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House
Resolution 167
By:
Representatives Davis of the
109th,
Burkhalter of the
50th,
Stephens of the
164th,
Harbin of the
118th,
Forster of the
3rd,
and others
A
RESOLUTION
Urging
the United States Senators of the State of Georgia to support the
President́s
nominees to the United States Supreme Court; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution states the President
"shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall
appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme
Court, and all other Officers of the United States;" and
WHEREAS,
there is a high likelihood of at least one vacancy on the United States Supreme
Court during the 109th Congress; and
WHEREAS,
there is a possibility of the need to elevate a sitting justice on the United
States Supreme Court to the position of Chief Justice during the 109th Congress;
and
WHEREAS,
activist judges on some federal courts have frustrated the constitutional
structure which prescribes that laws shall be written by elected legislatures;
and
WHEREAS,
President George W. Bush has expressed his commitment to appoint federal judges
who will strictly interpret the United States Constitution; and
WHEREAS,
in the past, a minority of senators has used dilatory tactics to prevent a
Senate floor vote on several of President George W.
Bush́s
judicial nominees, all of whom were reported favorably by the United States
Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the members of
this body urge our United States Senators to move quickly to confirm all
nominations by President George W. Bush to the United States Supreme
Court.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the United
States Senators of the State of Georgia.