'I don't mean to be coy': Trump judicial nominee refuses to say whether she supports segregation

A federal judicial nominee on Wednesday refused to say whether she agrees with the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision that ruled "separate but equal" schools are unconstitutional when grilled during her Senate confirmation hearing.

"Do you believe that Brown v. Board of Education was correctly decided?" Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) asked Trump judicial nominee Wendy Vitter.

"Senator, I don't mean to be coy," Vitter responded, "but I think I get into a difficult area when I start commenting on Supreme Court decisions, which are correctly decided and which I may disagree with."

"My personal, political or religious views I would set aside," she continued, saying that if she were confirmed she would uphold the "binding" decision.

After Blumenthal once more asked the anti-abortion New Orleans lawyer if she agreed with the more than half a century old precedent, she continue to deflect.

"I would respectfully not comment on what could be my boss' ruling," Vitter said.

If confirmed, Vitter will become a federal judge in the Eastern District of Louisiana — a district that includes New Orleans, a city whose population is nearly 60 percent African American. She currently serves as the general counsel for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans, and her nomination was supported by Mitch Landrieu, the city's Democratic mayor.

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WATCH: During her confirmation hearing this morning (yes, this morning – in 2018), judicial nominee Wendy Vitter refused to say whether she agreed with the result in Brown v. Board of Education. #UnfitToJudgepic.twitter.com/RWroh0XUIC

— The Leadership Conference (@civilrightsorg) April 11, 2018