Judicial/Governmental Committee Statements:

SALT supports the nomination and confirmation of qualified men and women to serve in the current administration, ending years of abuse of the Rule of Law and the erosion of legitimate government services.  However, when we believe that a nominee does not represent the principles of SALT, we will issue a statement expressing those concerns.

February 22, 2010 Society of American Law Teachers--SALT--Opposes Nomination of Sharon Browne as Director of Legal Services Corporation

June 25, 2009 Society of American Law Teachers—SALT—Urges Senate Judiciary Committee to Confirm the Nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

April 20, 2009 Society of American Law Teachers--SALT--Urges Confirmation of Dean Harold Hongju Koh as Legal Adviser for U.S. Department of State

April 16, 2009 Society of American Law Teachers—SALT-- Urges Confirmation of Professor Dawn Johnsen as Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel

During the Bush administration, SALT's Judicial/Governmental Nominations Committee reviewed nominations to the federal bench and recommended to the SALT Board that SALT oppose nominees whose records demonstrate hostility to SALT’s principles.

The Board opposed several nominees to the federal courts of appeals and one nominee to the Supreme Court, Justice Samuel Alito.

The SALT Board also opposed two non-judicial nominations, that of Alberto Gonzales and Michael B. Musasey to be Attorney General of the United States.

SALT’s statements of opposition appear below:

November 2, 2007 Opposition to the Nomination of Michael B. Mukasey to be Attorney General

June 6, 2007 Opposition to the Judicial Nomination of Leslie Southwick to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

August 7, 2006 Opposition to the Judicial Nomination of William J. Haynes to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

May 16, 2006 Opposition to the Judicial Nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals

January 9, 2006 Opposition to the Judicial Nomination of Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court

May 10, 2005 Opposition to the Judicial Nomination of Terrence Boyle to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

April 6, 2005 Opposition to the Judicial Nomination of Thomas Griffith to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals

March 22, 2005 Opposition to the Judicial Nomination of Janice Rogers Brown to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals

February 25, 2005 Opposition to the Judicial Nomination of William H. Pryor, Jr. to the Eleventh Court of Appeals

February 25, 2005 Opposition to the Judicial Nomination of William G. Myers, III to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

February 11, 2005 Opposition to the Judicial Nomination of Priscilla Owen to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

January 20, 2005 Opposition to the Nomination of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General

2005 Opposition to the Nomination of Charles Pickering to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 
 
July 13, 2004 Opposition to the Nomination of Claude Allen to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals