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×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×WASHINGTON ― As the nation grapples with a deadly and nationwide for racial justice, Senate are acting with urgency … to put Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s protege into a lifetime seat on the nation’s second-most-powerful court.The Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance Justin Walker’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. There’s nothing particularly pressing about filling this court seat; it’s not even vacant until September. But McConnell is personally invested in Walker’s ascent.AdvertisementMcConnell has known Walker, 38, since Walker was in high school. The senator recommended him to the White House last year for a seat on a U.S. District Court in Kentucky.Republicans confirmed Walker to that seat last fall, despite the American Bar Association rating him “not qualified” based on his lack of experience (at the time, his resume included being an associate law professor and a former law clerk to then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the D.C. Court of Appeals). Walker has only been a district judge for a matter of months, but McConnell wants him to have a seat on the D.C. Court of Appeals, and the ABA said he is qualified this time.AdvertisementAdvertisementHis remarks are particularly worrisome to supporters of the health care law as the D.C. Circuit Court is the main U.S. appeals court for issues of constitutional law, meaning a challenge to the ACA’s constitutionality could potentially come before him.AdvertisementWalker is all but certain to be confirmed.Like so many of President Donald Trump’s circuit court nominees, Walker is a member of the Federalist Society, a conservative legal organization that has effectively been picking Trump’s judicial nominees for him. There is to these court picks, too: They have records of being anti-LGBTQ, anti-abortion and anti-voting rights.Suggest a correctionNewsletter Sign UpHuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox.Successfully Subscribed!Realness delivered to your inbox

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×WASHINGTON ― As the nation grapples with a deadly and nationwide for racial justice, Senate are acting with urgency … to put Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s protege into a lifetime seat on the nation’s second-most-powerful court.The Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance Justin Walker’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. There’s nothing particularly pressing about filling this court seat; it’s not even vacant until September. But McConnell is personally...

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