From the Democratic Policy Committee:
Senator Hatch, ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, has argued on the Senate floor that in defeating the nomination of Justice Priscilla Owen to the Fifth Circuit, the Judiciary Committee has "rejected for the first time in history a nominee who has received the American Bar Association's (ABA) unanimous rating, highest rating of `well-qualified'"...
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More than a dozen of President Clinton's Circuit Court nominees received the American Bar Association's (ABA) unanimous "well-qualified" rating, but their nominations were defeated because their hearings were rejected by Republicans.
CALL ORRIN HATCH'S OFFICE AT (202) 224-5251.
If Line is Busy or your cheap like me you can use this number:
To call a Senator Toll Free US Capitol: FREE NUMBER: 1-877-762-8762
Website contact page: Senator Orrin Hatch
Fax: (202) 224-6331
Tell the person who answers the phone that you're aware of Senator Hatch's claim that Owen was the first ABA highly-qualified nominee to be denied a vote. Then read the following names to them:
Circuit Court nominees from 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 in this category that were denied a vote: H. Alston Johnson (5th Circuit), James Duffy (9th Circuit), Kathleen McCree-Lewis (6th Circuit), Enrique Moreno (5th Circuit), James Lyons (10th Circuit), Robert Cindrich (3rd Circuit), Stephen Orlofsky (3rd Circuit), Andre Davis (4th Circuit), James Beaty (4th Circuit), and J. Rich Leonard (4th Circuit).
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