[Mb-civic] Help Stop an Anti-Environmental Judicial Nomination

[Barbara Siomos]

DEN Alert: Help Stop an Anti-Environmental Judicial Nomination
 
Dear DEN Activist:

I am writing today because Defenders of Wildlife
needs your help on an urgent issue on Capitol Hill.

This week, the U.S. Senate will be voting on
whether or not to approve the nomination of former
U.S. Department of the Interior Solicitor William
Myers to a lifetime seat on the Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals. 

This court decides the fate of environmental
safeguards for nine Western states. Defenders of
Wildlife and other conservation organizations
oppose the nomination of William Myers because he
has spent his career representing industry special
interests rather than safeguarding the environment.

For example, he helped clear the way for a
previously-rejected polluting gold mine to be
constructed in California, causing destruction of the
area's environment and a local Indian tribe's sacred
sites. 

Also, in his speeches and writings, Myers objected
to the U.S. Congress' authority to protect the
environment and went so far as to call the Clean
Water and Endangered Species Acts unconstitutional.
 
WHAT YOU CAN DO:

Please go to the DEN Action Center at 
http://www.denaction.org and send a free fax to
your senators urging them to oppose William Myers'
lifetime nomination to the Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals.
 
Better yet, call your senators' offices via the U.S.
Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121 with the same
message. 

The vote is scheduled for TUESDAY, JULY 20, so
please contact your senators TODAY. Thanks for
helping to protect our nation's judicial system from
anti-environmental judges.
 
Sincerely, 
Rodger Schlickeisen
President
Defenders of Wildlife 

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