To view or download a PDF version of this press release, click here. For immediate release: Thursday, April 6, 2017 For more information: Tatiana Bergum, (202) 626-8825, mediarelations@nrlc.org WASHINGTON – Led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), U.S. Senate...
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NRLC letter to U.S. Senate in support of confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
202-626-8820 To view or download a PDF version of this letter, click here. Dear Senator: On behalf of the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of state right-to-life organizations, we write to urge your full support to achieve the confirmation of...
Letter to U.S. Senate on Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor
The following letter was sent by National Right to Life to members of the U.S. Senate on July 27, 2009. July 27, 2009 The Honorable Harry Reid Majority Leader United States Senate S-221 The Capitol Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Republican...
Roe v. Wade and the Current Supreme Court
Some recent stories in the news media incorporate incorrect information or assumptions about the legal status quo on abortion. On September 14, 2005, the Los Angeles Times published an eye-opening examination, written by its veteran Supreme Court reporter, on the...
Deal by 14 Senators Retains Right to Filibuster Some Judicial Nominees
WASHINGTON (June 2, 2005) – A last-minute deal by 14 U.S. senators stopped – at least temporarily – a vote on a Senate rules change that would have prevented Democrats from using the filibuster to block future judicial appointments by President Bush. The 14 senators –...
Who opposes filibuster reform?
As of May 4, 2005, all of the 45 members of the Senate Democratic caucus were opposing the effort of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tn.) to abolish filibusters on judicial nominees If more than five Republican senators vote with the Democrats, it will not be...
Senate “Too Close to Call” On Abolishing Filibusters of Judges
McCain joins with Democrats to save filibuster WASHINGTON (May 4, 2005) – The U.S. Senate is fast approaching a razor-close...
Filibusters of Judicial Nominees: Majority Vote Should Trump Minority Rule
By Senator Rick Santorum [Sen. Santorum is a Republican senator from Pennsylvania and chairman of the Senate Republican Conference. This essay appeared as an op-ed in the Washington Post for Sunday, April 17, 2005.] It has been almost four years since President Bush...
Senate Showdown Near on Filibusters of Bush Judges
WASHINGTON (April 5, 2005) – Senate Republican leaders may take bold action in April or May to put an end to Democratic filibusters of President Bush’s nominees to federal courts – but a coalition of liberal and pro-abortion pressure groups has launched a...
Promises by Senator Arlen Specter win him the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Arlen Specter promises to help confirm President Bush's judicial nominees; his promises win him the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee November 20, 2004 On November 18, the current Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee collectively...