The judge who ruled Tuesday to block the Trump administration’s reorganization and cost-cutting efforts at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was touted by President Joe Biden for her race and LGBTQ status and has a record suggesting she is unqualified and fixated on racial redress.
Judge Melissa DuBose was appointed by Biden in 2024 after being recommended by Democrat Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) and Jack Reed (RI) and confirmed 51-47 after Republicans Sens. Susan Collins (ME) and Lindsay Graham (SC) voted with Democrats.
Whitehouse and Reed’s press release announcing the recommendation noted that DuBose “would become the first person of color and first openly LGBTQ judge to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island.”
During her confirmation, DuBose stated she was “not aware of any U.S. Supreme Court or First Circuit precedent establishing the legal basis for a nationwide injunction.” While technically not nationwide, her recent preliminary injunction was brought by a coalition of attorneys general from 19 states and the District of Columbia.
The record revealed in her confirmation process troubled many Senators.
Dubose admitted to having a “Marxist phase” in an 2000 interview with the Feminist Press that she did not provide in her Senate questionnaire.
Of course, “Lady Lindsey” voted for her! 😀