Oppose Judicial Nominee Myers
- by: Earthjustice
- recipient: Your Senator
Wanted: Judge for 9th Circuit – Is “Fair and Impartial” too much to ask?
Do you want a judge appointed to a lifetime position who has spent his career seeking to overturn vital safeguards for the environment and Native Americans? Myers has done just that, at a time when the courts have increasingly become primary guardians of our environmental protections. We are currently facing an onslaught of anti-environmental nominations like William Myers for key, lifetime posts on our nation's highest courts.
Someone who has spent a lifetime promoting industry special interests over environmental protection and public health is not the kind of fair, impartial judge necessary to preserve the integrity of our federal courts. Ask your senator to oppose Myers' nomination.
Do you want a judge appointed to a lifetime position who has spent his career seeking to overturn vital safeguards for the environment and Native Americans? Myers has done just that, at a time when the courts have increasingly become primary guardians of our environmental protections. We are currently facing an onslaught of anti-environmental nominations like William Myers for key, lifetime posts on our nation's highest courts.
Someone who has spent a lifetime promoting industry special interests over environmental protection and public health is not the kind of fair, impartial judge necessary to preserve the integrity of our federal courts. Ask your senator to oppose Myers' nomination.
Dear Senator,
I am a [your profession] from [your city] and I oppose the nomination of former Interior Solicitor William Myers because [your comment here].
Please stop the confirmation of Myers to a lifetime seat on the powerful Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Myers' record as an advocate for industry special interests and as the Interior Department's top lawyer shows that he lacks the qualifications and impartiality necessary for our nation's highest courts.
As the Interior Department's chief lawyer, Solicitor Myers oversaw a series of extreme efforts by the Department to repeal or gut a wide range of basic environmental safeguards. He wrote an opinion that reversed the prior Solicitor and cleared the way for a previously rejected cyanide heap-leach gold mine in California that would pollute the environment and destroy the Quechan Indian Tribe's sacred sites; he did not even consult with the Tribe as required by law. In November 2003, a federal judge held that Myers' legal opinion badly misinterpreted the law.
In his speeches and writings, Myers has displayed open hostility to Congress's authority to protect the environment. Before joining the Interior Department, Myers unsuccessfully argued in Supreme Court briefs that Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act safeguards were unconstitutional. Myers compared the government's management of public lands to King George's "tyrannical" rule over the American colonies, and denounced the California Desert Protection Act as "an example of legislative hubris." A substantial number of American Bar Association evaluators rated him "not-qualified" for the federal bench, demonstrating that Solicitor Myers' nomination was based not on his credentials, but on his extreme ideology.
Unfortunately, Solicitor Myers' record suggests the he would not be a fair and impartial judge in deciding the fate of environmental and other safeguards established through decades of progress. Please do all you can to block his lifetime confirmation to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which decides the fate of environmental protections in nine Western states.
Sign PetitionSign PetitionI am a [your profession] from [your city] and I oppose the nomination of former Interior Solicitor William Myers because [your comment here].
Please stop the confirmation of Myers to a lifetime seat on the powerful Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Myers' record as an advocate for industry special interests and as the Interior Department's top lawyer shows that he lacks the qualifications and impartiality necessary for our nation's highest courts.
As the Interior Department's chief lawyer, Solicitor Myers oversaw a series of extreme efforts by the Department to repeal or gut a wide range of basic environmental safeguards. He wrote an opinion that reversed the prior Solicitor and cleared the way for a previously rejected cyanide heap-leach gold mine in California that would pollute the environment and destroy the Quechan Indian Tribe's sacred sites; he did not even consult with the Tribe as required by law. In November 2003, a federal judge held that Myers' legal opinion badly misinterpreted the law.
In his speeches and writings, Myers has displayed open hostility to Congress's authority to protect the environment. Before joining the Interior Department, Myers unsuccessfully argued in Supreme Court briefs that Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act safeguards were unconstitutional. Myers compared the government's management of public lands to King George's "tyrannical" rule over the American colonies, and denounced the California Desert Protection Act as "an example of legislative hubris." A substantial number of American Bar Association evaluators rated him "not-qualified" for the federal bench, demonstrating that Solicitor Myers' nomination was based not on his credentials, but on his extreme ideology.
Unfortunately, Solicitor Myers' record suggests the he would not be a fair and impartial judge in deciding the fate of environmental and other safeguards established through decades of progress. Please do all you can to block his lifetime confirmation to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which decides the fate of environmental protections in nine Western states.
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