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Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
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Judge Walker is willing to refer to a “transgender” litigant by pronouns that do not accord with biological reality.
When asked by Senator Booker in the Senate Questions for the Record whether Walker would “honor the request of a plaintiff, defendant, or witness…who is transgender to be referred to in accordance with that person’s gender identity,” Walker replied, “yes.”[1]
Justin Walker and his wife, Anne Browning Walker, have worked together at a children’s non-profit organization since 2013,[2] yet Anne is the author of a borderline pornographic novel entitled “The Booby Trap.”
Anne continues to promote the book in 2024, dedicating an entire page of her personal website to the novel,[3] and including the title in her Amazon author’s biography as her “debut novel.”[4] The novel is listed for sale on Amazon as of March 15, 2024.[5]
The author’s biographical page on Amazon, which can be reached from the product page for “The Booby Trap,” states that Anne Browning Walker, the author, is a graduate of Duke and former staffer to Deval Patrick. The biography adds, “Currently, Walker lives in Washington, DC, with her husband Justin, and is working on her next romance novel. She is a member of Romance Writers of America.”[6]
Walker’s wife, Anne, is the Chief Program and Curriculum Officer to a secular “nonprofit for underserved school children”[7] called Global Game Changers Children’s Education Initiative (GGC).[8] Justin Walker was the Executive Director of the Student Empowerment Program and legal counsel to GGC from 2013 to at least 2019,[9] and remains on the organization’s board of directors.[10] GGC promotes sharing leftist propaganda with children and utilizes a curriculum framework that aligns with teaching the radical LGBT agenda to children.
GGC has “a project-based program that provides teacher-tested, evidence-based, FREE Pre-K – 5th grade curriculum and resources that use service learning and talent development as tools to nurture children’s social, emotional, leadership, and academic growth. With a motto to IGNITE GOOD!®, the lessons use a simple equation: MY TALENT + MY HEART = MY SUPERPOWER!® to lay the foundation for nurturing engaged and successful citizens and leaders.”[11]
GGC’s description of its curriculum states that, “[A]ll lessons [are] aligned to Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts & CASEL [Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning].”[12]
The CASEL framework “addresses five broad and interrelated areas of competence and highlights examples for each: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making.”[13]
The website for CASEL also states that the social and emotional learning (SEL) framework helps promote equity and includes references to young people’s “gender identity” and “sexual orientation” stating, “SEL can be a powerful lever for creating caring, just, inclusive, and healthy schools that support all young people in reaching their fullest potential. In the context of SEL, equity and excellence refers to every student—across race, ethnicity, family income levels, learning abilities, home language, immigration status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and other factors . . . .”[14]
According to her LinkedIn profile, Anne Walker served as a volunteer to radical and corrupt pro-abortion Democrat Deval Patrick’s campaign for Massachusetts governor from September through November 2006.[17] She then served as a legislative aide in the Office of Governor Patrick from January 2007 through June 2009.[18] Her duties as an aide entailed, “researching bills, drafting briefs, and working with the state legislature.”[19]
Anne met Justin at Duke.[20] She attended Duke from 2000 to 2004, which means that Anne and Justin may have been in a relationship at the time Anne worked for Governor Patrick starting in 2006. Anne and Justin’s year of marriage was unable to be located.
It is unclear whether Justin Walker had any involvement with the Patrick campaign.
On February 23, 2010, Anne donated $50 to Patrick’s campaign.[21]
Patrick supported gun control legislation,[22] had Massachusetts join the “Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative,”[23] favored the legalization of same-sex marriage,[24] and supported migrant housing in the state of Massachusetts.[25]
Patrick was also criticized for firing administrators of the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board after his brother-in-law was forced to register as a sex offender for raping his wife (Patrick’s sister).[26]
Additionally, Patrick supported expansion of Medicaid coverage for transgender surgeries and hormones,[27] and signed a law allowing police to order pro-life advocates to be removed from standing outside abortion clinics if they were deemed to be blocking access to the building.[28] Patrick said, “I am incredibly proud to sign legislation that continues Massachusetts leadership in ensuring that women seeking to access reproductive health facilities can do so safely and without harassment.”[29]
Walker interned for Senator Mitch McConnell during college.[30] Senator McConnell said on Walker’s nomination to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, “Justin is a principled attorney, a prominent legal scholar, and will make an outstanding federal judge. He has already had a remarkable career and has shown a deep commitment to our constitutional order."[31]
Justice Elena Kagan recommended Justin Walker to clerk for Justice Anthony Kennedy and Judge Brett Kavanaugh.[32]
[1] S. Questions for Answer, p. 72. Questions from Senator Booker. Question #14.
[2] See infra.
[3] Books, Anne Browning Walker, https://annebrowningwalker.com/books/.
[4] About the Author: Anne Browning Walker, Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B008Q17M92/about (last accessed July 6, 2024) (emphasis added).
[5] The Booby Trap, Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/Booby-Trap-Anne-Browning-Walker-ebook/dp/B009IXWEFE?ref_=ast_author_dp&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.2fkIO2i7xf2Al5r2RyiiOw._vcXfYFvGuEYMx6m6M36Pfr_JKv2K2uCeh_0z_xyU2w&dib_tag=AUTHOR.
[6]About the Author: Anne Browning Walker, Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B008Q17M92/about (last accessed July 6, 2024) (emphasis added).
[7] Thomas M. Johnson, Jr., Faith, Family, & Judge Justin Walker, National Rev. (Apr. 27, 2020), https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/faith-family-and-judge-justin-walker/.
[8] GGC Team, Global Game Changers, https://globalgamechangers.org/ggc-team/.
[9] S. Questionnaire p. 4; 49. Link here. See also Global Game Changers Student Empowerment Program, Global Game Changers/YMCA of Greater Louisville/Muhammad Ali Center Interview "Heart of Gold" Series, YouTube (June 10, 2015), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsJRCukGZYs, at 8:52.
[10] GGC Board, Global Game Changers, https://globalgamechangers.org/ggcboard/ (last accessed July 6, 2024).
[11] About Us, Global Game Changers, https://globalgamechangers.org/about-us/.
[12] Our Curriculum, Global Game Changers, https://globalgamechangers.org/access-our-curriculum/ (emphasis added).
[13] What is the CASEL Framework?, CASEL, https://casel.org/fundamentals-of-sel/what-is-the-casel-framework/.
[14] How Does SEL Support Educational Equity and Excellence?, CASEL, https://casel.org/fundamentals-of-sel/how-does-sel-support-educational-equity-and-excellence/ (emphasis added).
[15] Robbie, How Teaching Compassion Empowers Kids to Make the World a Better Place, Nation Swell, https://nationswell.com/teaching-compassion-can-empower-kids-make-world-better-place/.
[16] Robbie, How Teaching Compassion Empowers Kids to Make the World a Better Place, Nation Swell, https://nationswell.com/teaching-compassion-can-empower-kids-make-world-better-place/ (emphasis added).
[17] Anne Walker, LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-walker-09932444/.
[18] Anne Walker, LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-walker-09932444/.
[19] Anne Walker, LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-walker-09932444/.
[20] Andrew Wolfson, Judge Justin Walker, McConnell protégé, confirmed to nation’s second-most powerful court, Louisville Courier J. (June 19, 2020), https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2020/06/18/judge-justin-walker-mcconnell-protege-confirmed-court-appeals/3215707001/.
[21] Anne Walker, Donor Lookup, Open Secrets, https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=anne+walker&cycle=&state=&zip=&employ=&occupation=&jurisdiction=&cand=patrick&type=.
[22] Candice Norwood, What does Deval Patrick believe? Where the candidate stands on 6 issues, PBS (Dec. 6, 2019), https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-does-deval-patrick-believe-where-the-candidate-stands-on-6-issues.
[23] Markey on Patrick Decision to Incorporate MA Into Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Ed Markey (Jan. 17, 2007), https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/january-18-2007-markey-on-patrick-decision-to-incorporate-ma-into-regional-greenhouse-gas-initiative.
[24] Candice Norwood, What does Deval Patrick believe? Where the candidate stands on 6 issues, PBS (Dec. 6, 2019), https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-does-deval-patrick-believe-where-the-candidate-stands-on-6-issues.
[25] Candice Norwood, What does Deval Patrick believe? Where the candidate stands on 6 issues, PBS (Dec. 6, 2019), https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-does-deval-patrick-believe-where-the-candidate-stands-on-6-issues.
[26] Melissa Jeltsen, Deval Patrick Ousted Officials Who Wanted His Brother-In-Law To Register As A Sex Offender, Huffington Post (Nov. 15, 2019), https://www.huffpost.com/entry/deval-patrick-sex-offender-brother-in-law_n_5dcebc2ee4b0d2e79f8badae.
[27] Candice Norwood, What does Deval Patrick believe? Where the candidate stands on 6 issues, PBS (Dec. 6, 2019), https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-does-deval-patrick-believe-where-the-candidate-stands-on-6-issues.
[28] Reuters Staff, Massachusetts governor signs law limiting protests at abortion clinics, Reuters (July 30, 2014), https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-abortion-massachusetts/massachusetts-governor-signs-law-limiting-protests-at-abortion-clinics-idUSKBN0FZ2G520140730.
[29] Reuters Staff, Massachusetts governor signs law limiting protests at abortion clinics, Reuters (July 30, 2014), https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-abortion-massachusetts/massachusetts-governor-signs-law-limiting-protests-at-abortion-clinics-idUSKBN0FZ2G520140730.
[30] Cristian Farias, How Trump Changed a Young Judge’s Life, Atlantic, (Oct. 27, 2020) https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/10/how-conservative-judge-justin-walkers-career-was-made/616830/.
[31] Andrew Wolfson, Trump nominates former Brett Kavanaugh clerk for federal judge in Kentucky, Courier J. (June 20, 2019), https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2019/06/20/donald-trump-nominates-former-brett-kavanaugh-clerk-federal-bench-kentucky-mcconnell-support/1511456001/.
[32] Supreme Court expert & Brandeis Law professor weighs in on Trump's nominee, Univ. of Louisville Brandeis School of L., https://louisville.edu/law/news/supreme-court-expert-and-brandeis-law-professor-weighs-in-on-trumps-nominee.
Best meets the ten principles of a constitutional judge.
Rating: GreyNeutral. Record is not as fully developed. Cannot be rated as “green” or “red.”
Rating: RedFails to meet the ten principles of a constitutional judge.
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