Open Letter: Conservative Leaders Urge Congress – Confirm Brett Kavanaugh

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 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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