In response to the Senate confirmation of Judge Justin Walker to the D.C. Circuit Court, Joshua Karp of Fix Our Senate issued the following statement.
“Justin Walker is an ideological judge who was rated “not qualified” by the American Bar Association when nominated for his current position — a job he’s held for just five months. A former clerk to Justice Brett Kavanaugh and protege of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Walker is less than 10 years out of law school and has the resume of a Republican Party loyalist, not an experienced and impartial jurist. He’s never even tried a case, but he didn’t hesitate to give more than 160 interviews defending Brett Kavanaugh during his 2018 confirmation fight.
“Mitch McConnell jamming through the nomination of Justin Walker is a perfect encapsulation of the culture of corruption that McConnell has created in the Senate. The only reason to confirm this unqualified partisan hack to the second most powerful court in the country is that he’ll loyally pursue McConnell’s agenda: he’ll fight to strike down the Affordable Care Act, protect McConnell’s corporate special interests, keep our politics flooded with huge sums of unaccountable money, and impede voting rights for millions.
“This is why McConnell’s senators face so much pressure to re-elect him as GOP Leader next year despite his obstruction of bills to help their constituents: he keeps the campaign cash flowing to his caucus, and they vote for his agenda and judges to protect those donors — while the American people pay the price.”