Post by Bret Walker on Sept 16, 2003 16:08:47 GMT -5
The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to consider the nomination of
anti-women Judge Charles Pickering in the coming week. Pickering, who was
defeated in Committee on a straight party-line vote in March 2002, was
re-nominated by President Bush and is being reconsidered by the now
Republican-controlled Committee. There are signs that opposition to
Pickering's nomination to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is wavering.
Send a message today to the Senate Judiciary Committee urging them to
oppose Pickering's nomination.
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Pickering, a Mississippi judge, has a long and clear history of being
anti-women and anti-civil rights. As a state Senator, Pickering supported
a constitutional amendment to ban abortion and chaired the subcommittee of
the National Republican Party that in 1976 approved a plank calling for an
amendment to the US Constitution to make abortion illegal. Pickering has
opposed the Equal Rights Amendment and as a district court judge,
criticized remedies provided by the Voting Rights Act to redress
discrimination against African-American voters.
anti-women Judge Charles Pickering in the coming week. Pickering, who was
defeated in Committee on a straight party-line vote in March 2002, was
re-nominated by President Bush and is being reconsidered by the now
Republican-controlled Committee. There are signs that opposition to
Pickering's nomination to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is wavering.
Send a message today to the Senate Judiciary Committee urging them to
oppose Pickering's nomination.
capwiz.com/fmf1/issues/alert/?alertid=3438191
Pickering, a Mississippi judge, has a long and clear history of being
anti-women and anti-civil rights. As a state Senator, Pickering supported
a constitutional amendment to ban abortion and chaired the subcommittee of
the National Republican Party that in 1976 approved a plank calling for an
amendment to the US Constitution to make abortion illegal. Pickering has
opposed the Equal Rights Amendment and as a district court judge,
criticized remedies provided by the Voting Rights Act to redress
discrimination against African-American voters.
