The Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) is opposing the nomination of Caitlin Halligan, President Obama’s pick to be a judge on the D.C. Circuit. RNLA leaders sent a second letter to Senate leaders, urging them not to confirm her. RNLA Chair Randy Evans said, “President Obama has had the audacity to nominate failed nominee Caitlin Halligan five times. Enough is enough.”
The
RNLA leaders wrote in their most recent letter, “In
2011, the Senate rejected her nomination, and there is no reason that the
Senate should not do so again.” Caitlin
Halligan’s failure to be honest with the Senate Judiciary Committee in
testimony about her positions on the Second Amendment is one of the concerns of
the RNLA. Other troubling aspects of the
nominee are her controversial legal theories on the First Amendment rights of
protesters and the detention of enemy combatants in the war on terror, especially
as both of her positions were rejected by the courts.
John
Ryder, RNLA Vice President for Judicial Affairs, said, “President Obama wants
to pack the courts with extreme nominees.
The Senate should not confirm nominees like Caitlin Halligan, who are
outside the mainstream.”
The
Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) is the national organization of
Republican attorneys. The mission of the
RNLA is to advance professionalism; open, fair and honest elections; career
opportunity; and Republican ideals.
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