-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- The appointments of judges which are life time appointments are one of the largest lasting damages done by the clinton administration. On Sat, 04 Mar 2000 12:37:42 -0500, Nicole Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Nicole Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URGENT COURT WATCH ALERT March 4, 2000 Two of the MOST IMPORTANT SENATE VOTES ON CLINTON'S JUDICIAL NOMINEES will occur on Monday or Tuesday, March 6th or 7th�a week earlier than the long-announced date of March 15th. These votes will be on RICHARD PAEZ and MARSHA BERZON, both named to the NINTH CIRCUIT. THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS The Ninth Circuit is the largest and most activist/liberal Circuit of all the nation's thirteen circuits. It covers the nation's seven western-most states, plus Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Among its 21 current active judges, 10 are Clinton appointees, and 3 are Carter appointees. Six more Clinton nominees are awaiting Senate confirmation. During the last three years, the U. S. Supreme Court (hardly a solid conservative body) has reversed 54 of the 63 cases (86%) reaching the Court from the Ninth Circuit. It is thus obvious that the addition of any more radical Clinton judges to this already radical Ninth Circuit could do damage to American law and liberty that would be virtually irreparable in the foreseeable future. RICHARD PAEZ Richard Paez has been the subject of Court Watch Alerts in the past, as his name has been before the Senate since he was first nominated on January 25, 1996. On July 29, 1999, Paez received his most recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, where he was barely approved by a 10-8 margin. This is the strongest opposition the Republicans have mounted against any Clinton nominee in a Judiciary Committee roll-call vote. There is more than ample reason for opposition to Paez: INJUDICIOUS AND/OR UNETHICAL CONDUCT�in 1995 U. S. District Judge Paez publicly attacked California's Propositions 187 and 209, both of which were involved in litigation at the time of his remarks. In the same speech, Paez also openly urged the filing of lawsuits to force "diversity in judicial appointments." Such remarks violate the Judicial Code of Conduct by casting severe doubt on Paez's ability to decide impartially cases that might later reach his Court involving any of these issues. LACK OF JUDICIAL TEMPERAMENT�While a state judge, Paez "stormed off the bench" (a Los Angeles Times description) after warning a defendant in his court not to consult the Bible and after threatening to confiscate the Bible. ACTIVIST JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY�Paez has already proven his activism by creating novel applications of federal statutes. In 1997, he ruled that when American companies are doing business with overseas companies, or even foreign governments, which allegedly commit human rights abuses, the American companies can be held liable. The Institute for International Economics concludes that this would "vastly expand the jurisdiction of the U. S. court system." MARSHA BERZON Like Richard Paez, MARSHA BERZON has been nominated to the Ninth Circuit before--on January 27, 1998. On July 1, 1999, Berzon, also like Paez, received narrow approval by the Judiciary Committee (10-8). Berzon's record reveals her lack of fitness for the Ninth Circuit: LIBERAL/ACTIVIST BACKGROUND�Berzon in 1978 clerked for U. S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, one of the most liberal/activist judges in recent history. YEARS OF ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT WITH THE "WOMEN'S RIGHTS" MOVEMENT�Berzon has been a member of the Women's Legal Defense Fund and an activist in the campaign against protection of the unborn. In 1991, in International Union, UAW v. Johnson Controls, Berzon won for a pregnant woman the "right" to work in a battery manufacturing plant during the pregnancy despite the inherent dangers to the unborn child posed by toxic substances in such a workplace. EXTREME ADVOCACY FOR ORGANIZED LABOR�As associate general counsel for the AFL-CIO since 1987, Berzon's briefs have aroused opposition from such diverse groups as the American Public Health Association, the National Association of Alcoholic Treatment Programs, and numerous state Attorneys General. She has pressed the radical argument that no system of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) can be fair without the involvement of a union. And she has argued that non-union workers can be compelled to subsidize their union's collective-bargaining activities in unitis other than their own, that professional associations can compel dues of objecting non-members, and that the right to refuse to associate with a union is not protected by the First Amendment as are numerous other forms of association and expression. ACT NOW!!! Phone your U. S. Senators and urge them to vote "No" on both RICHARD PAEZ AND MARSHA BERZON. Six GOP Senators have indicated that they will support Paez and possibly Berzon. They would virtually assure victories for the nominees and especially need calls. The six are: Hatch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Bennett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Lincoln Chaffee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Jeffords ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Specter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), and Gordon Smith (http://www.senate.gov/~gsmith/webform.html). Let us all seize this opportunity to CURB THE COURTS by fighting these particularly egregious nominations. 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