***FR HELP REQUESTED for Senate Judiciary Filibuster next Wed/Thurs.!!***

Coalition for Fair Judiciary ^ | 11/8/03 | diotima

[diotima]

***Urgent Help Needed!*** Support the Senate Republican filibuster on judicial nominees!!! STOP THE DEMOCRAT OBSTRUCTION! SUPPORT FRIST-MILLER!
What you can do to help:		Frist Hopes to Change Filibuster Rules by Keith Peters, Washington, D.C., correspondent Senate majority leader wants to lower the number of votes needed to stop Democratic blockade of President Bush's judicial nominees. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has had enough of his Democratic colleagues filibustering conservative judicial nominees — so he has plans to make breaking those filibusters easier. Frist wants to do it by changing Senate rules governing the number of votes needed to override a filibuster. His attempt to do it through a Senate resolution is co-sponsored by Sen. Zell Miller, D-Ga. "It would end the filibuster as applied to the president's nominations," explained Manuel Miranda, a Frist aide. "On the first vote there would be the 60 votes that we have now, and then it would escalate downward so that at the end . . . a simple majority would be able to do what the Constitution calls upon senators to do — have an honest, fair up-or-down vote." Attorney Deanna Mool of the Republican National Lawyers Association said Democrats have applied a litmus test to judicial nominees by blocking Miguel Estrada, Priscilla Owen and Bill Pryor. "If the Democrats don't like the view of the appointee on certain issues, they just say, 'You know what? We're not going to allow a vote on this guy or woman and we don't have to seat them.' It's just wrong." Miranda said he thinks most people understand how wrong it is, which is why he predicts success for the Republicans. "I think the American people are becoming very aware and sensitized to the issue of the judiciary, the importance of the judiciary and how bad it can be when the judiciary goes awry," he said.
1. CONTACT YOUR SENATORS- Send emails, make phone calls and send faxes. Tell the Republicans you support the fillibuster and Frist-Miller. Tell the Democrats TO STOP THE OBSTRUCTION! 2. CONTACT THE MEDIA- Write letters to the editor at your local newspapers urging the Democrats to TO STOP OBSTRUCTING BUSH'S JUDICIAL NOMINEES! 3. GATHER A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND GO TO YOUR SENATORS OFFICE- Tell them you support the filibuster 4. ATTEND THE FILIBUSTER! CONTACT ME ABOUT GETTING IN. GO AND SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE REPUBLICAN SENATE, BRING COOKIES FOR THEM! THERE WILL BE PRESS CONFERENCES STARTING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND ALL DAY THURSDAY. TALK RADIO WILL BE BROADCASTING FROM THE SENATE AND RADIO FREE REPUBLIC WILL BE THERE, INTERVIEWING!
SUPPORT THE SENATE WHEN THEY SHOW SOME BACKBONE!!!!!

[The Mayor]

Ditto from Buffalo Bump!

[diotima]

GOP Seeks Filibuster-Proof Ways to Advance Bush Nominees
Fred Jackson and Bill Fancher
Agape Press

Republicans in Washington are apparently ready to try a new tactic aimed at putting a stop to the Democrats' blocking of President George W. Bush's judicial nominees.

Many feel it has been nothing short of an embarrassment for the Republican Party that despite it being the majority party in Congress and holding the White House, the Democrats have succeeded in putting a halt to every judicial nominee that they deem too conservative.

The latest Democrat success came Thursday when, once again, Democrats blocked the nomination of Alabama Attorney General William Pryor. That is the same thing that happened last week to Charles Pickering, and it is likely to be the same fate for another Bush nominee, California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown.


The Senate Judiciary Committee narrowly approved Brown to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, but Democrats are poised to block her Senate confirmation as they have done with a number of Bush's most conservative nominees to appeals courts.

Next week the Republicans are going to try to draw attention to the Democrats' stalling. GOP Senate leaders are planning a 30-hour non-stop "talkathon," beginning next Wednesday evening. However, Democrats say that will be fine with them, and they are ready to participate.

According to John Nowacki of the Judicial Selection Monitoring Project, the filibuster of Charles Pickering's nomination last week is the latest example of a deplorable tactic that the Democrats appear to have adopted -- character assaults based on false information.

The appointment process analyst notes that Pickering has been a federal district judge for more than a decade and has a very clear record of judicial restraint. "And yet he's still being attacked," Nowacki says, "and I think that demonstrates that no matter how much experience someone has, no matter how much evidence there is of someone's judicial temperament ... no matter what, there's still going to be this opposition."

Apparently, Nowacki says, to Democrats who are being manipulated by special-interest groups, truth means nothing.

In the wake of the continued filibustering, many feel President Bush has every right to make recess appointments. However, Nowacki points out that this may not be a viable option. While recess appointments have been made in the past, many judicial nominees do not like them because they are only in effect for the period while the appointing president is in office.

Nowacki explains that in many cases, appointed judges like Priscilla Owens or Janice Rogers Brown would be giving up a seat on their state Supreme Court or other high bench position to "go take a judgeship for a year or two and then be out of a job again, and not even be able to go back to [the] previous position."

Nowacki feels that is too much to ask of men and women who have worked so hard to get where they are. Most federal judicial positions are "lifetime" appointments -- except for those made during congressional recesses.

©2003 Agape Pres

[NeoCaveman]

Free the Judges
No more Weapons of Mass Obstruction.

[Iowa Granny]

Those FReepers living too far away to participate should begin rounding up FRiends to go to the Rat Senator's state offices and picket on behalf of the judicial nominations.

I am currently putting a list together of contacts who might be willing to assist.

[diotima]

Thanks. It is SO important that this issue get some media and that the senators know not all their constituents are in agreement with their behavior.

[Iowa Granny]

Free the Judges No more Weapons of Mass Obstruction.

Good One. I'm saving it for the posters we'll be making for little Tommy Harkin on Wednesday night.

[NeoCaveman]

Thanks. Go get 'em Granny.

[Patriot1]

My Louisiana senators are Breaux and Landrieu, both dems. I will call their offices as well as send an email message urging them to STOP THE OBSTRUCTION.

[republicandiva]

Thanks for the ping. Will pass this info along in my neck of the woods.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

A BUMP for America !

[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!

[deener]

I just finished writing to Sen. Kyl and Sen. McCain in support of the filibuster.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Thank for the heads up. I've posted an article about this (from the WA Post so it's rather negative, of course) over at the Wisconsin Yahoo Bush Blog. Check in with your comments .

[StarFan]

Sigh... my Senators are Schumer and Clinton... they are the prime movers of politicization

They're mine as well but it never stopped me from b*tching via snail mail, e-mail, phone calls and faxes. Let's pretend their working for us and keep their phones ringing off the hook. Remember in unity there is strength!

BUMP.

[pageonetoo]

I live in the panhandle of WV, and have already written (for what good it will do) to Sen. KKK, and to the treasonous Rockyfeller... I would like to go visit the chambers while this is going on...
How can we get in?
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[afraidfortherepublic]

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[anniegetyourgun]

And me here with Nelson and Graham. Then there are the folks from WA state with Murray and Cantwell.

Sigh....so many states with so many senate schmucks.....

[diotima]

That is the attitude!!!!

They work for you, and its important to let them know that YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING!!!

Eagles Up!

[MinuteGal]

I'm with you on being stuck with Nelson and Graham Cracker. It's almost a waste of a tree to mail or fax them anything on paper. I'll do it anyhow. Graham lives in his own world, but the younger Nelson may be more vulnerable to pressure.

Leni

[firebrand]

Hillary the Palestinian quickly changed her attitude when she started hearing from her NY constituents. Of course she'll change right back again if she ever stops representing New York, but she does respond to voter pressure.