H.R. 4 Enrolled

RESOLUTION URGING UNITED STATES
SENATE SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT'S
SUPREME COURT NOMINEES
2005 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Michael T. Morley

LONG TITLE
General Description:
This resolution of the House of Representatives requests that action be taken by the
United States Senate.
Highlighted Provisions:
This resolution:
. requests that the United States Senate move quickly to confirm all presidential
nominations to the United States Supreme Court.
Special Clauses:
None

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the state of Utah:
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";
WHEREAS, there is a high likelihood of at least one vacancy on the United States
Supreme Court during the 109th Congress;
WHEREAS, activist judges on some federal courts have frustrated the constitutional
structure which prescribes that laws shall be written by elected legislatures;
WHEREAS, President 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 has used dilatory tactics to prevent a
Senate floor vote on several of President Bush's judicial nominees, all of whom were reported
favorably by the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the state
of Utah requests that the United States Senate move quickly to confirm all presidential
nominations to the United States Supreme Court.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Majority
Leader of the United States Senate and to the members of Utah's congressional delegation.