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— Our Purposes —
Court Watch is dedicated to building in America a federal judiciary respectful of, and responsible to, the U. S. Constitution. Court Watch pursues its mission through the Courting Justice Campaign, which is now entering its Phase Two. In Phase One, we focused our efforts on opposing Bill Clinton's activist/liberal judicial appointments and on beginning to raise America's awareness of the damage and danger of activist/liberal judging. Our objectives for Phase Two further the cause of federal judicial reform--the effort to create a judiciary which is truly committed to courting justice. Phase Two is outlined in our "Five for the Future Plan,": (1) To promote the confirmation of constitutionalist judges; (2) To eliminate any and all judicial power to tax; (3) To reduce the size of the bloated judiciary; (4) To defederalize the bulk of America's criminal law; (5) To require, as a minimum, a unanimous vote of a three-judge federal panel to invalidate citizen-passed initiatives. Our immediate goal is to vigorously promote the confirmation of constitutionalist judges (objective #1) and to continue educating the public concerning all five of our objectives. Our longer-range goal is to make federal judicial reform and the five reform measures of our Plan major issues in the elections of 2004.
— Our Programs —
To promote its purposes, Court Watch utilizes the tools and activities at which Eagle Forum has become so adept--education, activation, and supplication (prayer). We work both within the nation's capital and all across the country to mobilize and educate Americans to join us in a positive, proactive battle to dethrone the Imperial Judiciary. Among Court Watch's activities are the following:- "Court Alerts": action alerts calling Eagles and other Americans to respond quickly to an urgent need, e.g., a Senate vote on a judicial nomination;
- "Court Briefs": updates and other educational materials on law and the courts;
- Court Watch Website: an online resource which is continuously updated to include an exceptional array of judicial and legal information;
- Court Watch Research and Resource Program: an ongoing scholarly effort to study American judicial policy and produce top-quality, easily accessible information;
- Court Watch Media Program: a multi-faceted service utilizing all media opportunities to promote a judiciary which truly "courts justice";
- Eagle Forum University: a unique online educational program in which Court Watch offers courses on federal judicial policy and judicial reform;
- Networking: Court Watch works unceasingly to strengthen the already powerful internal Eagle Forum network and to cooperate in every way possible with other like-minded groups in a judicial reform coalition effort.
— Our Personnel —
The Court Watch Team has extensive and extraordinary experience in their fields of expertise and also in working with the conservative effort in law and judicial policy. NATIONAL CHAIRMAN: Virginia C. Armstrong, Ph.D.: Virginia is also the founder and President of the Blackstone Institute and is Senior Professor Emeritus of Legal Studies and Political Science at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. She has written and spoken widely on legal/constitutional and philosophical/theological issues. E-mail: CourtWatch@EagleForum.org
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