Although I was not always the best student in high school-let’s just say that I “found my stride” in college and law school-I did pretty well in English, at giving speeches, and, well, arguing. And he worked! Frankly, practicing law just seemed the natural thing to do. Then I’d go to the office, do my homework, and watch my dad work. As a boy, I would go downtown, sometimes with my friends, and hang out at the old Grant’s or at Woolworth’s lunch counter or something like that. He was a man who really loved the law-probably more than anything but his family. You put everything but the game out of your mind, and you get to watch some good baseball. Of all the things I do, I find umpiring to be the most relaxing. My wife and I are blessed to have three boys, all of whom are pretty good athletes, so we naturally gravitated toward sports. How did you become involved in high school sports? We used to ride our bikes to the local field and play baseball all day. We used to go fishing off the State Pier. In his free time, Schwartz broadcasts from sports venues throughout southern Maine and umpires. In 2011, 2012, and 2013, he was voted into The Best Lawyers in America, the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession. Now, he will serve for 15 years on a consequential court that oversees LGBT issues in the military, and the balance between government actions and the people.Stephen Schwartz has been practicing law for more than 25 years. Among the terrible catalogue of Trump's nominees, Schwartz ranks at the top because of the extreme damage we know he would inflict upon our communities and institutions. "Stephen Schwartz has a deeply troubling record and a horrific portfolio of anti-transgender advocacy, including supporting the segregation of transgender youth, religious exemptions for corporations to deny reproductive care coverage, Black voter disenfranchisement, privatizing Social Security and eliminating health care and social programs. Schwartz, a far-right extremist who has repeatedly undermined the civil rights of LGBTQ people and other marginalized communities. It's extremely shameful that in the middle of a pandemic and a lame-duck session, a vote would be held to confirm Mr. judiciary and the latest attack on LGBTQ people from the Trump-Pence Administration. Court of Federal Claims is another dark day for the U.S. Sasha Buchert, senior attorney at Lambda Legal, issued this post-confirmation statement: "This confirmation of Stephen Schwartz to the U.S. Several LGBTQ+ and other progressive groups had called on the Senate to reject Schwartz they included Lambda Legal, the Human Rights Campaign, and People for the American Way. Roy Cooper, who was then North Carolina's attorney general, had refused to defend the law in court, and after he became governor, most of its provisions were repealed. It also prohibited trans people from using the restrooms and other facilities matching their gender identity when in government buildings, including public schools and state colleges and universities. Schwartz had defended the North Carolina law, passed in 2016, that barred cities and counties in the state from enacting or enforcing nondiscrimination laws covering LGBTQ+ people or any group not covered by the state's law. The vote came along party lines, with 49 Republicans voting for him and 47 Democrats against him. Court of Federal Claims, the Washington Blade reports. The Senate confirmed Stephen Schwartz to a 15-year term on the U.S. Senate Tuesday confirmed a judicial nominee who had argued in favor of North Carolina's anti-LGBTQ+ House Bill 2 and defended a school district denying a transgender student access to the appropriate restroom. As Donald Trump's presidency winds down, the U.S.
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