{"id":1002986,"date":"2018-11-27T13:35:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T17:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1002986"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:12:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:12:49","slug":"top-3-ways-thomas-farr-has-opposed-voting-rights-and-workers-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/top-3-ways-thomas-farr-has-opposed-voting-rights-and-workers-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 3 Ways Thomas Farr Has Opposed Voting Rights And Workers\u2019 Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Senate is expected to vote this week on Thomas Farr\u2019s controversial nomination. Thomas Farr has a long history of working against voting rights and workers\u2019 rights. That is why Senate Democrats are united in opposition to his nomination.<\/p>\n

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Thomas Farr has a long history of working to undermine voting rights:<\/p>\n

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    Farr helped write a restrictive North Carolina voter law and later defended it in federal court. The federal court ultimately struck down the law, noting its requirements \u201ctarget African Americans with almost surgical precision<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Farr defended North Carolina\u2019s racial gerrymandering in a case where \u201crace was the predominant criterion in drawing all of the challenged districts<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        Farr served as a lawyer for longtime segregationist Senator Jesse Helms\u2019 re-election campaign, and defended him in a case alleging that he tried to intimidate black voters to keep them from voting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        Thomas Farr has spent his legal career working against workers\u2019 rights:

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          Farr supported a law that barred individuals from suing an employer<\/a> in state court if they were fired because of race, gender, religion or age.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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            Farr was an attorney for the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, a right-wing organization that strongly opposes workers\u2019 rights to organize<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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              In private practice, Farr repeatedly defended corporations that discriminated against employees<\/a> and violated workplace safety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              The Senate is expected to vote this week on Thomas Farr\u2019s controversial nomination. Thomas Farr has a long history of working against voting rights and workers\u2019 rights. That is why Senate Democrats are united in opposition to his nomination. 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