Stop Myers confirmation, contact your senators

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I'm writing to urge you and the Senate Judiciary Committee to oppose the confirmation of William Myers III to a lifetime federal judgeship on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Myers's attacks on environmental safeguards, including his actions as the Interior Department's Solicitor, demonstrate his inability to serve as an impartial jurist in cases involving natural resources or public health. His professional credentials consist primarily of his service as an advocate for mining, grazing and other special interests opposed to federal environmental laws that are critically important. His lack of sufficient legal credentials caused the American Bar Association to give Mr. Myers its lowest passing grade for a nominee.

Mr. Myers denounced the California Desert Protection Act -- a law that passed during the 103rd Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support -- as "an example of legislative hubris." He argued to the U.S. Supreme Court that Congress lacks the authority under the U.S. Constitution to extend Clean Water Act protections to certain wetlands and other waters -- a position that is even at odds with the Bush Administration's own Department of Justice. His call to elevate property rights to the level of "a fundamental right" under the Constitution would result in striking down many of our nation's important environmental laws as well as many other health and safety regulations. As Solicitor for the Department of Interior, Myers's key decisions were rebuked and overturned by the Federal bench and his own Department of Interior.

Mr. Myers's extreme anti-environment positions make him an unfit candidate for the federal bench, especially as a Court of Appeals judge for the Circuit Court whose jurisdiction contains more National Parks, National Forests than any other federal public lands than any other circuit.

We urge you to vote "no" on confirming William Myers to the federal bench and to oppose any effort to invoke cloture to end debate on this judicial nominee.

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=1630363&mesg_id=1630363