LGBT advocacy groups have raised concerns about President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch, and 19 groups signed a letter on Thursday addressing these issues. The March 16 message comes just days before confirmation hearings are scheduled to begin on March 20.
The letter, obtained by BuzzFeed News, urges the Senate Judiciary Committee to “interrogate” and “press Judge Gorsuch to explain on his views about fundamental rights.”
The groups describe Judge Gorsuch as “even more extreme and outside the mainstream” than the late Justice Antonin Scalia, the conservative justice who Judge Gorsuch will potentially be replacing if confirmed. Justice Scalia passed away in 2016.
