The Republican-controlled Senate confirmed Allison Jones Rushing, who once interned for a far-right, Christian anti-LGBT group, to a lifetime federal judgeship Tuesday. The 37-year-old Trump pick came under fire from Democrats and civil rights groups, namely for her time working as an intern with the Alliance Defending Freedom, which the Southern Poverty Law Center classifies as a hate group that has attempted to recriminalize homosexuality in the U.S. and has defended the sterilization of transgender people. The Senate is expected to vote on more right-wing Trump judicial nominees in the coming days.
GOP Senators Confirm 37-Year-Old Judge with Anti-LGBT History
HeadlineMar 06, 2019