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Senate
Resolution 303
By:
Senators Shafer of the 48th, Rogers of the 21st, Staton of the 18th, Cagle of
the 49th, Weber of the 40th and others
A
RESOLUTION
Urging
the United States Senators of the State of Georgia to support the
President´s 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. Bush´s judicial
nominees, all of whom were reported favorably by the United States Senate
Committee on the Judiciary.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that this body urges Georgia´s
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 Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to Georgia´s United
States Senators.