Senator Jeff Sessions is calling on his colleagues to filibuster Judge David Hamilton. Go here and call your Senator. Tell your Senator to oppose cloture on David Hamilton and filibuster his nomination to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Judge Hamilton, a district court judge, is Barack Obama’s nominee to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. That very court has cited Judge Hamilton for abusing his power as a judge.
In 1994, the 7th Circuit rebuked Judge Hamilton for denying a Rabbi the right to display a Menorah as part of an Indianapolis holiday display.
In 2005, Judge Hamilton prohibited the Indiana House of Representatives from praying if Jesus’s name was mentioned, but said praying in Allah’s name was perfectly fine.
He also is one of the most lenient judges in America when it comes to crime and criminals.
In United States v. Rinehart, 2007 U.S. LEXIS 19498 (S.D. Ind. Feb 2, 2007), Judge Hamilton used his opinion to request clemency for a police officer who pled guilty to two counts of child pornography. The 32 year old officer had engaged in “consensual” sex with two teenagers and videotaped his activities.
In United States v. Woolsey, 535 F.3d 540 (7th Cir. 2008), the Seventh Circuit faulted Judge Hamilton for disregarding an earlier conviction in order to avoid imposing a life sentence on a repeat offender.
Call your Senator. Tell your Senator to oppose cloture on Judge Hamilton and support a filibuster.
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The impending disaster of activist judges
southcoast Thursday, November 12th at 9:57AM EST (link)If people don’t think these choices matter, consider the decisions judges are making NOW and reflect on the fact YOU could end up in front of these same activist judges who in the absence of being able to legislate buy a bench seat to govern unilaterally from.
Hamilton pro-abortion
Steven Ertelt (Diary) Thursday, November 12th at 10:14AM EST (link)A good reason to opose Hamilton is that he is pro-abortion (and was even rebuked the the appeals court Obama nominated hmi to over it). See http://www.LifeNews.com/nat5647.html
Hamilton pro-abortion
Steven Ertelt (Diary) Thursday, November 12th at 10:14AM EST (link)A good reason to opose Hamilton is that he is pro-abortion (and was even rebuked the the appeals court Obama nominated hmi to over it). See http://www.LifeNews.com/nat5647.html
Faxes are better
defendglenn (Diary) Thursday, November 12th at 10:43AM EST (link)I called my Senator and got hung up on. I called again and got a stupid VM. They did the same nonsense last Saturday when calling the House over PelosiCare.
But Senate rules say every fax has to be handled by a staffer, counted, and in many cases an attempt must be made to reply. The website StopHamilton.com sent 700k faxes to the Senate in April and Hamilton got delayed. There is a fee, but it is minimal, and I don’t have time to fax 100 Senators from my office today.
Are judicial filibusters really such a good idea?
wbcoleman Thursday, November 12th at 11:56AM EST (link)I don’t approve of Judge Hamilton any more than the rest of you, and I’d be happy to see his confirmation be voted down, but I don’t think conservatives should be cheerleading judicial filibusters. Nominees of Republican presidents are always the targets of these, and we were damned lucky to avert filibusters of Justices Roberts and Alito. Elections have consequences, and the prospect of judges like David Hamilton was the single most compelling reason for enthusiastically supporting John McCain.
The solution to this problem is to regain control of the Senate and of the Presidency ASAP.
We can't vote out federal judges; hence they will be there causing us grief down the road. nt
Xasteius (Diary) Thursday, November 12th at 11:59AM EST (link)Don’t leave the party, hijack it back!
The only poll that counts is the one at the ballot box.
I don’t want to be Reagan. I want to be a Chance/Soros hybrid.
When the Democrats give it up, then we'll give it up.
Martin Knight (Diary) Thursday, November 12th at 12:22PM EST (link)The rules are what they are … thanks to the other side and more’s the pity. It’d be stupid for us to act as if they were any different.
If John McCain had not been so desirous of the New York Times editorialists patting him on the head and calling him a good little “maverick”, this wouldn’t be an issue right now.
Not a fan of fillbusters
libertygirlusa (Diary) Thursday, September 15th at 8:11PM EST (link)but, I am persuaded by those who argue that the rules allow for this. After seeing the 4th Circuit change from one of the most conservatives to what it is today after the Democrats fillbustered Bush, I have changed my mind. We can only play by the rules. The rules allow for fillbusters. We need to fight to save the 7th Circuit now.
This sounds like a continuing thread
qurys Friday, November 13th at 8:10AM EST (link)from today’s first Red State posting on the administration and “merit” based appointees. Easily saves me the time and trouble of explaining that since the President, in past appointments, has made painfully obvious the fact that merit is not in his vocabulary…..why would we expect any more from future appointments….including this one?