Dear John,

Last week, we warned that votes for two leftist activist judicial nominees were coming. We wanted to let you know that we expect the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote this Thursday on the nominations of SPLC lawyer Nancy Abudu and pro-abortion Dobbs lawyer Julie Rikelman to become U.S. Circuit Court judges. If these nominees are approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee they will be poised for a final confirmation vote by the whole Senate. Senator Schumer could bring them up at any time.

Will you take a moment right now to tell your senators to oppose Nancy Abudu and Julie Rikelman's nominations?

As we've said before, the SPLC, where Nancy Abudu serves as the Strategic Litigation Director, is a corrupt organization known for targeting its political opponents with its "hate group" label and dangerous rhetoric. Choosing to work for such an organization shows a lack of judgment and makes Abudu unsuitable for the federal bench.

Additionally, Abudu gave several troubling answers during her first confirmation hearing last year, such as refusing to squarely answer questions regarding how involved she was in her organization's abuse of the judicial process through judge-shopping (intentionally and unethically selecting venues for cases in order to try to select a sympathetic judge).

Julie Rikelman is nominated to be a Circuit Court Judge for the First Circuit. She has a long history of radical pro-abortion advocacy. As recently as August 2022, she served as the Senior Director of U.S. Litigation for the Center for Reproductive Rights, an organization dedicated to establishing abortion as a "fundamental human right" and attacking pro-life laws and legislation across the United States. Before this, she was a "Blackmun Fellow" at this organization, a fellowship named after the Supreme Court justice who authored the decision in Roe v. Wade.

Rikelman has also represented abortionists in court on several occasions, most recently in the Dobbs case. In this case, she argued against a Mississippi law protecting unborn life after 15 weeks gestation. She argued in favor of the radical abortion regime that Roe implemented, nationwide abortion through birth. She added that "...abortion has been critical to women's equal participation in society" and falsely asserted that most countries allow access to abortion up to the point of viability. Rikelman even went so far as to falsely claim that abortion has been a part of the American tradition from our country's founding, which (she said) was what had led the justices to reach their final decision in Roe.

Both of these nominees have clear records of leftist, judicial activism that indicate that they would not be capable of acting as impartial jurists.

Please reach out now to your senators and ask them to oppose Nancy Abudu and Julie Rikelman's nominations!

Sincerely,

Your Friends at FRC Action

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