Dear John,
We’ve told you about Nancy Abudu and Julie Rikelman, two radical judicial nominees who have clear records of leftist activism that preclude them from being fit to sit on the federal bench.
Well, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted last week to bring their nominations before the full Senate. The Senate could hold a vote at any time, and if confirmed, both of these individuals will preside in federal court for years to come, handing down decisions that will impact everyday Americans.
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. If her resume were not enough, 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 (illegally selecting venues for cases in order to try to select a sympathetic judge). She has said that she supports the unconstitutional idea of “preclearance,” which would require certain states to get approval from the Department of Justice before they can enact election integrity laws. She also supports changing the Senate rules and abolishing the filibuster in an attempt to unilaterally enact this federal power grab without bipartisan consensus.
Julie Rikelman 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. She 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. Rikelman relied on faulty legal reasoning to argue this case, falsely asserting 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
