That is the reason for blocking the judicial nomination of Miguel Estrada, according to one democrat staffer, reports the Washington Times.

In one memo to Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois obtained by The Washington Times, Washington lawyer Miguel A. Estrada is singled out as "especially dangerous" because "he is Latino." [...]

In the Nov. 7, 2001, memo, the Durbin staffer was recounting a meeting his boss had missed with Mr. Kennedy and "representatives of various civil rights groups."

"[Y]esterday's meeting focused on identifying the most controversial and/or vulnerable judicial nominees, and a strategy for targeting them," the staffer wrote about the groups present. "They also identified Miguel Estrada (D.C. Circuit) as especially dangerous, because he has a minimal paper trail, he is Latino, and the White House seems to be grooming him for a Supreme Court appointment."

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary committee have an agenda to keep minorities, especially conservative minorities, from getting ahead. Estrada was bucking the trend with his success. He got there on his own through hard work and determination instead of government handouts. Letting him take a seat on the D.C. circuit would endanger the political power of those that rely on people's dependence.

Fourty-four Democrats have denied a vote on the nominations of 4 minority appointments (Miguel Estrada, Janice Rogers Brown, Priscilla Owen, Carolyn Kuhl), as well as those of Charles Pickering and William Pryor. In their defense, all the 44 Dems can do is attack fellow Democrat Zell Miller for calling the filibuster of Judge Janice Rogers Brown a "lynching".