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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

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                      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.

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