This tale of two conservative judicial nominees, one white and one black, shows that race can still be a sensitive area in federal court nominations.
A coalition of civil rights groups, from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Hispanic and women’s groups has raised “grave concerns” about the first black nominee to the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Jerome Holmes, because he has been a “longstanding and outspoken critic of affirmative action.”
