Media Advisory: Specter ‘Borked’ Himself from Senate Judiciary Committee     11/4/2004

Washington, D.C. –– Concerned Women for America (CWA) says Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania) disqualified himself from chairing the Senate Judiciary Committee when he promised to use a litmus test for judicial appointments.

“Sen. Specter has repeatedly made it clear that he will block appointments of federal judges who do not pass his pro-abortion litmus test,” said LaRue. “It goes without saying that it is absolutely unacceptable to use ‘specter vision’ to critique judicial nominees.”

“President Bush says his only litmus test for judges is whether they will interpret the law and not write it. Sen. Specter is openly opposed to the president and the Constitution on this.”

In a letter sent today to Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tennessee) and all the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, CWA expressed the following concerns:

Sen. Specter has dismissed as “unlikely” the notion that he would allow a nominee who does not support the manifestly unconstitutional Roe v. Wade decision to be confirmed to the Supreme Court. Sen. Specter has signaled in advance that he does not intend to conduct the Judiciary Committee in a fair and impartial manner. Therefore, he has disqualified himself from consideration for that position.

For Information Contact:
Natalie Bell
(202) 488-7000
media.cwfa.org

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