Barack Obama Just Nominated A Muslim To Be A Federal Judge. That’s A First
Source: Huff Post
WASHINGTON ― President Barack Obama made history on Tuesday by nominating the first Muslim person to the federal judiciary, Abid Qureshi.
I am pleased to nominate Mr. Qureshi to serve on the United States District Court bench, Obama said in a statement. I am confident he will serve the American people with integrity and a steadfast commitment to justice.
Its unlikely Qureshis nomination to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia will go anywhere. With just months left in Obamas term, Senate Republicans have all but stopped confirming his judicial picks.
But the nomination carries a symbolic value: It lands in the midst of a chaotic presidential campaign in which GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has said that a Muslim federal judge wouldnt treat him fairly because of his calls for banning Muslims from entering the country. Trump made similarly bigoted charges that a Latino federal judge would be biased against him because he has advocated for building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obama-muslim-federal-judge_us_57cf2cfbe4b03d2d45970d3a?section=&
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(70,589 posts)TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)A Round Tuit
(88 posts)Since they know the nomination will go nowhere, unless Mrs. Clinton is elected.
And probably even less then, if they still hold a majority.
You think there was grid lock with Mr. Obama...you ain't seen nothing yet.
But...I'm sure just the fact that he is Muslim is enough to cause infarcts within the GOP circles and beyond.
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(42,233 posts)mountain grammy
(26,693 posts)cause that's what they do best..
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(101,442 posts)Those convinced that Muslims endure unbearable persecution in the U.S. may find the circumstances of his confirmation surprising: Kallon was backed by both of Alabamas Republican senators and confirmed with unanimous consent.
In fact, it appears that even Kallon was not the first Muslim federal judge. In the book Religion and Immigration: Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Experiences in the United States, chapter author M.A. Muqtedar Khan mentions a Muslim federal judge being appointed prior to the 2000 election, likely by President Clinton.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/09/07/the-headlines-are-wrong-abid-r-qureshi-is-not-the-first-muslim-american-federal-judge-nominee/
And Kallon was nominated to be promoted, this year.
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