“Michael Boggs, the Georgia judicial nominee whom progressive groups are determined to defeat, is finally receiving a confirmation hearing, and his fate now rests in the hands of Senate Democrats.

Boggs will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee next Tuesday, according to an aide to Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who will chair the hearing.

For months, President Barack Obama has taken heat from his base for nominating Boggs, a Georgia state judge, to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.”* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more here from Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/06/naral-obama-michael-boggs-abortion_n_5275016.html