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NAWL Opposes Nomination of Charles Pickering to Court of Appeals

Chicago, IL

Letter from NAWL President Zoe Sanders Nettles to the Honorable Orrin G. Hatch regarding the appointment of Charles Pickering to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Pickering is anti-choice and opposes equal rights for women.

October 13, 2003
The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch (202-224-5251)
Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary
United States Senate

RE: Charles Pickering Nomination

Dear Senator Hatch:

As President of the National Association of Women Lawyers, this letter is to inform you that NAWL opposes the nomination of Charles Pickering to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Pickering opposes equal rights for women and abortion rights. As a Mississippi State Senator, Mr. Pickering voted in favor of a convention to propose a constitutional amendment to ban abortion, and he voted against state funding for family planning groups. In 1976, he chaired the subcommittee of the National Republican Party that approved a plank calling for an amendment to the US Constitution to make abortion illegal. Mr. Pickering also opposed the Equal Rights Amendment.

NAWL therefore opposes Mr. Pickering's nomination to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Thank you.

Sincerely,

Zoe Sanders Nettles

President

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