CONSERVATIVE LEADERS URGE CONGRESS – CONFIRM BRESS KAVANAUGH

July 18, 2018
Washington, DC

We strongly endorse the nomination of the Honorable Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States and urge the Senate to confirm him with haste.

Conservatives believe the United States Constitution is the ultimate authority for the interpretation of American law. Conservatives therefore enthusiastically agreed with the commitment by candidate Trump, and now-President Trump, that appointees to the Supreme Court of the United States should be committed to applying the Constitution to cases that come before the Court.

By nominating Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, President Trump chose a candidate whose attributes have been described as “very much in the mold of Justice Scalia,” who was committed to applying and interpreting the Constitution as written.

Throughout his career on the bench, Judge Kavanaugh’s opinions have reflected thoughtful, precise and clear language in support of the original intent of the Constitution, the separation of powers, federalism, religious freedom, political speech rights guaranteed by the First Amendment, and constitutional limitations on the expansion of the administrative state.

Judge Kavanaugh clearly set forth his judicial philosophy when he wrote, “The judge’s job is to interpret the law, not to make the law or make policy. So read the words of the statute as written. Read the text of the Constitution as written, mindful of history and tradition. Don’t make up new constitutional rights that are not in the text of the Constitution. Don’t shy away from enforcing constitutional rights that are in the text of the Constitution.”

Judge Kavanaugh’s credentials are impeccable and rival those of sitting justices – a degree from Yale Law School; clerkships with three federal judges; twelve years as a sitting Federal Court of Appeals Judge, and time spent in other significant roles of public service.  He is certainly qualified.

The United States Senate should carry out its Constitutional role in a timely manner. President Trump’s nominee merits the timely advice and consent of the Senate so that the Supreme Court will have a full complement of nine sitting justices when the next term of the Court begins on October 1, 2018.

 


 

The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Former Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan


The Honorable Kenneth Blackwell
Chairman
Constitutional Congress, Inc.


Rod D. Martin
Founder & CEO
The Martin Organization, Inc.


Haley E. Martin
President
The Martin Foundation 


Quin Hillyer 
Veteran Conservative Columnist


C. Preston Noell III 
President 
Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.  


Steven R. Valentine
Former Deputy Assistant U.S.
Attorney General
Reagan and George H.W. Bush
Administrations 


Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret)
Executive Vice President
Family Research Council 


William L. Walton
Chairman
CNP Action, Inc.


Rebecca Hagelin
Secretary
Council for National Policy


Sandra Froman
Treasurer
Council for National Policy 


Penny Young Nance 
CEO & President 
Concerned Women for America  


James L. Martin
Founder & Chairman
60 Plus Association 


Gary Marx 
President
Madison Strategies 


William W. Pascoe, III
Managing Partner

Antietam Communications 


Catherine Glenn Foster
President and CEO
Americans United for Life  


The Honorable Bob McEwen
U.S. House of Representatives
Former Member, Ohio


Willes K. Lee
President
National Federation of Republican Assemblies


Catherine Glenn Foster  
President and CEO 
Americas United for Life


Jeremy Cerone 
CEO 
Elite Safe Inc.  


Kelly J. Shackelford 
President and CEO 
First Liberty Institute 


Allen Hebert 
Chairman 
American – Chinese
Fellowship of Houston 


Larry T. Beasley
President and CEO 
The Washington Times


Dan Weber 
President 
Association of Mature
American Citizens (AMAC)


Dr. Richard Rounsavelle 
Trustee 
Media Research Center 


Dr. Jerry A. Johnson
President and CEO 
National Religious Broadcasters


Donna Rice Hughes
CEO and President
Enough Is Enough 


Rick Manning
President
Americans for Limited 

Government  


Steve Berger 
Pastor 
Grace Chapel  


Joe R. Calvert 
President
Rabon & Calvert Interests, Inc. 


Roxanne Phillips
Member, Executive Committee
Council for National Policy


Paavo Ensio
Chairman
Universal Minerals Group 


The Honorable Terrence Scanlon
Retired Chairman and President
Capital Research Center


Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund  


William Mills
President
MPW Properties


The Honorable Tim Goeglein
Vice President
External and Government Relations
Focus on the Family
 


Eli Lehrer
President
The R Street Institute


Craig Shirley  
Reagan Biographer 
Presidential Historian


Mathew D. Staver, Esq.
Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel  


Judson Phillips
Founder  
Tea Party Nation


Phil Kerpen
President 
American Commitment 


Jay Mount  
President 
MDS Communications 


Richard Wright
CEO
Andy Andrews Companies 


Martha Boneta
President 
VCS  


Sal Russo
Co-Founder and Chief Strategist
Tea Party Express


Austin Ruse
President
C-Fam 


Jeffrey Mazzella
President
Center for Individual Freedom 


Sean Noble 
President 
American Encore


The Honorable Tim G. Echols
Commissioner
State of Georgia


Neil Siefring 
Vice President 
Hilltop Advocacy, LLC 


Penna Dexter  
Co-Host 
Point of View Radio Show


Charlie Gerow
CEO 
Quantum Communications 


Susan Carleson
President
American Civil Rights Union  


Ladeine Thompson
Member
Council for National Policy 


Jack Park
Conservative Activist and Donor

The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop
Former White House Advisor 
President Ronald Reagan 


The Honorable Colin A. Hanna
President
Let Freedom Ring


Sherri R. Martin
Executive Vice President
The Martin Organization, Inc.


Shawn A. Mitchell
Former National Chaplain
National Federation of Republican Assemblies


Evelio Silvera
Campaign for the American Future 


Adam Brandon  
President
Freedom Works


Alfred S. Regnery
Chairman,
Conservative Action Project
Chairman,
Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund 


Diana Banister
President and Partner 
Shirley & Banister Public Affairs


The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Former Chief Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan  


Thomas Fitton 
President 

Judicial Watch, Inc. 


The Honorable David McIntosh
President
Club for Growth


Robert D. Thompson 
Former Administrator 
The Weyrich Lunch 


The Honorable Belden Bell
Co-Chair Legacy Society
The Heritage Foundation 


Saulius “Saul” Anuzis 
President
60 Plus Association 


Bob Adams 
President
Revive America PAC  


Charles Copeland 
President 
Intercollegiate Studies Institute 


Peter J. Thomas 
Chairman 
The Conservative Caucus 


Caroline Lewis
Owner 
Percipio Communications 


The Honorable Mike Hill 
Former Member 
Florida State Representative 


The Honorable Gary L. Bauer 
President 
American Values 


Bob Carlstrom
President
The Carlstrom Group, LLC 


Christopher Malagisi 
Editor in Chief
Conservative
Book Club


Ron Robinson
President
Young America’s Foundation 


Ralph A. Rebandt II
Lead Pastor, Senior Chaplain 
Oakland Hills Community Church
Michigan Police Chiefs


Marjorie Dannenfelser 
President
Susan B. Anthony List


Kay R. Daly
President
Coalition for a Fair Judiciary


Robert K. Fischer
Meeting Coordinator
Conservatives of Faith 


Michelle Kullberg
Art Director and Executive 
Assistant
America Conservancy  


The Honorable Mike Spence
Founding President
Conservative Republicans of California


Jerry Melvin
Former Dean 
Florida House of Representatives 


Ed Martin
President
Phyllis Schlafly Eagles 


The Honorable Jim DeMint
United States Senate
Former Member, South Carolina 


Kevin Brown
COO
The King’s College 


Elaine Donnelly
President
Center for Military Readiness 


Kristan Hawkins
President
Students for Life of America


Lew Uhler
President
National Tax Limitation
Committee 


Cleta Mitchell, Esq.
Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP


Thomas Pyle 
President 
American Energy Alliance 


Diane Stover
President
Ohio Values Voters


Emmett J. McGroarty
Senior Fellow
American Principles Project


Melvin Adams 
Past President
Renewanation


Benjamin R. Case
President 
Case Consulting Services, Inc.


Philip B. Haney 
President
Venatus Group, Inc.


Gregory Quinlan
President
The Center for Garden State Families


Dr. Christopher C. Hull, Ph.D. 
Executive Vice President 
Center for Security Policy 


J. Christian Adams
President
Public Interest Legal Foundation  


Hugh Maclellan
Retired 
Unum Provident


Gregory Mertz
Director 
Citizen GO USA 


Nicole Hall
Program Manager 
Non-Profit 


Curt Levey
President
Committee for Justice 


Ron Pearson 
Executive Director 
Conservative Victory Fund 


Ralph Benko
Senior Advisor, Economics 
American Principles Project  


Mario H. Lopez 
President
Hispanic Leadership Fund 


Evangeline Bartz 
Corporate Counsel & VP of Operations
Americans United for Life


Lisa B. Nelson

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