Nan Aron of the Alliance for Justice tells the New York Times:
The President has sent up many such nominees, of course, but that did not stop Aron and her allies from “playing politics” and fighting confirmation.“This is nothing more than a ploy to gin up the base in this critical election year,” Nan Aron, president of the Alliance for Justice, said in a statement. “Rather than playing politics with our nation’s courts, the president should send up nominees who are fair, just and qualified.”