In advance of Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate, conservatives are mounting a campaign to get the candidates to pledge that if elected they won’t nominate moderate Supreme Court judges like Chief Justice John Roberts, and Justices David Souter and Anthony Kennedy.
“No More Roberts, Souters or Kennedys” is the rallying cry of the effort from the Judicial Crisis Network, led by Carrie Severino, a former clerk to Republican Justice Clarence Thomas. Souter retired in 2009.
The group on Monday is launching the first part of a campaign to get the GOP candidates to pledge they will name strictly Constitutional conservatives. The effort, said the group, is using the theme, “We Can’t Afford More Surprises.”
The group will be airing TV and digital ads in the $200,000 effort in Iowa, New Hampshire and Washington, D.C., and nationally on Salem Radio Network programs.
The effort comes after repeated court disappointments to conservatives, notably its approval of Obamacare and same sex marriage.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
