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Source: ThinkProgress
In a victory for civil rights, abortion rights, and LGBT equality groups, President Obama will not re-nominate former Georgia legislator Michael Boggs to a lifetime position on the federal bench. Boggs, who was nominated last December as part of a deal with Georgias two Republican senators, did not receive a confirmation vote in the Senate before it adjourned.
During his time in Georgias House of Representatives, Boggs compiled a rather conservative voting record. Though nominally a Democrat, he campaigned on his quality conservative Christian values, including opposing marriage equality, opposing homosexual Boy Scout leaders, and supporting school prayer.
Boggs drew the opposition of civil rights legend and Georgia Rep. John Lewis (D) as well as Rep. David Scott (D-GA), another member of the Congressional Black Caucus for his record, including a vote to keep the Confederate battle emblem as part of the Georgia state flag.
Abortion rights advocates opposed his confirmation based on his support for granting personhood to fetuses, his backing of an expanded parental notification law, and his co-sponsorship of a Choose Life license plate that helped fund anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers. In his May confirmation hearing, Boggs said he regretted a vote to post personal information about abortion providers online, despite the history of clinic violence against doctors.
Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/12/31/3607345/obama-drops-conservative-michael-boggs/