Need to know more about him? He was the lawyer for Jesse Helm's campaigns in 1984 and 1990. The 1990 campaign was sued by the Justice Department over a postcard mailing sent to 125,000 mostly African American voters telling them that it was illegal for them to vote if they'd moved in the 30 days prior to an election, and if they were caught they could serve as long as five years in jail. Farr, despite being the campaign's lawyer and having been fingered by the Raleigh News & Observer as in on the discussions leading up to the mailer, now says he knew nothing about it until after it was sent.

Here's another thing to know about this nomination, as pointed out by People for the American Way: "While Republicans on the Judiciary Committee were quick to rubberstamp Farr’s nomination today, it’s worth remembering that Republicans blocked not one but two highly qualified African American women to this seat. This seat has never been held by an African American in its 143-year history, yet the GOP was eager to prevent a historic first in order to hold the seat open for a nominee who has spent his career opposing equal justice under the law."

This is another judicial seat stolen from President Obama by Republicans. What's it going to take before Democrats on the Judiciary Committee decide to shut it down?