In the other 20 cases, he voted to reverse the lower court decisions, the majority of the court voting with him in 13 of the cases. Yet, with this clear record of moderation on the death penalty in the State of Missouri, John Ashcroft held up White's nomination for more than two years. Ashcroft's view appeared to be that the Supreme Court of Missouri should have automatically followed the rulings of the lower court in death penalty cases, because he belongs to the radical wing of the Republican party who would rather impose a final sentence of death on convicted rather than give them any benefit of the doubt. The final sentence of death may be warranted for some, but it should also be understood that 82 death-row inmates have been found innocent nationally, since the death penalty was reinstated. Death penalty politics is beside the point in this case.
Race is the point.
Then, the Republican controlled Congress seems to behaving trouble hiring blacks in responsible roles, since of the 74 staff directors in the House, only one is an African American. Well, some opposition to the treatment of Judge Ronnie White has arisen among blacks in the law profession and they have been attempting to urge the President to re-submit the nomination of Judge White to the Senate. Nevertheless, black lawyers and law students in Washington, DC like Wade Henderson, Donald Temple and others, took to the streets and mounted a rally on Thursday, October 21 at the Capitol to protest this outrageous treatment of a distinguished black jurist -simply because he is black. So, ask me again why we don't support Republicans as much as Democrats and I'll give you some more examples. For now, this one will suffice.