To: The United States Senate
Tell the Senate: Don't play politics with judges
Do your constitutional duty to fill judicial vacancies by immediately holding up-or-down votes on the 14 judicial nominees currently awaiting confirmation.
Why is this important?
When the Senate went on vacation earlier this month, it did so having confirmed only 5 new federal judges this year, even as over a dozen more wait for votes. That's far below the average for this late in the year, and on pace for a record low.
The 14 nominees the Senate left languishing over its summer recess had all passed out of committee without controversy. But senators are blocking their confirmation votes to score political points -- leaving critical courts understaffed, and leaving many Americans in legal limbo.
When senators return to Washington on September 8, they need to do their jobs and give the judicial nominees before them a fair up-or-down vote.
The 14 nominees the Senate left languishing over its summer recess had all passed out of committee without controversy. But senators are blocking their confirmation votes to score political points -- leaving critical courts understaffed, and leaving many Americans in legal limbo.
When senators return to Washington on September 8, they need to do their jobs and give the judicial nominees before them a fair up-or-down vote.