Confirm William Myers: Day 654 in Nomination Purgatory

March 03, 2005

(Washington, DC) The Coalition for a Fair Judiciary today called on the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote William Myers out of committee without further delay. William Myers was first nominated to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on May 15, 2003 and a Judiciary Committee hearing on February 5, 2004.

"It has been 654 days since William Myers was nominated to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The average length of time from nomination to confirmation used to be 87 days," said Kay Daly, president of the Coalition for a Fair Judiciary. "It is time to stop talking about this nomination and vote on it. What s left to ask this nominee his favorite color?"

William Myers is the former Solicitor of the Interior William G. Myers III of Idaho and a highly respected attorney who has extensive experience in the field of natural resources, public lands, and environmental law. Myers has served in the Department of Energy, the Department of Justice and in private practice. His nomination enjoys widespread support from across the ideological and political spectrum.

As an avid outdoorsman and a committed conservationist, Mr. Myers has served as a volunteer for the National Park Service. Over that span, he has logged at least 180 days of volunteer service in numerous national parks, performing trail work, campsite cleaning, visitor assistance, and park patrols. Mr. Myers volunteered 7 days in the Bridger-Teton National Forest, where he worked on trail rehabilitation, tore down and packed out an illegal hunting camp, and conducted backcountry patrol.

"Despite the widespread support for this very qualified nominee, extreme leftist organizations are pulling out the stops to obstruct this nomination," said Daly. "The decision to hold yet another hearing on this nomination is ludicrous. Given recent comments from the leftists on the Judiciary Committee, it is apparent that whatever olive branch the chairman holds out to them will be shoved into a wood chipper."

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The Coalition for a Fair Judiciary is a 501(C)4 organization comprised of more than 75 grassroots organizations dedicated to supporting qualified, capable federal judicial nominees who are committed to fair and accurate interpretation of existing law. Judicial activism, characterized by rulings that create law rather than apply the law, has had a detrimental impact on American society and commerce. We seek to support federal judicial nominees who, in the words of Socrates, will "hear courteously, answer wisely, consider soberly and decide impartially."