How Critical Race Theory Creeps into Judicial Opinions

Originally Published on Newsweek

President Joe Biden's nominee for a federal judgeship in New York, Natasha Merle, made headlines recently because of her past statements about white supremacy and systemic racism. There is good reason to believe that, despite her claims to the contrary, she will inject controversial and factually inaccurate ideas into her work as a judge. It's been done before.

In earlier speeches, Merle claimed that voter ID laws, President Donald Trump's ban on immigration from countries with high terrorism rates and a proposed border wall are all "grounded in white supremacy."

For many Democrats, this is just the default thing to say about any policy they dislike, but some really believe it. Merle seems to fall into the latter category…