Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Liberty Legal Institute Speaks Out on Supreme Court Nominee

PLANO, Texas – Following news of President Obama’s appointment of Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to replace outgoing U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, Kelly Shackelford, chief counsel of Liberty Legal Institute, released the following statement:

“This is a sad day. The American people want judges of neutrality, not liberal activist ‘judges’ who decide cases on their feelings. Taking the blindfold off of Lady Justice is not a positive act.”
“Judicial activism robs the power of self-government from the American people. Sotomayor’s statements on judges making policy, advocating for race-viewed justice, and her decision in Ricci and in many others, which were overturned, make clear her activist approach. The only people who will be happy with this pick will be extreme activists on the left.”

Liberty Legal Institute specializes in First Amendment and constitutional law and is often before the Supreme Court. The Institute recently filed an amicus brief on behalf of more than 4 million veterans in Pleasant Grove City v. Summum, and will be returning in the coming session to stand for millions of veterans in the Mojave Desert Memorial case, Salazar, et al. v. Buono

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