Miguel Estrada Filibuster..
It's time to Rock and Roll Kiddies!!!
The Democrats have finally decided to pull their collective heads outta their butts, to ante up and be an active and participating part of our government!
It is a big gamble politically, and shows that SOMEBODY finally grew a pair, and is willing to stand up to the Bush Presidency.
(Which I have taken to calling)
The Assault on America!...
Kinda catchy huh?
Ultra-conservative lawyer Miguel Estrada has been nominated to the influential Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
His former supervisor in the Justice Department concluded that Estrada “lacks the judgment” and is “too much of an ideologue to be an appeals court judge.”
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund are opposed to Estrada’s confirmation.
Estrada’s record shows:
Estrada has expressed the disturbing view that Americans should not be permitted to turn to the judicial branch when legislative decisions harm fundamental constitutional freedoms. In fact, it is precisely when a legislature has used its power to violate the freedoms of the less powerful that judicial review becomes crucial.
As a lawyer in private practice, Estrada has sought to defend so-called anti-loitering statutes and ordinances, which have been demonstrated to disproportionately harm African-Americans and Latinos in much the same manner as racial profiling. Federal and state courts, including the Supreme Court, have invalidated a number of these provisions as violating the First Amendment freedom to assembly and the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Estrada has even argued that the NAACP should not even be allowed to challenge such ordinances.
Estrada has sought to use the First Amendment as a shield for a large company that had been found guilty of deceptive advertising by the Federal Trade Commission. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, including several judges appointed by Republican presidents, unanimously rejected his line of reasoning.
Despite his troubling record, Estrada refused to answer any questions at his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about his judicial philosophy, such as his views about important Supreme Court decisions. For example, he refused to name a single Supreme Court decision in the last 50 years that he thought was wrong.
In light of the Senate’s co-equal role in judicial appointments, the Senate should not confirm a nominee who refuses even to answer such critical questions.
This guy has got to go bye bye
This is a perfect example of Little Lord Fauntleroy's attempt to stack the courts with very young (42) ultra-conservative judges that will then be around for a very long time
We've got to support this filibuster.
Please call your Senators now, at:
Senator Dayton (D)
Local Phone: 612-727-5220
DC Phone: 202-224-3244
FYI Dayton supports the filibuster.
Senator Coleman (R)
Local Phone: 651-645-0323
DC Phone: 202-224-5641
FYI Coleman has already come out in favor of Estrada...big surprise