odzipereka] mu -
Sen. Booker: Sindikufunsa za inu makamaka, bwana. Ndikukufunsani mukuganiza kuti kusankhana mitundu kulipo pamilandu ya milandu?
Michael Brennan: Sindingakhale pamalo, Senator, pansi pa Canons of Ethics, kutenga maudindo mpaka nditatero -
Sen. Booker: Bwana, bwana. Ndine wachisoni. Deta, umboni, ndi wozama. Ndakhala ndi osankhidwa a Republican, osankhidwa a Democratic, atsogoleri a FBI pamisonkhano yomwe ndakhala nayo, amangonena kuti ku United States of America, tsankho lodziwika bwino limakhudza dongosolo lazachigawenga. Ndipo mulibe lingaliro, kaya, pazowona, kapena ayi, ngati tsankho likupezeka muulamuliro wachilungamo waku America?
Michael Brennan: Ndimayesetsa kuyika nthawi yanga ndi khama kumadera omwe ali ambiri, kumene ndikuganiza kuti zingakhale ndi zotsatira. Mwachitsanzo, ku Federal Defenders Office ku Wisconsin.
Sen. Booker: Limenelo sindilo funso lomwe ndikufunsa, bwana. Ndikufunsa, inde kapena ayi, mukuganiza kuti kusankhana mitundu, kusankhana mitundu, kulipo pamilandu yoweruza milandu. Inde kapena Ayi?
Michael Brennan: Ndikawonetsa Senator, mwamtheradi, ngati nditha kuyang'ana ziwerengero zonse ndi maphunziro omwe mudawawona, kuti nditha, nditha kupereka malingaliro.
Sen. Booker: Ndipo inu simunatero? Ndinu woweruza ku United States of America ndipo simunayang'ane nkhani zamtundu kapena zigawenga pamilandu yoweruza milandu?
Grassley adadula Booker kuti asafunse mafunso ena.
monga Msonkhano wa Utsogoleri wa tweeted Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, "Komiti Yoweruza ya Senate, pavoti yachipani, yangopititsa patsogolo kusankhidwa kwa Michael Brennan ku 7th Circuit. Izi zikuwonetsa kudzipereka kowopsa kwa Trump ndikuyimira chinyengo chodabwitsa cha Chuck Grassley pamiyala yabuluu. "
Koma zambiri zili pachiwopsezo kuposa chinyengo cha Grassley. Anthu aku Republican akupanga chiwembu chachikulu cha makhothi akumanja chomwe chikhala kwazaka zambiri - patadutsa nthawi yayitali ambiri a Senate a Republican atachoka. Ichi ndi chimodzi mwazinthu zowononga kwambiri za kayendetsedwe ka Trump.
Steven Rosenfeld imakhudza nkhani zandale zapadziko lonse za AlterNet, kuphatikiza vuto la United States lopuma pantchito, demokalase ndi ufulu wovota, kampeni ndi zisankho. Iye ndi mlembi wa Werengani Voti Yanga: Kalozera wa nzika pakuvota (AlterNet Books, 2008).
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