Senate Concurrent Resolution 576

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE UNITED STATES SENATE ON THE CONFIRMATION OF SAMUEL A. ALITO, JR., TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, AND REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES SENATORS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI WORK FOR A PROMPT UP-OR-DOWN VOTE ON ALL FUTURE JUDICIAL NOMINEES.

WHEREAS, Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution states the President "shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States"; and

WHEREAS, on October 31, 2005, the United States Senate confirmed Samuel A. Alito, Jr., to the U.S. Supreme Court; and

WHEREAS, activist judges on some federal courts have frustrated the constitutional structure which prescribes that laws shall be written by elected legislatures; and

WHEREAS, President George W. Bush has expressed his commitment to appoint federal judges who will strictly interpret the United States Constitution; and

WHEREAS, in the past, a minority of Senators have used dilatory tactics to prevent a senate floor vote on several of President George W. Bush's judicial nominees, all of whom where reported favorably by the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, That the Legislature of the State of Mississippi commends the United States Senate on the confirmation of Samuel A. Alito, Jr. to the U.S. Supreme Court, and requests our United States Senators to work for a prompt up-or-down vote on all future judicial nominees.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution be transmitted to the Mississippi Congressional Delegation and be made available to the Capitol Press Corps.