The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights is expanding its campaign against Bush's extremist judicial nominations. The organization is launching Save Our Courts.Org, which will include grassroots training kits, media briefings, and a new web clearinghouse.

As the Supreme Court term comes to an end, there is growing speculation that one or more justices might retire. "LCCR is very concerned about the prospect of a new, extremist nominee to the Supreme Court, in the mold of Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, judges who George W. Bush views as having the ideology and records he most favors. Further, even if there is no Supreme Court vacancy this year, our freedoms are already threatened by extremist federal judicial nominees at the circuit and district court levels," said LCCR Executive Director Wade Henderson.

The website will have:

• Information about how the public can find out more about nominees, as well as get involved in the campaign to Save Our Courts;

• State-by-state listing of events and efforts to educate voters as well as the media;

• Links to other organizations involved in efforts to oppose many of Bush’s judicial nominees

As Nancy Zirkin, LCCR Deputy Director, said,

"For many Americans, the federal judiciary is the first line of defense of our constitutional freedoms. The confirmation of lifetime right wing judges will dramatically reduce the civil rights of millions of Americans."

Now we have People for the American Way and LCCR and Save Our Courts. We urge everyone to participate in action campaigns and let your elected officials in Congress know Bush's picks are unacceptable. Think about the civil liberties you want your children to enjoy--and how many of them will be gone if Bush has his way and packs the Court. Let's stop him --and send him packing instead.