Sen. Kennedy's New Website
Senator Ted Kennedy has launched a new website for his re-election bid in 2006. There's something special about it. He's using it to gather netroots support against one of Bush's worst judicial picks. Good for him.
Check out this petition drive on his site to defeat William G. Myers III for a U.S. Court of Appeals judgeship.
Myers has spent his career trying to dismantle the protections our courts exist to preserve. He was a former lobbyist for the mining, grazing and cattle industries and a Bush Administration bureaucrat. His only experience has been manipulating laws and regulations for corporate gain, against the public interest. He’s unqualified to sit on the largest federal appellate court in the country.
Myers was among the 20 judges whose names Bush resubmitted to Congress after being rejected by the last Senate. More information about him is available here. In July, 2004, the Senate blocked a vote on his confirmation, and the Republicans were unable to muster the 60 votes necessary to force it.
As PFAW said in December when Bush renominated the rejected appointees:
“This slate of nominees signals again that the President and his team want to pack the federal courts with right-wing ideologues, and roll back decades of progress in social justice. This portends long, hard months of debate over the federal courts, and sends a truly disturbing signal of what we can expect if and when a Supreme Court vacancy occurs.
“If justices like these are appointed, we can say goodbye to a woman’s right to choose. We can watch as our rights to privacy and civil liberties are eroded, and the government’s ability to protect our clean air and clean water vanishes.”
Sen. Kennedy held a conference call Monday with bloggers on the nuclear option. TalkLeft was invited to participate, but I had to be in court. He has promised further calls and further interaction with bloggers, and I look forward to participating.
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