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I support this.
< ---------- < From: Morgan, Charles[SMTP:Charles.Morgan@BELLSOUTH.COM] < Reply To: Morgan, Charles < Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 1:16 PM < To: CORPGEN@MAIL.ABANET.ORG < Subject: Committee of Corporate General Counsel < < Our Committee has been asked to send a letter to the Senate Judiciary < Committee, supporting the expeditious consideration of nominees for < Federal Judgeships. Following is a draft letter for your review and < comment. Please note that we take no position on individuals or partisan < issues. < < Please let me know if you are in support or if you have any objection to < the letter. We are requested to send the letter right away, so would < appreciate your prompt response. Many thanks. < < < November 20, 2001 < < < The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy < Chairman, United States Senate < Committee on the Judiciary < 433 Russell Senate Office Building < United States Senate < Washington, DC 20510 < < Dear Senator Leahy: < < I am Chairman of the Committee of Corporate General Counsel, which < is part of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association. Our < membership is comprised of the senior-most legal officers of many of < America's largest companies. < < Our members have asked me to write to you, in your capacity as < Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to express our views < concerning the importance of the Federal Judiciary. < < The tragic events of September 11 underscore for all of us the < freedoms that we enjoy in our country. We know that you and your fellow < Senators on the Judiciary Committee are devoted to helping protect these < precious freedoms. We also know that you and your fellow Senators < recognize the critical importance of our system of justice in preserving < and protecting these freedoms. < < We write to express our thanks to you and your colleagues for your < efforts in reviewing the qualifications of individuals nominated for < Federal District Court and Circuit Court positions. Recognizing the need < for a fully-staffed Federal Judiciary, we also appreciate all your efforts < in determining the qualifications of nominees for the Judiciary as < expeditiously as possible. < < If our organization, or any of our members, may ever be of < assistance in any way, I hope you will call upon us. Thank you. < < < Sincerely, < < < < cc: The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch, Ranking Minority Member < The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Member < The Honorable Sam Brownback, Member < The Honorable Maria Cantwell, Member < The Honorable Mike DeWine, Member < The Honorable Richard Durbin, Member < The Honorable John Edwards, Member < The Honorable Russell D. Feingold, Member < The Honorable Dianne Feinstein, Member < The Honorable Charles E. Grassley, Member < The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy, Member < The Honorable Herb Kohl, Member < The Honorable Jon Kyl, Member < The Honorable Mitch McConnell, Member < The Honorable Charles Schumer, Member < The Honorable Jeff Sessions, Member < The Honorable Arlen Specter, Member < The Honorable Strom Thurmond, Member < < < < < Charles R. Morgan < Executive Vice President and General Counsel < BellSouth Corporation < 1155 Peachtree Street, N. E. < Suite 2002 < Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3610 < (404) 249-2050 < (404) 249-5948 Fax < Charles.Morgan@BellSouth.COM <
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