I’m Nan Aron, president of Alliance for Justice, a national association of more than 75 advocacy organizations. For more than two decades AfJ has fought to advance to advance the cause of justice for all Americans. I remember when I was a young lawyer arguing a civil rights case in a federal court in Michigan. Like all young lawyers, I assumed that if I prepared and rehearsed my arguments I had a fighting chance of winning, even in front of a Republican appointed judge. I knew that when I walked into that courtroom, the judge would give my case a fair hearing, regardless of the president who nominated him. Things have changed….