Submitted by Micky Hingorani on Fri, 01/05/2007 - 11:30am
Our executive director has a new op-ed posted at TomPaine.com. Here's a snippet:
Forward-looking Republicans, Democrats and their constituents can
take a number of important steps in the spirit of Gerald Ford’s legacy
that will expand opportunity for all and lay a foundation for the next
president, whatever her or his party.President Bush has nominated a series of anti-civil rights federal
judges who could dominate the judiciary for a generation. It’s time to
shut off that pipeline, and for the Senate to use its "advise and
consent" role to approve only candidates with a commitment to
protecting Americans’ constitutional rights, including the right to
equal protection under the law. Key to this change will be persuading
Arlen Specter, who serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee, to vote
his conscience, as he did when he voted against Robert Bork’s
nomination to the Supreme Court 20 years ago. Constituents of Senator
Specter and other moderate Republican senators should voice their
support for rigorous confirmation hearings and a message to the
President that only candidates who take our civil rights laws seriously
should receive a nomination, much less confirmation.
