Houston Keene, Washington Times
Some Venn diagram circles should never overlap: communists and mayors of New York City, blind people and air traffic controllers, and the Federal Judicial Center and left-wing activist groups.
The Federal Judicial Center, by its own account, was established in 1967 by Congress as “the research and education agency of the judicial branch of the U.S. government.” The center says it “educates federal circuit, district, bankruptcy, and magistrate judges and court staff … on law, case management, the judicial role, leadership, ethics, and court management.”
Unfortunately, that also includes scientific issues that come before judges.
On its surface, the Federal Judicial Center seems like a good idea: a resource to help inform judicial procedures and decisions, if it is run conscientiously and transparently. Yet, as Sen. Eric Schmitt, Missouri Republican, recently pointed out, some of the people running this taxpayer-funded government entity aren’t exactly the scrupulously nonpartisan public servants they are made out to be.
In addition to other progressive bona fides, which include dozens of donations to ActBlue, Federal Judicial Center Education Division Director Julie R. Linkins retweeted a post calling Trump supporters the “KKKaucus.”