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Oppose Judicial Nominee Pryor
Urge your Senators to block William Pryor’s lifetime nomination to a federal appeals court that decides the fate of environmental safeguards. Based upon his extreme record as Alabama Attorney General, William Pryor is opposed by a record number of national environmental groups. He has consistently sided with corporate polluters, and was the only State attorney general to file challenges to the constitutionality of key Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act safeguards. If confirmed, he would be able to enact his own extreme political agenda through the courts.
Please ask your Senators to oppose William Pryor's nomination by using this form or calling your Senators’ offices (Capitol 202-224-3121) today.
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Subject: Please Block the William Pryor Nomination!
Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,
Please oppose the confirmation of Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor, a lifetime nominee to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals who has an extreme anti-environmental record. Bill Pryor sided with corporate polluters by failing to crack down on clean water violations and by opposing EPA's enforcement of the Clean Air Act against pollution that harms downwind States. Bill Pryor was the only State attorney general to challenge the constitutionality of key Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act safeguards. When the Judiciary Committee asked Bill Pryor about environmental issues, he failed to answer questions and gave evasive responses.
Senators have a constitutional advise-and-consent duty to ensure that lifetime federal judges will interpret the law fairly. Unfortunately, Bill Pryor's record and testimony do not reflect that he would be a fair and impartial judge in deciding on corporate challenges to decades of environmental progress.
Please do not allow Bill Pryor to be confirmed to a lifetime position on the very important 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which decides the fate of environmental and other safeguards in Florida, Georgia and Alabama.
Sincerely,
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Campaign Launched:
July 10, 2003
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Please oppose the lifetime nomination of Alabama Attorney General William Pryor to an Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals federal judgeship. In nearly all cases, this court has the final say in deciding whether to strike down or to enforce federal anti-pollution and other safeguards in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.
Senators have a Constitutional advise-and-consent duty to ensure that they confirm only lifetime federal judges who will fairly and impartially interpret the law. Mr. Pryor’s actions as Attorney General of Alabama demonstrate open contempt for the federal laws that protect America’s air, water, and endangered species.
Bill Pryor has an extreme anti-environmental record as Alabama’s Attorney General. He sided with corporate polluters by failing to crack down on clean water violations and by opposing EPA’s enforcement of the Clean Air Act against pollution that harms downwind States. Bill Pryor was the only State attorney general to file challenges to the constitutionality of key Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act safeguards. When the Judiciary Committee asked Bill Pryor about environmental issues, he failed to answer questions and gave evasive responses.
Senators should vote against the nomination of Alabama Attorney General Pryor because of his deference to corporate polluters; his extreme views on Congress' lack of power to protect our air, water and endangered species; and his failure to adequately address these issues in his testimony before the Judiciary Committee.
The Senate has confirmed more than 130 of President Bush’s judicial nominations, but it has a Constitutional duty to reject those who would enact their own extreme political agendas from the bench.
Learn more about William Pryor by visiting "Judging the Environment", where you can read press editorials and coalition letters opposing his nomination.
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