Senator’s opposition likely to sink controversial court nominee
WASHINGTON — A second Republican senator, Tim Scott of South Carolina, has said he will vote against President Trump’s nominee to serve as a federal judge in North Carolina, likely dooming the prospects of Thomas Farr filling the nation’s longest court vacancy.
Civil rights groups such as the NAACP have heavily criticized Farr for his work defending state laws found to have discriminated against African Americans. Farr is nominated to serve as a district court judge in North Carolina.
Scott said Thursday that he would not vote for Farr, joining Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona and 49 Democratic lawmakers in opposing the nominee.
Farr once served as a lawyer for the re-election campaign of Republican Sen. Jesse Helms in 1990.