With the Democrats in the Senate stalling on the consideration and confirmation of 19 nominees to the district court level – thus creating a “judicial emergency – and esp. with the malicious attempts to derail the confirmation of Judge Leslie Southwick to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the American Civil Rights Union has sent a letter to each member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and other important Senate leaders. Here is that letter. (Document is in PDF format.)