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William H. Pryor, Jr. Nomination (Archive)

Confirmed on June 10, 2005
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

President Bush sidestepped the confirmation process and recess appointed William Pryor to the Eleventh Circuit on February 20, 2004. Pryor's record reveals him to be an ultra-conservative legal activist whose record disqualifies him from a lifetime appointment to the federal judiciary. As Alabama Attorney General, Pryor has demonstrated a commitment to rolling back the clock on federal protections against discrimination based on race, gender, age, and disability. He has pushed his extremist agenda not only through litigation in which Alabama was a party, but also by electing to file amicus briefs in cases in which Alabama was not involved, and through numerous public speeches that make clear that the ideological positions he has taken in these cases are his own.

• William Pryor Nomination Fact Sheet - 6/27/03

Feature Stories

• Senate Confirms Pryor - 6/10/05
• Sierra Club Challenges President Bush's Recess Appointment of Pryor - 5/19/04
• In Eleven-Day Recess, President Sidesteps Confirmation Process Again - 2/24/04
• Senate Defeats Pryor Confirmation - 11/6/03
• Religious Leaders Reject Charges of Anti-Catholicism - 8/6/03
• Senators Block Pryor Nomination - 7/31/03
• Pryor's Environmental Record Under Fire in New Radio Ads - 7/30/03
• Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Pryor Nomination - 7/23/03
• Vote on Pryor Nomination Scheduled for July 23 - 7/18/03
• Vote on Pryor Nomination Scheduled for July 17 - 7/14/03
• Pryor Nomination Opposed by Civil Rights Organizations - 6/24/03

Press Releases

• Pryor's Confirmation a Slap in the Face - 6/9/05
• Statement of Wade Henderson on Pryor Nomination - 5/12/05
• Civil Rights Coalition Outraged by Bush's Recess Appointment of William Pryor - 2/20/04
• Civil Rights Coalition Applauds Senate for Defeating the Confirmation of William Pryor - 11/6/03
• Senate Pressed to Vote Against Confirmation of Far-Right Extremist William Pryor - 7/30/03
• Civil Rights Coalition Opposes Confirmation of Extremist William Pryor to U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit - 6/10/03
• Civil Rights Coalition Expresses Disappointment that Senate Committee Approves Nomination of Far-Right Extremist William Pryor - 7/23/03

Advocacy Letters

• Oppose the Nomination of Pryor - 6/9/05
• Oppose the Confirmation of William Pryor - 5/17/05
• The Confirmation of William J. Pryor - 7/9/03
• The Confirmation of William Pryor to the Eleventh Circuit - 7/30/03

Other Resources

• Statement on the Nomination of William Pryor (pdf) - NPWF - 6/11/03
• William H. Pryor, Jr.: Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (pdf) - Report - NARAL - 6/11/03
• William Pryor's Troubling Record on Issues of Critical Importance to Women (pdf) - Report - National Women's Law Center - 6/11/03
• William H. Pryor: A Remarkable Record of Hostility Toward (pdf) - Report - Community Rights Counsel  - 6/9/03
• Bill Pryor's Record on Disability Issues - Fact Sheet - Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law - 6/6/03