ACLJ Calls On U.S. Senate to Approve Nomination of Judge Charles Pickering and Urges Senate to Uphold the Constitution and the Democratic Process.

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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2002

The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, today called on the U.S. Senate to approve the nomination of U.S. District Court Judge Charles Pickering - and use the one-week delay on the vote - to do the right thing and abide by the Constitution and the democratic process.

"The Senate must do what is fair and just and approve the nomination of Judge Pickering," said Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel of the ACLJ. "It is now up to the Senate Judiciary Committee to reject the politics of personal destruction and move to approve the nomination of this well qualified judicial nominee. If the Judiciary Committee rejects the nominee, the full Senate should be permitted to vote on the nominee. The Constitution calls for the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate - and it is only proper that all members of the Senate be given an opportunity to consider this nomination if it fails to clear the Judiciary Committee. We must not permit the Constitution and the democratic process to be subverted in a manner that places partisan politics above fundamental fairness."

The American Center for Law and Justice is an international public interest law firm dedicated to defending the Constitution. The ACLJ web site address is www.aclj.org.