Posted on 07/19/2005 12:38:03 PM PDT by areafiftyone
To: National Desk
Contact: David Almasi, 202-543-4110 ext. 11 or Project21@nationalcenter.org, (after business hours only, call 703-568-4727)
WASHINGTON, July 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With tonight's announcement of a Supreme Court nominee, members of the black leadership network Project 21 implore senators to engage in a quick and fair confirmation process that is free of partisanship and political power-plays.
"The President has chosen. It is now prudent that this nominee be accorded fair and timely proceedings that are free of the rancorous hyperbole Americans have witnessed in the Senate over the past few years," said Project 21 member Mychal Massie. "This process is not about left or right, but rather about the nominee's willingness to support and defend the Constitution. Let us hope that those who have asked to share their opinions with the President and had their voices heard do not now choose to apply an ideological litmus test to the process."
President George W. Bush met with Senate leaders about potential candidates prior to tonight's announcement, and he and members of the White House staff have had direct contact with at least 60 senators during the selection process.
"Let's hope this confirmation process is free of any and all litmus tests and other types of political wrangling," said Project 21 member Darryn "Dutch" Martin. "A nominee should be judged on their merits and strict adherence to our Constitution."
Project 21 takes no position on the confirmation of any particular judicial nominee, but believes that it is in the best interest of the United States that judicial vacancies are filled with appropriate speed.
Project 21, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization, has been a leading voice in the black community since 1992. For more information, contact David Almasi at 202-543-4110 ext. 11, e-mail Project21@nationalcenter.org or visit Project 21's Web site at http://www.project21.org/P21Index.html.
Kewl! That would be pleasant.
Interesting! Does he know something that John/Jane Q. Public doesn't know?
BC/Project21 ping.
I am 100% behind Janice Brown...
I really wish I knew enough to have an intelligent opinion.
They're setting the stage, throwing down the gauntlet actually, for a black nominee. Janice Rogers Brown, I would hope.
Not likely newsworthy. I wish Project 21 the best of luck, but they are not representative of the black community, and even if they were, the mainstream media would ignore them.
This is not a newspaper article, it is a press release.
... but the thought that they have a heads up on a Janice Rogers Brown gives me a warm, tickly sensation all over.
Bush has had two Black Secretaries of State, and could easily appoint another Black to the SCOTUS. Compare that to Clinton's legacy with African Americans...an absentee tenant in a sham Harlem office.
"Project 21 - The National Leadership Network of Black Conservatives"
You've bought into the notion that Republican is strictly conservative by definition, and that Democrat is strictly socialist by definition. It's not entirely true now, and was even less true in the past, including the recent past.
There was a time when "conservative" was not a partisan word and it really shouldn't be now. I think the last conservative Democrat departed the senate in the person of Zell Miller.
Too funny. This article is written before the event happens.
Taking their lead from AP no doubt.
Yes, JRB would be my first choice. But with all this %#@*&% speculation about the "Edith's" today, I'm not holding out much hope. Whoever the pick is, my earnest desire is that Bush not betray those who worked so hard for him and want so much to put good judges on the bench. I want so much for his presidency to be successful.
Me too. Janice Rogers Brown. Let's hope that's who it is.
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