Judiciary and Elections

Human Rights Campaign president Cheryl Jacques and Lambda Legal exec. director Kevin Cathcart have published a joint statement on the importance of this year's election on the future of our judiciary, particularly on GLBT issues. The article opens with contrasting statements of Justice Anthony Kennedy and Judge Robert Bork, and continues with some recent events relating to a variety of cases, such as the protests against "activist" judges.



The statement is in part to announce the HRC's publication of Justice For All. According to HRC, "the publication clearly outlines the unique relationships between gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and allied voters, legislators and judges." They also have an entertaining web movie about the importance of voting, the judicial nomination and approval process, and constitutional interpretation.



Lambda Legal also has a separate campaign focusing on educating Americans on the issue of "activist judges" and how to counter some of the commonly used arguments.