Senator Tells President Bush Not to Appoint Pro-Life Judges to Supreme Court Email this article

Well, I think that's the gist of it anyway, isn't it? That we don't want a roadblock put on a possible judge just because he/she is pro-life?

But I agree it should made clear.

....meaning that I think THEY (Specter, MSM, pro-choicers) are the ones narrowing the focus, trying to specifically block pro-life judges.

(maybe my point was clear already..? :)

FWIW, my email to Bill Frist, please copy and re-use if it helps:

Dear Senator Frist,

I am elated about the recent general election results. I worked very hard--going door-to-door and passing out literature for several days--to get George W. Bush re-elected. I am also extremely pleased that Americans choose to give Senate Republicans a majority.

However, I am very concerned about the possibility that Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania may become head of the Senate Judiciary committee. My concern lies in the fact that he has stated his opposition to any pro-life nominees. To me, this amounts to the same type of obstruction tactics that Americans rejected when they voted to unseat Tom Daschle.

We have already had 4 years of out of control filibustering by democrats who wish to impede the judicial process and the president's right to appoint judicial nominees. I appeal to you as a voting and concerned citizen to not allow a Republican to become an obstacle to the President's mandate from the people.

Please Senator Frist, use your authority as Senate Majority Leader to stop Arlen Specter from being a road block to the President! Please keep him off the Senate Judiciary Committee!

Also, use your Senate majority to stop the filibuster! The American people despise these tactics, and are counting on you to fight for them now that their choices have been made.

Sincerely,

CAUTION!!
Reminder to all, President Bush did not address the Roe v. Wade issue, other than to say the country is not ready to deal with the admendment. Let's all calm down after we bask in the afterglow of victory.
First step is Partial Birth Abortion.
Do not cause a meltdown with forcing the admendment.
Try the end around method by doing it at your state's level.

The Specter has already said he'll block strict constructionist, pro-life, constitutionalist judges.

If mroe Pennsylvanians had voted for Jim Clymer, someone who's more of a team player and more friendly to the President's agenda might be running Judiciary. If constitutionalist judicial nominees are blocked, some of the fault lies with the conservatives who supported The Specter.

Arlen Spector is as bad as that Vermont senator that switched parties and I can't remember his name. (I intentionally try not to remember bad people.)

I guess that makes W double-bad for supporting him.

HANNITY TALKING ABOUT THIS NOW ON HIS RADIO SHOW !!!

Catechism of the Catholic Church and what it says about those who support abortion

what does this say about Senator Specter

Do not cause a meltdown with forcing the admendment.

These same people saw how the Kerry movement was halted by the extremist, in-your-face actions in Oakland and MA and now use those same tactics. The MSM is jumping for joy for stirring this up!

Big wedge issue as MOST Americans do not support a total ban on abortion and if they can paint us as radicals outside the mainstream and pick off a couple of percentage points, they can win back control. Bush know better but apparently a lot of 'fanatics' are playing right into their hands.

HANNITY TALKING ABOUT THIS NOW ON HIS RADIO SHOW !!!

The media started mixing this up and they are enjoying it. They want nothing more than to paint the 'right' as a radical party already splitting just two days after the election. They know that most of the US is not ready for a total ban on abortion and hope to split out enough to win back for the democrats.

The point being we do NOT want a committee chairman who tries to BLOCK pro-life judge candidates.

This is the entire point---who knows when Roe v. Wade will be overturned? Only God knows. It may be soon (hopefully) or not.

But the main thing is we don't need a chairman who will try to block pro-life judges.

I don't see anything in his statement that says he not block pro-life nominees. And looking at his pro-life record, it's not so hot with a 64% rating from NRLC, IMHO.

He also reiterated that a woman's "right" to chose (to kill her unborn child) was "inviolate."

I don't trust Sen. Specter. I think we need to keep pressure on all the republicans. They can't get elected and sit back, they need to do what the people have mandated.

sean hannity is NOT "the media"

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sean hannity is NOT "the media"

I think it was CNN that first started this. Now they are just laying back watching the fun.

"I think it was CNN that first started this. Now they are just laying back watching the fun."

No, it was conservatives who first got this going. CNN is just responding and reporting on the movement that had already gotten started.

BINGO!!...The constitution IS the law!...or should be..the "concepts" are very clear...like Rome, when you stray from them...society pays a price

Document cant be found...undergoing maintainence....Maybe they're overloaded...or...want to close their ears..

http://www.notspecter.com/

Go here to sign:
http://www.gopusa.com/activist/petitions/petition.php?petition=specter_chairman

and

National Right to Life
URGENT CONGRESSIONAL ALERT
Help Prevent Arlen Specter
From Becoming Chairman
of the Senate Judiciary Committee! Click link

ACTION ITEMS:

Please take these three actions immediately, and urge others to do the same:

1. If one or both of the U.S. senators who will represent your state in the new Congress is a Republican, contact his or her office immediately with this message: "Senator Specter must not become chairman of the Judiciary Committee. We urge Senator ______ to support any other Republican member of the Judiciary Committee to become chairman -- anyone but Arlen Specter." The offices of continuing senators can be contacted by telephone through the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121, and appropriate e-mail messages can be sent to them by clicking on the "Elected Officials" tab at the top of this page. Please use both phone AND e-mail.

[NOTE: We will post contact information for the seven newly elected Republican senators on our website's Legislative Action Center as soon as it becomes available. For some of these, local campaign offices may still be open and taking messages. The seven newly elected Republican senators are Mel Martinez (Fl.), Johnny Isakson (Ga.), David Vitter (La.), Richard Burr (NC), Tom Coburn (Ok.), Jim DeMint (SC), and John Thune (SD).]

2. Call the office of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tn.) at 202-224-3344, with a message along these lines: "Senator Arlen Specter MUST NOT become chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He would use that position to protect Roe v. Wade and to advance abortion and human cloning. We urge you to do everything in your power to ensure that a pro-life Republican becomes chairman, not Specter." You can also send Sen. Frist a fax at 202-228-1264, and send him an e-mail by clicking here.

[NOTE: The majority leader does NOT have the power to simply appoint a chairman for the Judiciary Committee. But Senator Frist can be influential in guiding the Republican senators collectively to solve this urgent problem.]

3. If you receive a response from the office of any Republican senator, or see a statement on the matter by your senator in the news media, please forward it to the Federal Legislation Department at National Right to Life at Legfederal@aol.com, or by fax to 202-347-3668, or by phone to 202-626-8820.

SPECIAL ACTION ITEM:

If your Republican senator is already a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he can be especially influential in deciding who the new chairman will be. Please make every effort to encourage other constituents to contact the Republican committee members who are listed below. (NOTE: One or more NEW Republican senators may be appointed to the committee later this month, but it is not yet known who they will be.)

Orrin Hatch (Utah)
Charles Grassley (Iowa)
Jon Kyl (Az.)
Mike DeWine (Ohio)
Jeff Sessions (Al.)
Lindsey Graham (SC)
Larry Craig (Id.)
Saxby Chambliss (Ga.)
John Cornyn (Tx.)

and:

Message for Republican Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee:

Senator Arlen Specter is an unacceptable choice to chair the Senate Judiciary Committee. Please do not vote to give him the Chairmanship. Instead, please select a Senator who does not have a pro-abortion litmus test and one who will work cooperatively with President Bush. Thank you.

Contact Information for Republican Senators on the Judiciary Committee:

Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) 202-224-2934, email:
http://cornyn.senate.gov/contact/index.html
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (202) 224-5251, email:
http://hatch.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Offices.Contact
Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) (202)224.3744, email:
http://grassley.senate.gov/webform.htm
Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) (202) 224-4521, email:
http://kyl.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Senator Mike DeWine (R-OH) (202) 224-2315, email:
http://dewine.senate.gov/
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) (202) 224-4124, email: http://sessions.senate.gov/contact.htm#form
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) (202) 224-5972, email: http://lgraham.senate.gov/index.cfm?mode=contact
Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) 202/224-2752, email:
http://craig.senate.gov/webform.html
Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) (202) 224-3521,email: http://chambliss.senate.gov/Contact/default.cfm?pagemode=1

Senator Bill Frist, Phone 202 224-3344, Fax 202-228-1264 email: http://frist.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorFrist.ContactForm
Senator Rick Santorum, Phone 202-224-6324, Fax 202-228-0604 e-mail:
http://santorum.senate.gov/emailrjs.html

It's Not Gay:

http://www.notspecter.com/

senator_frist@frist.senate.gov

FAX NUMBERS WHICH GET TO FRIST MORE QUICKLY:

202 228-1264 (Washington)

615 352-9985 (NASHVILLE)

http://frist.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorFrist.ContactForm

1-800-839-5276

Senate Majority Leader First can be reached at:
(202) 224-3344
http://frist.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorFrist.ContactForm

Santorum, the very pro-life PA Senator who campainged for Specter:
(202) 224-6324
http://santorum.senate.gov/emailrjs.html

Other senators can be reached at:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Other members of the Judiciary Committee:
http://judiciary.senate.gov/members.cfm

The president: president@whitehouse.gov

1. Go to www.fairjudiciary.com and sign up. Contribute if able. CJ Wm. Rehnquist is in our thoughts and prayers, and may have precious little time left this side of eternity. The Left has millions set aside for the imminent SCOTUS battle.
Source for context

2. Write to your Republican senators (if unlike me you have that luxury) about keeping Specter off the judiciary committee.

Here are the emails for the existing Senate (both Dems and Republicans) have fun.

editor@weeklystandard.com, beltwayboys@foxnews.com, tblankley@washingtontimes.com,jmccaslin@washingtontimes.com, gpierce@washingtontimes.com,jseper@washingtontimes.com, Templar119,malkin@comcast.net,letters@charleskrauthammer.com,ben@cspc.org

Contact Senator Specter:
Phone: 412-644-3400
Fax: 202-228-1229
E-mail: http://www.senate.gov/~specter/webform.htm

Contact Senator Santorum:
Phone: 412-562-0533
Fax: 412-562-4313
E-mail: http://www.senate.gov/~santorum/emailrjs.html

3. Lastly, send a respectful but passionate message to Senator Frist: http://frist.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorFrist.ContactForm

Tell him you do not wish to see Arlen Specter ascend to Chairman of the Judiciary Committee.

Whereas, liberal Senator Arlen Specter is in line to be Chairman of the Judiciary Committee.

Whereas, liberal Arlen Specter has a stated litmus test against pro-abortion judges.

Whereas, liberal Arlen Specter has stated he will fight against conservative judges

Whereas, in the past liberal Arlen Specter has helped defeat great judges like Robert Bork,

Whereas, the Democrats have loaded the Judiciary Committee with extreme liberals such as Kennedy, Feinstein, Leahy, and Schumer.

Whereas, liberal Arlen Specter is in a position to turn our huge and historic election victory into a defeat by killing the nomination of all decent judges,

Be it resolved, that we will do whatever it takes to get liberal Arlen Specter off the Judiciary Committee

and/or

Dear Senator Frist,

After a long and contentious fight to retain the White House and expand our majority in both houses of Congress, I am extremely dismayed by comments made by Senator Specter regarding the President's right to choose his own candidates for the nation's judiciary. After several years of stonewalling on the part of Democrats in the Senate Judiciary Committee, it is incredibly distressing to see a member of the Republican party attempting to block excellent and qualified judges from the bench because of their conservative ideology.

I am a partisan. I will continue to work for our party's success because I believe that we embody the principles that are best for the nation. But make no mistake, conservative members of the Republican party will not continue to support the GOP if a very small minority of our Senators refuse to give a fair hearing to judges who agree with the party platform.

The last election should be a wakeup call to party leadership. The single most important issue to voters was "moral values". The party did a masterful job of getting Evangelical and other Conservative voters to the polls - voters who stayed home in 2000 - largely because of the moral issues facing the nation. It would be disastrous for the party and country if these voters felt betrayed and did not return to the polls in 2006 and 2008.

Renegade judges have been legislating from the bench for decades and have recently accelerated a dangerous experiment in social engineering - whether by redefining marriage, tinkering with the Pledge of Allegiance, or ruling against late term abortion restrictions. The American people recognize this judicial tyranny for what it is, and we look to you and other members of the Senate to put a stop to it.

Senator Specter and Democrats in the Senate say that the President should not nominate candidates with a conservative ideology because they are "outside the mainstream". If that is the case, most of the country must be outside of the mainstream. The vast majority of Americans support some limits on abortion, and clearly Tuesday's results in the states voting on Marriage Amendment should prove that this country will not accept gay marriage as a government supported institution.

In light of all of this, I am writing to you to urge you to take action to remove Senator Specter from the Judiciary Committee. The idea that this man, who won a tough primary fight only with the help of the White House, could be the next Chair of the Judiciary Committee is truly frightening. Please take steps to ensure that he does not aid liberals in continuing to block the President's agenda.

I understand that this move could lead to Mr. Specter defecting to the other side. In reality Senator, he made that defection long ago. Please do what is right and help President Bush and the majority of the American people in seating solid judges, without forcing them to pass a liberal litmus test. As our majority leader, we are counting on you.

They can't get elected and sit back, they need to do what the people have mandated.

Arlen won with 53% of the vote. Dubya lost PA. Arlen has a bigger mandate with the people of PA than Dubya.

The people of PA are not extreme right conservatives. Specter's moderate pro-life record reflects PA's moderate pro-life population. Specter votes the way the voters want. That is why they keep re-electing him.