Extreme Ideology. In a 2012 speech, Mr. Farr compared NFIB v. Sebelius, in which the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act,
with two of our nation’s most ignominious Supreme Court decisions:
Plessy v. Ferguson (upholding separate-but-equal laws)
and Dred Scott (holding that no person of African descent could be a U.S. citizen). In a written question following his hearing, Senator Feinstein asked Mr. Farr: “In what way was the challenge to the ACA similar to
Plessy v. Ferguson and
Dred Scott?”
[19] Mr. Farr declined to directly answer, merely responding: “
As a private citizen, I did not agree with the decision rendered by the Supreme Court in each of these cases.”[20] He gave similar answers to Senators Whitehouse and Coons, who also asked him about this statement. It is one thing to disagree with the Court’s ACA decision, but quite another to compare it to the evils validated by the Supreme Court in those shameful 19th century decisions. Mr. Farr’s extreme ideology is also demonstrated by his membership since 1985 in the arch-conservative Federalist Society.
We are cognizant of the fact that an attorney should not be held responsible for the conduct or claims of his or her clients. But in the case of Mr. Farr, the anti-civil rights positions he has advanced on behalf of clients for decades appear to reflect his own personal ideology.
Excerpt from:
Oppose the Confirmation of Thomas Farr to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
https://civilrights.org/oppose-conf...strict-court-eastern-district-north-carolina/
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. . . sometimes honesty is just not the answer.
