Litigation

Conservative Groups Pen Letter Calling for Filibuster

By Jason Barrett

A letter signed by dozens of conservative organizations has been distributed to Republican senators in hopes of lengthening the debate over Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. The New York Times reports that the letter calls for a filibuster of President Obama’s nominee.

While never referring to Judge Sotomayor by name, the letter does refer to a nominee who is “an activist…with no judicial or jurisprudential record, or who is clearly an adherent of ‘Living Constitution’ jurisprudence, or otherwise likely to bring to the court their personal politics.”

The letter calls for what it has named a “traditional filibuster,” as opposed to a “Democratic filibuster.” The letter states that, while a “Democratic filibuster” is used to obstruct a senate confirmation vote, a “traditional filibuster” is used to allow for “appropriately long debate.”

Full post as published by The Gavel on June 04, 2009 (boomark / email).