This is the sort of right wing ideologue that GOPers are making judges

Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee will vote today whether to pass this guy on to be made an appeals court judge -- for life.
In this video, Rachel Maddow dissects Steven Menashi's opinion, outlined in a law review article, that "ethnonationalism" -- that is, white supremacy -- is a necessary element of a well-functioning liberal democracy. Really. She seems almost stunned. He's a misogynist and a homophobe too, to go by his writings.

Yesterday the NY Times reported on Menashi's role while working for Betsy DeVos at the Education Department in illegally using Social Security data to deny relief to students who had been defrauded by one of these crackpot for-profit "colleges."

If confirmed -- unless perhaps this piece-of-work commits a crime while in judicial office which seems not impossible based on past behavior -- we're stuck with his opinions for as along as he lives.

UPDATE: Steven Menashi's nomination was passed on to the full Senate with the votes of all 12 Republicans on the committee -- and no Democrats.

UPDATE 2: Menashi was confirmed by the Senate on a party line vote.