For the second time in a few months, a very well-qualified judicial nominee’s not-well-thought-out decision to sign a public letter that had no practical impact has landed her in hot water. Sarah F. Russell, nominated to the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in October, was confronted by Senate Judicial Committee Republicans at her hearing Nov. 1 over a letter that she and 1,608 other people signed at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020.

The letter stated: “In the absence of immediate and decisive action, incarceration will turn into a death sentence for many of our community members.” It called on Gov. Ned Lamont to take some entirely reasonable common-sense steps to reduce sickness in prisons, including providing high-quality medical care and consideration for release for people with particular health risks.

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