Tell Senator Leahy: No More Bush Judges!
One man can block these nominations: Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy.
Judicial appointments are subject to confirmation by the United States Senate -- so the Senate has the power to put an end to Bush's practice of stacking our nation's courts with ultraconservative ideologues. Our friends at Credo Action are running a campaign to simply say no to any more of his judicial nominations and they need our help. Can you take a minute to help them by sending a message to Senator Leahy?
Click here to tell Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy: No more Bush judges.
Many of Bush's nominees have been chosen not on the basis of judicial competence, but for blind fealty to conservative ideology. Several of them do not have any prior judicial experience whatsoever, but are well-known Republican ideologues and fundraisers. One nominee currently pending in Tennessee even holds significant stock in a private prison corporation -- and therefore could benefit financially from the imprisonment of those brought before his bench. (Read more about these nominees here on their action page.)
So far, the progressive community has succeeded in blocking some of the most extreme Bush nominees, such as the fervently anti-choice Richard Honaker and Robert Conrad. But Bush's lesser-known judicial nominees are just as dangerous to our shared progressive values.
So I hope you'll take action today to help bring an end to his practice of packing our courts with right-wing ideologues.
Click here to tell Chairman Leahy not to approve any more of Bush's judicial nominations.
Thank you for working to build a better world.
-Ilya
Ilya Sheyman
Online Organizer