Two Trump judge nominees out after criticism -- POLITICO

Brett Talley had not tried a court case, while Jeff Mateer called transgender children part of 'Satan's plan.' ....
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/13/brett-talley-trump-nominee-withdraws-295322?cid=apn

Trump judicial nominee invoked Nazi Germany in describing treatment of Christians in US - CNNPolitics

President Donald Trump's nominee for a federal judgeship in Texas invoked religious crackdowns by the Nazis in Germany and other totalitarian regimes to describe the treatment of Christians in the US during three interviews in 2013 and 2014. Jeff Mateer, who currently serves as the first assistant attorney general of Texas, is nominated for a lifetime appointment on the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.....
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/18/politics/kfile-mateer-nazi-comparisons/index.html

Donald Trump wants this homophobic man to be a Federal Judge for life

An unlimited right for Jeffrey C. Mateer to force his religious beliefs on you? Call your senators to oppose this decision: (202) 224-3121....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai9eM52i4uI&feature=youtu.be

Trump judicial nominee said transgender children are part of 'Satan's plan', defended 'conversion therapy' - CNNPolitics

In a pair of 2015 speeches, President Donald Trump's nominee for a federal judgeship in Texas described transgender children as evidence of "Satan's plan," lamented that states were banning conversion therapy and argued that sanctioning same-sex marriage would lead to polygamy and bestiality.....
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/20/politics/kfile-jeff-mateer-lgbt-remarks/index.html

Trump judicial nominee claimed 'Satan's plan is working' over lawsuit protecting transgender student

Donald Trump’s pick for a federal judicial seat in Texas labeled a lawsuit protecting transgender rights "Satan's plan" and extolled the virtues of the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy during two separate speeches in 2015. Jeff Mateer, who presently serves as First Assistant Attorney General of Texas, is nothing short of a fire-breathing homophobe. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1700081

Federal Judge Nominee Rejects Separation of Church and State

Theocracy alert: Trump’s new federal judge nominee is a dangerous religious extremist who rejects the separation of church and state.

Earlier today President Trump nominated Jeff Mateer to be a District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman division. Currently Mateer is the First Assistant Attorney General of Texas. Calling Matteer’s nomination to the bench a “gift to the anti-LGBT and religious-right activists who have supported him (Trump) since the campaign,” Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller said: This is a clear a signal that President Trump intends to make our federal courts the place where civil rights go to die. ....
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/09/federal-judge-nominee-rejects-separation-church-state/

Trump Nominates Lawyers from Anti-LGBT 'Religious Freedom' Group to Federal Bench in Texas

Critics say the judicial appointments could turn federal courts into “the place where civil rights go to die.”....
https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-nominates-lawyers-from-anti-lgbt-religious-freedom-group-to-be-texas-federal-judges/