Washington D.C., May 23, 2005 / 22:00 pm
The Family Research Council is among numerous groups around the country expressing their distaste for a compromise, which will allow only three of President Bush’s filibustered judicial nominees to receive an up or down vote.
“There is no room for compromise in the senate regarding judicial filibusters,” the Family Research Council’s website said today. “The judicial filibuster is unfair, unfounded and unconstitutional. Concession is not an option.”
Under the new deal, nominees, Priscilla Owen, Janice Rogers Brown and William Pryor will receive a Senate vote on their potential judicial appointments while there will remain “no commitment” to vote on nominees Henry Saad and William Myers.
Some Senate democrats claim that the nominees’ views on certain issues were too extreme, while supporters argue that opponents were blocking them for their religious and pro-life stances.