A coalition of conservative groups and elected officials from red states with Democratic senators has written a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee leadership in support of Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination.
The coalition was organized by the right-leaning Judicial Crisis Network, which is spearheading a $10 million campaign boosting Gorsuch’s bid. The signatories of the letter include groups and elected officials from Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wisconsin. The letter will be delivered to the Senate Judiciary Committee leadership mid-morning on Thursday.
“[M]entioned as one of Mitt Romney’s potential Supreme Court nominees in 2012, Judge Gorsuch has been heralded as an intellectual and articulate arbiter throughout his lauded career,” the letter states. “His written decisions have been applauded by his colleagues for their eloquence and sincerity.”
The coalition continued to say, “If we can agree on nothing else, we must recognize and espouse the democratic process. Our common ideologies, among them an unwavering commitment to fair and free elections, have historically united, not divided, our great nation. We cannot neglect these ideologies. Neil Gorsuch is a highly-qualified, experienced, and fair judge, and his appointment to the Supreme Court will mark a renewed commitment to our democracy and the citizens it personifies.”
The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a vote on Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination on Monday, and the full Senate is expected to vote on the nomination on Friday, April 7.
JCN Gorsuch Nomination Letter 3.29 by Ryan Lovelace on Scribd
