Ashley Baker
Jul 19, 2018
The Committee for Justice joined the Conservative Action Project and a group of more than 100 conservative leaders in releasing a memo in support of the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court.
The full text of the letter can be found below or in PDF form here.
July 18, 2018
Washington, DC
Signatures updated 7/19/18
We strongly endorse the nomination of the Honorable Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States and urge the Senate to confirm him with haste.
Conservatives believe the United States Constitution is the ultimate authority for the interpretation of American law. Conservatives therefore enthusiastically agreed with the commitment by candidate Trump, and now-President Trump, that appointees to the Supreme Court of the United States should be committed to applying the Constitution to cases that come before the Court.
By nominating Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, President Trump chose a candidate whose attributes have been described as “very much in the mold of Justice Scalia,” who was committed to applying and interpreting the Constitution as written.
Throughout his career on the bench, Judge Kavanaugh’s opinions have reflected thoughtful, precise and clear language in support of the original intent of the Constitution, the separation of powers, federalism, religious freedom, political speech rights guaranteed by the First Amendment, and constitutional limitations on the expansion of the administrative state.
Judge Kavanaugh clearly set forth his judicial philosophy when he wrote, “The judge’s job is to interpret the law, not to make the law or make policy. So read the words of the statute as written. Read the text of the Constitution as written, mindful of history and tradition. Don’t make up new constitutional rights that are not in the text of the Constitution. Don’t shy away from enforcing constitutional rights that are in the text of the Constitution.”
Judge Kavanaugh’s credentials are impeccable and rival those of sitting justices – a degree from Yale Law School; clerkships with three federal judges; twelve years as a sitting Federal Court of Appeals Judge, and time spent in other significant roles of public service. He is certainly qualified.
The United States Senate should carry out its Constitutional role in a timely manner. President Trump’s nominee merits the timely advice and consent of the Senate so that the Supreme Court will have a full complement of nine sitting justices when the next term of the Court begins on October 1, 2018.
The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Former Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan
Alfred S. Regnery
Chairman, Conservative Action Project
Chairman, Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund
Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund
Adam Brandon
President
FreedomWorks
Thomas Fitton
President
Judicial Watch, Inc.
The Honorable Bob McEwen
U.S. House of Representatives
Former Member, Ohio
The Honorable David McIntosh
President
Club for Growth
The Honorable Colin A. Hanna
President
Let Freedom Ring, Inc.
The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Former Chief Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan
Diana Banister
President and Partner
Shirley & Banister Public Affairs
The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell
Chairman
Constitutional Congress, Inc.
Cleta Mitchell, Esq.
Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP
Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret.)
Executive Vice President
Family Research Council
William L. Walton
Chairman
CNP Action, Inc.
Marjorie Dannenfelser
President
Susan B. Anthony List
The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop
Former White House Advisor
President Ronald Reagan
Lisa B. Nelson
The Honorable Jim DeMint
United States Senate
Former Member, South Carolina
Rebecca Hagelin
Secretary
Council for National Policy
Ron Robinson
President
Young America’s Foundation
James L. Martin
Founder/Chairman
60 Plus Association
Kevin Brown
COO
The King’s College
Gary Marx
Senior Advisor
Judicial Crisis Network
Peter J. Thomas
Chairman
The Conservative Caucus
C. Preston Noell III
President
Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.
Kristan Hawkins
President
Students for Life of America
Charles Copeland
President
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Sandra Froman
Treasurer
Council for National Policy
Michelle Kullberg
Art Director and Executive Assistant
America Conservancy
Penny Young Nance
CEO & President
Concerned Women for America
William Mills
President
MPW Properties
The Honorable Mike Spence
Founding President
Conservative Republicans of California
The Honorable Gary L. Bauer
President
American Values
Catherine Glenn Foster
President and CEO
Americans United for Life
Kelly J. Shackelford
President/CEO
First Liberty Institiute
Larry T. Beasley
President/CEO
The Washington Times
Lew Uhler
President
National Tax Limitation Committee
Dr. Jerry A. Johnson
President and CEO
National Religious Broadcasters
Donna Rice Hughes
CEO and President
Enough Is Enough
Steve Berger
Pastor
Grace Chapel
Paavo Ensio
Chairman
Universal Minerals Group
Elaine Donnelly
President
Center for Military Readiness
Eli Lehrer
President
The R Street Institute
Rick Manning
President
Americans for Limited Government
Craig Shirley
Reagan Biographer
Presidential Historian
Mathew D. Staver, Esq.
Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel
The Honorable Tim Goeglein
Vice President for External and Government Relations
Focus on the Family
Rod D. Martin
Founder and CEO
The Martin Organization, Inc.
Sherri R. Martin
Executive Vice President
The Martin Organization, Inc.
Haley E. Martin
President
The Martin Foundation
Shawn A. Mitchell
Former National Chaplain
National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA)
Jerry Melvin
Former Dean
Florida House of Representatives
Evelio Silvera
Campaign for the American Future
Judson Phillips
Founder
Tea Party Nation
Jack Park
Conservative Activist and Donor
Phil Kerpen
President
American Commitment
Quin Hillyer
Veteran conservative columnist
Jay Mount
President
MDS Communications
Richard Wright
CEO
Andy Andrews Companies
Sal Russo
Co-Founder and Chief Strategist
Tea Party Express
Martha Boneta
President
VCS
Austin Ruse
President
C-Fam
Christopher Malagisi
Editor in Chief
Conservative Book Club
Jeffrey Mazzella
President
Center for Individual Freedom
Saulius “Saul” Anuzis
President
60 Plus Association
William W. Pascoe, III
Board Member
Tea Party Patriots Action
Sean Noble
President
American Encore
Robert D. Thompson
Former Administrator
The Weyrich Lunch
Bob Adams
President
Revive America PAC
The Honorable Tim G. Echols
Commissioner
State of Georgia
Neil Siefring
Vice President
Hilltop Advocacy, LLC
Willes K. Lee
President
National Federation or Republican Assemblies
Allen Hebert
Chairman
American-Chinese Fellowship of Houston
Robert K. Fischer
Meeting Coordinator
Conservatives of Faith
Penna Dexter
Co-host
Point of View Radio Show
Charlie Gerow
CEO
Quantum Communications
Steven R. Valentine
Former Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General
Reagan and George H.W. Bush Administrations
Susan Carleson
President
American Civil Rights Union
Ladeine Thompson
Member
Council for National Policy
Caroline C. Lewis
Owner
Percipio Communications
Ed Martin
President
Phyllis Schlafly Eagles
Kay R. Daly
President
Coalition For a Fair Judiciary
Thomas Pyle
President
American Energy Alliance
Jeremy Cerone
CEO
EliteSafe Inc.
Diane Stover
President
Ohio Values Voters
Emmett J. McGroarty
Senior Fellow
American Principles Project
Melvin Adams
Past President
Renewanation
Bob Carlstrom
President
The Carlstrom Group, LLC
Roxanne Phillips
Member, Executive Committee
Council for National Policy
Benjamin R. Case
President
Case Consulting Services, Inc.
Philip B. Haney
President
Venatus Group, Inc.
Dr. Richard K. Rounsavelle
Trustee
Media Research Center
Ralph A. Rebandt, II
Lead Pastor/Senior Chaplain
Oakland Hills Community Church/Michigan Police Chiefs
Joe R. Calvert
President
Rabon and Calvert Interests
Gregory Quinlan
President
The Center for Garden State Families
Dr. Christopher C. Hull, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President
Center for Security Policy
The Honorable Mike Hill
Former Member
Florida State Representative
J. Christian Adams
President
Public Interest Legal Foundation
Hugh Maclellan
Retired
UnumProvident
Dan Weber
President
Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC)
Gregory Mertz
Director
CitizenGO USA
Nicole Hall
Program Manager
Non-Profit
The Honorable Belden Bell
Co-Chair Legacy Society
The Heritage Foundation
Curt Levey
President
Committee for Justice
Ron Pearson
Executive Director
Conservative Victory Fund
Ralph Benko
Senior Advisor, Economics
American Principles Project
Mario H. Lopez
President
Hispanic Leadership Fund
Evangeline Bartz
Corporate Counsel & VP of Operations
Americans United for Life
The Honorable Terrence Scanlon
Retired Chairman and President
Capital Research Center
Terry Schilling
Executive Director
American Principles Project
Steven Ertelt
Editor
LifeNews.com
James C. Dobson Ph.D.
Founder & President
James Dobson Family Institute
Thomas Donelson
Chairman
Americas PAC
Brian S. Brown
President
National Organization for Marriage
Matthew Tyrmand
Principal
Matthew Tyrmand LLC
John Dodd
President
Jesse Helms Center
The Honorable Mica Mosbacher
Trump 2020 National Advisory Committee
Author
The Honorable Charles J. Cooper
Former Assistant Attorney General, President Ronald Reagan
Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
Alan M. Gottlieb
Executive Vice President
Second Amendment Foundation
Art Ally
President
Timothy Paartners, Ltd.
Donna Hearne
CEO
The Constitutional Coalition
The Honorable Tom DeLay
Former Majority Leader
Us House of Representatives
The Honorable Tim Huelskamp, Ph.D.
President
The Heartland Institute
The Honorable Penny Pullen
President
Life Advocacy Resource Project
The Honorable Michael R. Long
State Chairman
NYS Conservative Party
David N. Bossie
President
Citizens United
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