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            Tell Your Senators "NO" Anti-Gun Judges!
                    by Gun Owners of America
      8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA  22151,
     (703)321-8585, fax: 321-8408, http://www.gunowners.org
     (Tuesday, October 28, 1997) -- In the next few weeks, the
Senate may be considering the nomination of Margaret Morrow to a
U.S. District Court position.  Ms. Morrow is not only extremely
anti-gun, she's a 'judicial activist' who thinks that judges can
disregard the law and use the court's rulings to reshape society. If
nominated to the federal bench, she could affect the outcome of
several gun cases, and ensure that the federal courts hand down even
more anti-gun rulings.
     While Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) is reportedly intent on
bringing up her nomination, Gun Owners of America has joined with
several other groups to block her from taking a place on the federal
bench.  But, we need your help.
     ACTION:  Look at Ms. Morrow's record below, and then contact
your Senators (1-800-522-6721).  Urge them to oppose her nomination
should it come to a vote.  Using the same 800 number, call Senator
Hatch's office and urge him not to bring up her nomination.  Tell
him not to compromise with the Clinton administration.  (So what if
the President *really* wants Morrow as a federal judge.)  Tell Sen.
Hatch to push NO ONE who is anti-gun or who treats the Constitution
as a so-called living document. The Constitution means what it says.
     Remember, Sen. Hatch does NOT have to act on Morrow's
nomination.  As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mr.
Hatch can simply refuse to bring her nomination to a vote.  Ask him
to stop her nomination.
                    Record of Margaret Morrow
    (Information taken from the Judicial Selection Monitoring
                       Project, 10/15/97)
*  Against the rights of gun owners.  Morrow was the 1993-94
  President of the State Bar of California.  The National Law
  Journal (10/25/93) reported that the October 1993 state bar
  convention "had only one big issue, gun control."  Even though a
  1990 Supreme Court decision prohibited the California bar from
  using dues for political activity, Morrow "vowed" to push the gun
  control resolution anyway.
*  Judicial Activist.  Morrow sees law as an instrument for social
  change.  While our founding fathers studied William Blackstone and
  learned that law is "fixed, uniform and universal," Morrow
  believes otherwise.  She has written, "For the law is, almost by
  definition, on the cutting edge of social thought.  It is the
  vehicle through which we ease the transition from the rules which
  have been to the rules which are to be."  (Source: Margaret
  Morrow, Univ. of West L.A. Law Review, 1995.)  Translated, Morrow
  believes that no matter what the Constitution says, social
  engineers (legislators, judges, etc.) can use legislation or
  judicial opinions to change the direction of society.  If the
  Second Amendment stands in their way, they just ignore it.  Or
  better yet, they say it doesn't apply to today.
*  Lack of integrity and concealing true intentions.  Sen. Charles
  Grassley (R-IA) has stated that Morrow's "judgment and candor are
  under a great deal of question."  She withheld nearly 40 articles,
  reports and speeches from the Judiciary  Committee, despite
  repeated requests.  Then she refused to answer written questions
  from Senators after her hearing in March.  When she finally
  complied, she gave what Sen. Grassley labeled "false and
  misleading information."
*  Nominated by William Jefferson Clinton.  Any judge nominated by
  President Clinton, the most anti-gun President in our nation's
  history, should be suspect.  President Clinton has pushed for gun
  bans and waiting periods, has closed off our shores to the
  importation of several types of firearms, and has even hinted at a
  complete ban on handguns in the future (see Rolling Stone,
  12/9/93).  In truth, any judge he nominates should be assumed to
  be anti-gun until proven otherwise.
     Final Note:  For more information on Margaret Morrow, gun
owners are invited to contact the Judicial Selection Monitoring
Project at 717 Second Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.  20002, ph:
202-546-3000. Internet: http://www.fcref.org/jsmp/ (web);
judges@fcref.org (e-mail).
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