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Citizens Request to the Presidential Candidates

To:
Senator Barack Obama
Senator John McCain

As citizens of the United States of America and concerned members of the American Center for Law and Justice, we thank you for your willingness to appear in a series of nationally televised debates particularly in the final debate, which briefly addressed a key issue in this election: the selection of nominees to the Supreme Court of the United States and the federal judiciary.

Millions of Americans want to know in detail the rationale by which you would nominate Supreme Court Justices and federal judges. We recognize that as we go to the polls in a few short weeks, we are not just electing our next President, but also significantly shaping and re-shaping our nation, through the rulings of the judges and Justices to be appointed by the next President.

Will you reveal clearly your judicial philosophy? Will you nominate Justices and judges who strictly respect the Constitution rather than exercise the license of constant re-interpretation of its principles? Will you nominate Justices and judges who refrain from the practice of essentially legislating from the bench?

We strongly urge you to state clearly, for the consideration of the American people, your position on the question of judicial philosophy so that voters can make an informed decision about the prospect of electing you as our next President.

Thank you.