Neomi Rao's comments on drinking and rape an issue in her nomination as a judge

Washington DC. January 2019: Neomi Rao’s nomination, to be a judge on the U.S. Circuit Court, is facing opposition for her remarks on women drinking and rape from the liberal media. Meanwhile the conservative media are strongly supporting her nomination. Rao received her B.A. from Yale University and her law degree from the University of Chicago.

From Buzzfeed:

Neomi Rao — President Donald Trump’s pick for a powerful federal judgeship and a reported US Supreme Court contender — wrote a string of op-eds in college and just after she graduated, at times using inflammatory language to discuss race, date rape, and LGBT rights.

…between 1994 and 1996 — she graduated from Yale University in 1995 — she described race as a “hot, money-making issue,” affirmative action as the “anointed dragon of liberal excess,” welfare as being for “for the indigent and lazy,” and LGBT issues as part of “trendy” political movements. On date rape, Rao wrote that if a woman “drinks to the point where she can no longer choose, well, getting to that point was part of her choice.”

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/neomi-rao-nomination-college-writings-court-appeals

From The Wall Street Journal:

Remember Brett Kavanaugh’s high-school yearbook? Democrats pored over every word to try to disqualify him for the Supreme Court. Democrats are now employing a similar tactic, albeit advanced a couple of years to college, as they try to defeat Neomi Rao’s nomination for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/neomi-rao-gets-kavanaughed-11548722089

White House announcement of Neomi Rao’s nomination: ALL NEWS

President Donald J. Trump has nominated:

Neomi J. Rao of the District of Columbia, to serve as a United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.  Neomi Rao serves as the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of Management and Budget.  Prior to her service as OIRA Administrator, Administrator Rao was a professor of structural constitutional law, administrative law, and legislation and statutory interpretation at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University.  Administrator Rao founded the Law School’s Center for the Study of the Administrative State and focused her scholarship on the political and constitutional accountability of administrative agencies and the role of Congress.  Prior to joining the Law School, Administrator Rao served in all three branches of government.  She served as Associate Counsel and Special Assistant to President George W. Bush.  Administrator Rao also served as counsel to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, where she was responsible for judicial nominations and constitutional law issues. In between government service, Administrator Rao practiced in the London office of Clifford Chance LLP, specializing in international law and commercial arbitration.  After graduation from law school, Administrator Rao clerked for Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and for Justice Clarence Thomas on the United States Supreme Court.  She received her B.A. from Yale University and her J.D. from the University of Chicago.