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Urge Senate Judiciary Committee to Oppose Confirmation of Controversial Nominees to Lifetime Federal Judgeships
Take action by Thursday, April 21, 2005
Confirmation Proceedings on Terrence Boyle,
Janice Rogers Brown, and Priscilla
Owen Could Spark Use of the Nuclear Option
April 20, 2005 -- This Thursday, April 21, the
Senate Judiciary Committee could
vote on the confirmation of three of President
Bush¹s most
controversial "Recycled Re-Noms." Two of the
nominees Janice Rogers Brown,
nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
D.C. Circuit, and Priscilla Owen,
nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
5th Circuit are so out-of-the-
mainstream that the U.S. Senate has previously
rejected them. And Terrence
Boyle, nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the 4th Circuit, has
demonstrated such hostility to civil rights
that concerned senators from the 4th
Circuit held his nomination from moving
forward in the previous Congress.
The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
urges the Senate to stand firm.
Nominees with records this extreme should not
receive confirmation to a lifetime
seat on the federal bench!
TAKE ACTION!
1) Call members of the Senate Judiciary
Committee (listed below) and urge them
to vote against the confirmation of Terrence
Boyle, Janice Rogers Brown, and
Priscilla Owen.
2) Email Majority Leader Senator Frist and
Minority Leader Harry Reid and tell
them to preserve our unique system of checks
and balances that ensures that our
judges are fair and independent. Click here to
tell the Senate leadership not to
employ the "nuclear option."
The records of these three nominees show that
they are out of touch with the
mainstream:
Federal district court judge Terrence Boyle,
nominated to the Fourth Circuit Court
of Appeals, has a long history of hostility to
civil rights precedents, one-sided
support for states' rights, as well as an
unusually high rate of reverse decisions.
California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers
Brown, nominated to the DC
Circuit, has suggested that the Social
Security system is unconstitutional and
accused senior citizens of "blithely
cannibaliz[ing] their grandchildren."
Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen,
whose nomination to the Fifth
Circuit was rejected by the Senate Judiciary
Committee in 2002, took campaign
money from Enron and Halliburton and then
ruled in their favor.
ACT NOW! Call and urge Senate Judiciary
Committee members to stand firm.
Tell them to vote "NO" on the nominations of
Boyle, Brown, and Owen! Then click
here to tell the Senate leadership not to
employ the "nuclear option."
Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), Chairman
(215) 597-7200
Senator Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT), Ranking
Member
1-800-642-3193
Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE)
(302) 573-6345
Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS)
(785) 233-2503
Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK)
(405) 231-4941
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX)
(972) 239-1310
Senator Mike DeWine (R-OH)
(614) 469-5186
Senator Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
(312) 353-4952
Senator Russell D. Feingold (D-WI)
(414) 276-7282
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
(415) 393-0707
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
(803) 933-0112
Senator Charles E. Grassley (R-IA)
(515) 288-1145
Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT)
(801) 524-4380
Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)
(617) 565-3170
Senator Herbert Kohl (D-WI)
1-800-247-5645
Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
(602) 840-1891
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
(334) 244-7017
Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
(212) 486-4430
For more information about these nominees or
the nuclear option, visit
www.saveourcourts.org
