President Nominates Feldblum For Another Term on EEOC

Last week President Obama sent to the U.S. Senate the nomination of Chai Rachel Feldblum for another term on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The nomination is for a term ending July 1, 2018.  (White House press release). Feldblum's current term expires on July 1 of this year. The The EEOC enforces federal employment discrimination laws, including those that ban religious discrimination in employment. Feldblum's initial nomination in 2009 was controversial among conservative Christian groups. (See prior posting.)