Orrin Hatch: “Dear Senator Hatch: We write to you with regard to the Judiciary Committee's consideration of the nomination of William…”

“Dear Senator Hatch: We write to you with regard to the Judiciary Committee's consideration of the nomination of William Pryor, the current Attorney General of the State of Alabama, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the nation's largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization representing nearly 1,000 congregations nationwide, is a non-partisan, religious organization and--like most other organizations in the American Jewish community--it has been the UOJCA's longstanding policy neither to endorse nor oppose judicial nominees in the confirmation process. However, to our dismay, we have witnessed several of our community's organizations deviate from this shared policy in recent weeks and oppose the confirmation of Mr. Pryor. Moreover, we are profoundly troubled by the manner in which this opposition has been framed.”