Posted by Orin Kerr:
Who Wants to Draft Judge Prado?:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_06_05-2005_06_11.shtml#1118246328
Both [1]How Appealing and [2]SCOTUSblog provide links today to a new
website, [3]www.DraftPrado.org, that claims to be part of an
"independent grassroots campaign" to encourage President Bush to
nominate Fifth Circuit Judge Ed Prado to the Supreme Court.
A Supreme Court Justice for All Americans
Imagine a Supreme Court nominee with a mainstream approach to the
law who has earned the respect of both Republicans and Democrats.
Imagine a nominee for the Supreme Court of unquestioned stature
with decades of judicial experience.
Stop imagining...
Meet Judge Ed Prado.
The idea that some average Americans might come together to push a
little-known judge for a seat on the Supreme Court is pretty
interesting, so I figured I would look into it and see who is behind
the campaign. The campaign's website states that it is being run by
people who, "[i]n an era of intense partisanship, . . . believe the
time is right to come together around a highly qualified consensus
nominee." It lists a few names in particular: Arkadi Gerney, Marc
Laitin, and Tim Cullen.
I googled Arkadi, Marc, and Tim to see if I could find out more
about who they are. [4]It turns out that Arkadi, Marc and Tim have
together led at least three other campaigns in the last two years, the
goals of which might give you a little perspective on this latest
independent effort:
[5]Run Against Bush: A Movement to Defeat George W. Bush in 2004
Launched late 2003, the Run Against Bush campaign raised over
$450,000 in small donations from over 11,000 runners across the
country.
[6]The KerryConnector
Started in July 2003, the Kerry Connector was an online grassroots
meeting and house-party tool that was partially integrated into the
Kerry campaign website in October 2004 and was a model for the John
Kerry Volunteer Center (www.volunteer.johnkerry.com/) that
premiered in June, 2004.
[7]Concerts for Kerry / Concerts for Change
Launched in March 2004, the Concerts effort raised more than
$370,000 to support John Kerry from 16,000 concertgoers at events
around the country.
References
1. http://legalaffairs.org/howappealing/060805.html#003449
2.
http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2005/06/blog_roundup_we_1.html
3. http://www.draftprado.org/
4. http://cgl-group.com/taxonomy/term/13
5. http://www.runagainstbush.org/
6. http://cgl-group.com/node/9
7. http://cgl-group.com/node/7
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