Posted on 02/10/2003 10:44:43 AM PST by rdf
February 8, 2003
The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch
Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary
United States Senate
104 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Re: Nomination of Miguel Estrada
Dear Senator Hatch,
As an Hispanic American and a member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, I write to express my outrage over the efforts of the Senate Democratic leadership to oppose by dishonorable means the nomination of Miguel Estrada to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Many fellow Latinos and I are disturbed that the Democratic leadership has chosen this moment to apply a new test for judicial nominees - to attack a nominee on the ground that there is no evidence that would otherwise disqualify him - and to choose a Latino candidate as their first target of this disingenuous test.
In the absence of a principled or coherent basis for opposition to this nomination, the Democratic leadership has shamelessly attempted to play the race card against our people - speaking in code words and questioning the ethnic authenticity of one who emigrated from Honduras at age 17, and who, indeed, still speaks with the Spanish accent of his homeland.
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Cheers,
Richard F.
By dishonorable means, indeed. Good post.
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