AFA of PA ACTION ALERT
December 5, 2011
Issues
Another Troubling Obama Nominee
Details
The Nomination of Caitlin Halligan to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals amounts to extraordinary circumstances, given her extreme positions on a variety of issues.
A cloture vote on her nomination is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday (12/6). Halligan has expressed very liberal opinions on a wide variety of issues including:
– The death penalty (even filing an amicus brief in Roper v. Simmons)
– Individual rights under the Second Amendment
– The War on Terror (approving a NYC Bar Association report she now attempts to disown)
– Abortion
– Affirmative Action
– Immigration
For more information read this American Spectator article of November 16, 2011.
Nominees to the DC District Court are typically subjected to a high degree of scrutiny, one that Caitlin Halligan does not even begin to satisfy. As such, she should be opposed on any vote taken by the Senate, including the cloture vote scheduled for Tuesday.
Action Steps
Contact Senator Bob Casey, Jr. and Senator Pat Toomey and ask them to “Vote ‘no’ on cloture for Caitlin Halligan to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.” Click here for contact information. Please email them and call their district office nearest you.
