As Congress prepares its agenda for the upcoming lame duck session, conservatives urge Senate leadership to confirm all remaining nominees before adjourning for the year.
Senate Republican leadership has done yeoman’s work in confirming two Supreme Court justices and a host of appellate judges. However, 178 nominations are still pending in the Senate. 72 of them are judges – over 50 of them at the district court level.
While appellate judges are important, district judges also hold sway and significance over the integrity of the judiciary. Many district judges go on to be nominated to the appellate level. Moreover, activist district judges have increasingly been playing a larger role in national legal debates with the issuance of national injunctions. Having conservative judges who hew to an originalist interpretation of their role will hopefully combat the frequency of a single district judge making policy for an entire nation.
Moreover, President Trump needs his executive appointees to ensure that agencies across the government are implementing his agenda, rather than seeking to subvert it. Quick confirmation of these nominees is essential to make sure the president is able to do his job.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has promised to do everything he can to confirm solid conservative judges to the bench, and we applaud him for his efforts this year to do so. However, with hundreds of judges and executive branch nominees still awaiting confirmation, there is still much work to be done.
We strongly urge the Senate to continue its work and prioritize all remaining confirmations before adjourning for the year.
The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988)
Tom McClusky
President
March for Life Action
Cleta Mitchell, Esq.
Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP
Ginni Thomas
President
Liberty Consulting, Inc.
The Honorable Jim DeMint
Member, South Carolina
United States Senate (2005-2013)
Ed Corrigan
Vice Chairman, Conservative Action Project
Executive Director, Senate Steering Committee (2003-2012)
Noah Wall
Vice President of Advocacy
FreedomWorks
The Honorable Bob McEwen
Member, Ohio
U.S. House of Representatives (1981-1993)
Lisa B. Nelson
Chief Executive Officer
American Legislative Exchange Council
William L. Walton
Chairman
CNP Action, Inc.
The Honorable David McIntosh
President
Club for Growth
Matt Schlapp
Chairman
American Conservative Union (ACU)
Dan Schneider
Executive Director
American Conservative Union (ACU)
Martha Boneta
President
VCS
Rick Manning
President
Americans for Limited Government
Bob Carlstrom
President
The Carlstrom Group, LLC
Gary Marx
Senior Advisor
Judicial Crisis Network
John Scribante
Executive Committee Member
Council for National Policy
Dr. Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D.
Founder and CEO
ObamaNation.com
Kelly Shackelford
President/CEO
First Liberty Institute
Lew Uhler
President
National Tax Limitation Committee
Kay R. Daly
President
Coalition for a Fair Judiciary
Rebekah Gantner
Executive Director, Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund
Rebecca Hagelin
Secretary
Council for National Policy
Joseph A. Morris
Attorney - Partner
Morris & De La Rosa
Seton Motley
President
Less Government
Dr. Rick Scarborough
Founder
Vision America
Allen Hebert
President and Chairman
American-Chinese Fellowship of Houston
James L. Martin
Founder/Chairman
60 Plus Association
Saulius "Saul" Anuzis
President
60 Plus Association
Roxanne Phillips
Member, Executive Committee
Council for National Policy
The Honorable Somers White
President
Former AZ State Senator
Robert K. Fischer
Meeting Coordinator
Conservatives of Faith
Tim Wildmon
President
American Family Association
Jack Park
Conservative Activist and Donor
Curt Levey
President
Committee for Justice
Quin Hillyer
Veteran conservative columnist
Dr. Richard Rounsavelle
Trustee
Media Research Center
Donna Hearne
CEO
Constitutional Coalition
Judson Phillips
Founder
Tea Party Nation
Dr. William Ames Curtright, DBA
Founder/CEO
Ames Research Laboratories, Inc.
The Honorable George K. Rasley Jr.
Managing Editor
ConservativeHQ.com
Olivia Marie Brown
Student
Arizona Christian University
Susan A. Carleson
Chairman/CEO
American Civil Rights Union
Mat Staver
Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel
Ralph A. Rebandt, II
Lead Pastor
Oakland Hills Community Church
Robert Alt
President & CEO
The Buckeye Institute
Carolee Adams
President
Eagle Forum of New Jersey
Ralph Benko
Political Columnist
Alfred S. Regnery
Chairman, Conservative Action Project
Chairman, Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund
The Honorable Colin A. Hanna
President
Let Freedom Ring, Inc.
Diana Banister
President and Partner
Shirley & Banister Public Affairs
The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Chief Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1987-1988)
Rachel Bovard
Policy Director
Senate Steering Committee (2014-2015)
Wesley Denton
Communications Director
Senator Jim DeMint (SC) (2005-2013)
Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund
Thomas Fitton
President
Judicial Watch, Inc.
Penny Y. Nance
President & CEO
Concerned Women for America
Jessica Anderson
Vice President
Heritage Action for America
Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret.)
Executive Vice President
Family Research Council
The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell
Chairman
Constitutional Congress, Inc.
Richard H. Wright
CEO
AAndrews Consulting
Alan P. Dye
Partner
Webster, Chamberlain & Bean
Steve Berger
Pastor
Grace Chapel
Amapola Hansberger
President
Legal Immigrants for America
Sean Noble
President
American Encore
The Honorable Mike Spence
Founding President
Conservative Republicans of California
Lee Beaman
CEO
Beaman Automotive
Russell J. Ramsland, Jr.
Founder, Park Cities/Preston Hollow Leadership Forum
Peter J. Thomas
Chairman
The Conservative Caucus
Ed Martin
President
Phyllis Schlafly Eagles
Jenna Ellis
Director of Public Policy
James Dobson Family Institute
Caroline C. Lewis
Owner
Percipio Communications
Christopher Malagisi
Editor in Chief
Conservative Book Club
Dr. Ron Seeley
Physician
Eye Clinic
Robert D. Thompson
Former Administrator
The Weyrich Lunch
Melvin Adams
Former President
Renewanation
C. Preston Noell III
President
Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.
Charlie Copeland
President
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Mr. Richard D. Hayes
Attorney
Hayes, Berry, White & Vanzant, LLP
Elaine Donnelly
President
Center for Military Readiness
Floyd Brown
Chairman
America Fighting Back PAC
Sal Russo
Co-Founder and Chief Strategist
Tea Party Express
Michelle Easton
President, Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women
Willes K. Lee
President, National Federation of Republican Assemblies
The Honorable Belden Bell
Co-Chair Legacy Society
The Heritage Foundation
Gregory Quinlan
Founder and Executive Director
The Center for Garden State Families
The Honorable Donald P. Hodel
Former Secretary of Energy
Former Secretary of Interior
The Honorable James C. Miller III
Budget Director for President Reagan
John F. Tate
President
America's Liberty PAC
Sandra S. Froman
Treasurer
Council for National Policy
E.C. Sykes
Managing Partner
Aslan Ventures
The Honorable Mike Hill
Representative
Florida State House
Barry James Meguiar
Founder/President
Revival Outside the Walls/Ignite America
Ron Robinson
President
Young America’s Foundation
The Honorable Michael R. Long
State Chairman
NYS Conservative Party
Craig Shirley
Reagan Biographer