Congressional Black Caucus Blasts Obama For Lack Of Black Judicial Nominees

The Congressional Black Caucus Is Not Happy With Obama
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US President Barack Obama greets attendees as he arrives for a reception for US mayors in the East Room of the White House on January 23, 2014 in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

A disagreement between the Congressional Black Caucus and the Obama administration over judicial nominees in Georgia is broadening into a standoff between the president and members of the CBC who warn that the administration is overseeing a federal bench with “an inexcusable and unjustifiable lack of racial diversity that must be addressed.”

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