People for the American Way: Senate Confirms Nominee Unfit for Federal Bench


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 24, 2007 12:20 PM	CONTACT: People for the American Way Josh Glasstetter or Drew Courtney media@pfaw.org 202-467-4999

Senate Confirms Nominee Unfit for Federal Bench

WASHINGTON, DC - October 24 - In response to today’s Senate vote to confirm Leslie Southwick to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, People For the American Way Legal Director Judith E. Schaeffer released the following statement: “Following the 2006 election, President Bush pledged to move ahead in a cooperative and bipartisan manner. But mere days after the new Congress was sworn in, he submitted the controversial nomination of Leslie Southwick.” “Southwick’s disturbing legal record and lack of commitment to equality before the law make him unfit for a powerful lifetime seat on the federal bench. We are deeply disappointed in the Senate Democrats who acquiesced to the President today on Southwick’s nomination. “That’s not what Americans voted for when they gave Democrats a majority in the Senate. Senate Democrats must hold the President to his 2006 pledge of bipartisanship and cooperation by rejecting nominees who fail to interpret the law fairly for all Americans.” ###

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