Justice at Stake wrote this letter to Senators Patrick Leahy and Chuck Grassley regarding S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act.
"The founders realized there has to be someplace where being right is more important than being popular or powerful, and where fairness trumps strength. And in our country, that place is supposed to be the courtroom."
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Congressional Correspondence
Justice at Stake wrote this letter to the Senate and House leadership urging them to identify a bipartisan solution to allay the damage that sequestration is beginning to cause.
In a letter to the leadership of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Justice at Stake urges senators to not consider legislation which would eliminate three seats from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Justice at Stake sent this letter to House and Senate leadership urging a bipartisan solution to allay the damage that sequestration will cause.
In a letter to Majority Leader Reid and Minority Leader McConnell, a broad coalition of 23 national organizations, including Justice at Stake, urged Senate leaders to cooperate and hold confirmation votes on pending judicial nominees during the lame-duck session.
Justice at Stake wrote this letter to the House and Senate leadership urging decisive action be taken to find a bipartisan solution to preempt the damage that would result from sequestration.
Justice at Stake wrote this letter to Majority Leader Reid and Republican Leader McConnell expressing concern for the state of the judicial confirmation process. Justice at Stake urged prompt action be taken regarding all pending nominees.
Justice at Stake wrote this letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee concerning Citizens United and the threat it poses to public confidence in state judiciaries.
Justice at Stake wrote the following letter to House leaders John Boehner (R-OH) and Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), opposing an attempt to scuttle Federal Communications Commission rules that would improve public access to filings of campaign advertising information.
JAS at Stake wrote the following letter to the House Appropriations Committee, opposing an attempt to scuttle Federal Communications Commission rules that would improve public access to filings of campaign advertising information.
Justice at Stake is one of 76 groups to sign a letter to U.S. Senate leaders urging faster action on federal judicial nominees. For details, see Gavel Grab.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16—The Justice at Stake Campaign is among 76 groups urging the U.S. Senate to speed its pace of judicial confirmations, saying that “obstructionist practices” have delayed up-or-down votes, and that severe shortages on the federal bench have reached a “state of crisis.”
On February 15, 2011, Justice at Stake were among 76 organizations and groups to co-sign a letter urging the Senate to continue to work together in a bipartisan fashion to proceed with the confirmation votes on judicial nominees who have been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
