By Chris Casteel, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Eight years ago, some of the leading Democrats in the U.S. Senate didn’t want to make Jerome A. Holmes the first black judge on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
They were concerned that Holmes, then an Oklahoma City attorney in private practice, wouldn’t be open-minded when it came to civil rights and protecting people from discrimination.
Holmes had written opinion pieces, some for The Oklahoman, blasting affirmative action.
