Conservatives Love and Liberals Hate This New Trump Nominee: 6 Reactions to Kyle Duncan

By Samuel Smith, Deputy Managing Editor FacebookTwitter
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, moderates a panel discussion titled, 'Defending Free Speech: Our First Amendment Freedoms,' featuring Alan Robertson of 'Duck Dynasty,' David and Jason Benham and Charles McVety, president of Canada Christian College, at the National Religious Broadcasters' international Christian media convention held in Nashville, Tennessee, on February 26, 2015.
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, moderates a panel discussion titled, "Defending Free Speech: Our First Amendment Freedoms," featuring Alan Robertson of "Duck Dynasty," David and Jason Benham and Charles McVety, president of Canada Christian College, at the National Religious Broadcasters' international Christian media convention held in Nashville, Tennessee, on February 26, 2015. | (Photo: Courtesy of the National Religious Broadcasters)

1. Family Research Council 

Being one of the most influential social conservative religious liberty advocacy organizations in Washington, FRC labeled Duncan's nomination as a "another brick in President Trump's lasting judicial legacy."

"President Trump continues to keep his promise to appoint constitutionalists to the courts, and now the Senate is following his lead in confirming Kyle Duncan to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals," FRC President Tony Perkins said in a statement. "The president has been very clear about the type of judges that he would appoint: judges who will interpret the Constitution and laws according to the plain meaning of the words written."

Perkins said that the he has known Duncan for years, going all the way back to Perkins' time in the Louisiana state government.

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"Kyle is an experienced litigator — arguing cases throughout the country including at the appellate and Supreme Court levels," Perkins added. "In addition to being well-qualified, I am confident that he will adhere to the text of the Constitution."

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