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Right Wing Round-Up: Tucker Carlson's Dog Whistles

Madeline Peltz @ Media Matters: Tucker Carlson's worst white nationalist dog whistles. Warren Throckmorton: Despite Video Claim, David Barton’s New Book Doesn’t Mention an Earned Doctorate. David Badash @ The New Civil Rights Movement: For 21 Years Trump’s Attorney General Nominee Was a Board Direct

Judiciary Committee Advances Jesse Helms’ Lawyer & Other Nominees With Terrible Civil Rights Records

This post originally appeared on the PFAW blog. Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance a large number of nominees, six of whom People For the American Way has opposed as dangerously unqualified: Thomas Farr, Eric Dreiband, Mark Norris, Matthew Kacsmaryk, Kyle Duncan and David Str

The Movement To Remake ‘Religious Liberty’ Is Taking The Courts

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing today on the nomination of Kyle Duncan to a lifetime seat on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Religious Right Rallying For Supreme Court To Weaken Church-State Separation With Gorsuch’s Help

Religious Right legal groups gathered at the Heritage Foundation on Tuesday to talk about their hope that the Supreme Court will weaken state constitutional provisions on separation of church and state and make it easier for churches and other houses of worship to get direct government funding.