Call to Action: Block Extremist Judicial Nominee J. Leon Holmes



Last
year, the Senate Judiciary committee voted to send the district judge
nomination of J. Leon Holmes to the Senate floor without a
recommendation — the first time a nominee has been sent to the Senate
without a recommendation in 52 years.



Upon
review of his record, it's easy to understand why he could not be
passed out of committee with a recommendation. Mr. Holmes is an
anti-abortion activist who has compared the abortion rights movement to
Nazis, has written that abortion should not be available to rape
victims because he believes “conceptions from rape occur with the same
frequency as snow in Miami” (when in fact studies indicate that
approximately 25,000-32,000 pregnancies occur each year in the U.S. as
a result of rape), and has written that “the wife is to subordinate
herself to her husband,” among other disturbing and offensive comments.



When
considering his nomination in committee, Senator Dianne Feinstein of
California stated, “I do not see how anyone can divine from these
comments that he has either the temperament or the wisdom to be a
judge.”



Call to action



Urge your senators to vote “no” on the nomination of J. Leon Holmes for district judge.



Click here to take action.