Last chance: Oppose nominations of Judges Pryor and Brown

[Ian David]

Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005
From: Council for Secular Humanism <[e-mail]>

Judge William H. Pryor and Judge Janice Rogers Brown, whose
nominations to appeals courts have been blocked for years, will
be getting up-or-down votes as early as today (Wednesday, June
8).

If their nominations are confirmed, there is very good reason to
believe that they will interpret federal law to fit their own
extreme views. This is quite troubling, as both Pryor and Brown
have spoken out against secularism.

The deal to avert the "nuclear option" has ended the debate over
their nomination, but that doesn't mean that our Senators have
to approve these "judicial activists." Take action, and let your
elected representatives know how you feel!

You can take action on this alert either via email (please see
directions below) or via the web at:
http://ga1.org/campaign/pryor_and_brown_2005

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We encourage you to take action by July 1, 2005

Pryor and Brown: Help Stop Some Real Judicial Activists!

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----THIS LETTER WILL BE SENT IN YOUR NAME----
Dear {decision maker name automatically inserted here},

It is the duty of the Senate to provide advice and consent to
the nomination of judges by presidents. When a judge is not
qualified, based upon their record and confirmation hearings, it
is perfectly appropriate to reject a nomination. I urge you to
reject the nomination of Judge Pryor to the 11th Circuit and the
nomination of Judge Brown to the District of Columbia Circuit.

Judge Pryor recently betrayed his ignorance of our secular
constitutional democracy when he suggested during his
confirmation hearings that the test of the judiciary was to see
if it could "return" U.S. law to its "Christian Roots."

As most constitutional scholars recognize, ours is a secular,
democratic republic, deriving its authority not from the Bible
(or any other religious basis) but from the will of the people.
The people in our great country are not all Christians, and the
Founders avoided creating a Christian theocracy for just this
reason. This statement, and others made by Pryor over the record
of his service, show that he intends to pursue the narrow agenda
of Christian theocrats and institute something that the Founders
never intended.

Senator, we also urge you to vote no to Judge Janice Rogers
Brown, who has all but publicly declared war on secular
Americans, claiming once again with no historical justification
that somehow secular humanists are threatening America's
allegedly "religious roots." The sort of judicial activism,
which seeks to remake our country into a kind of theocracy, must
be nipped in the bud.

Please exercise your discretion wisely and reject these
nominations, as well as any others that seek to undo
church-state separation.

----END OF LETTER TO BE SENT----

Sincerely,


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[Maraya1969]

1. Done eom

[MaineDem]

2. Too late for Brown

Sadly.

[KoKo]

3. yep...Brown's a check off and they just voted Cloture on Pryer....

probably another check off by the end of the day with the vote.

I hate to be so pessimistic but I think it looks like Bush will get all he wanted. Probably even Bolton. I hope to hell I'm wrong, though.