CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2003–2004 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Joint Resolution
No. 22
Introduced by
Assembly Member
Haynes
(Coauthor(s):
Assembly Member
Aghazarian, Bates, Benoit, Bogh, Cogdill, Cox, Dutton, Houston, La Suer, Maze, Nakanishi, Runner, Samuelian, Strickland)
(Coauthor(s):
Senator
Brulte, Hollingsworth, Johnson, Knight, Margett, Morrow)
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March 28, 2003 |
Relative to the judicial nomination of Miguel Estrada.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AJR 22, as introduced, Haynes.
Judicial nomination of Miguel Estrada.
This measure would request that the United States Senate work to allow a vote on the floor of the United States Senate on the judicial appointment of Miguel Estrada.
Digest Key
Fiscal Committee:
NO WHEREAS, On May 9, 2001, President Bush nominated Miguel A. Estrada to fill a vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Estrada’s credentials are uncontested beginning with his mastery of the English language and American culture upon his arrival to the United States as an immigrant from Honduras, and his graduation magna cum laude from Columbia University and Harvard Law School; and
WHEREAS, Over a year-and-a-half has passed without a vote on the United States Senate floor; and
WHEREAS, The Senate Judiciary Committee has issued a favorable report to the United States Senate, yet, because of partisan politics, Democratic Senators threaten to filibuster a Senate Floor vote; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Estrada has received support from liberal and conservative colleagues alike who attest that he is one of the most brilliant and effective appellate lawyers in the country; and
WHEREAS, Organizations that support Mr. Estrada include the League of United Latin American Citizens; the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; the Hispanic National Bar Association; the Hispanic Business Roundtable; and the Latino Coalition; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Estrada would be the first Hispanic in the country to sit on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit--an important and prestigious position within the nation’s Court of Appeals; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of California, jointly, That the Legislature of the State of California requests our United States Senators in the United States Congress work to allow a vote on the floor of the United States Senate on the appointment of Miguel Estrada to the United States Court of Appeals; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Majority Leader of the Senate, and to each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States.