Friend,
Sometimes a congressional hearing reveals exactly why a nominee should never get a lifetime seat on the federal bench. This week was one of those moments.
From the moment Nicholas Ganjei began answering questions, it became painfully clear that he sees cruelty as something to excuse, not confront. When Senator Mazie Hirono asked why he amplified a Department of Homeland Security video that treated violent ICE raids like a game, he didn’t show the slightest concern for the people terrorized by ICE. He brushed it off, even after Hirono described the real fear immigrant families are living with every day.
And when given multiple opportunities to show even a basic commitment to the rule of law, he chose loyalty to Trump instead. Asked whether he approved of the pardons granted to people convicted of attacking law enforcement on January 6, he refused to criticize them. Senators pressed him again. Same response. It was a shocking display of what happens when a nominee values political allegiance more than truth or accountability.
Ganjei is not an outlier. Trump’s pick for the Eastern District of Louisiana, William Crain, has openly campaigned on ideology instead of impartiality. When he ran to be a state judge, he told voters he was the “pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, never-legislate-from-the-bench jurist” and “the only proven conservative to protect our beliefs.” Judges are not chosen to protect beliefs. They are chosen to uphold the law. Crain’s record on abortion rights, criminal justice, and environmental accountability shows exactly what those promises mean in practice and who gets hurt.
These nominations follow a pattern. Individuals who will not question Trump, who will not protect vulnerable communities, and who will not uphold the independence of the judiciary. That is by design. Trump has already undermined the courts, defied judicial orders, and sought to pack the bench with loyalists. The Senate must draw a line.
Add your name to demand that the Senate reject Trump’s judicial nominees. >>
If we let these confirmations go through, the damage will last for decades. The courts are often the last safeguard when presidents overreach, when rights are threatened, and when communities turn to the legal system for justice. These nominees have already shown they cannot be trusted with that responsibility.
Thank you for your advocacy,
People For the American Way
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