Conservative Action Project
The Conservative Action Project, founded by former Attorney General Edwin Meese and chaired by The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop,
is designed to facilitate conservative leaders working together on behalf of common goals. Participants include the CEO’s of over 100 organizations representing all major elements of the conservative movement-economic, social and national security.
Memo for the Movement
To Presidential Candidates on Supreme Court Justices:
No More Surprises
October 2, 2015
Washington, DC
The next President is likely to appoint as many as three justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, establishing a new majority and shaping the judicial branch for a generation.Those justices will serve for many years after the next President leaves office and their votes will impact every facet of American life.
Will the next President select justices who abide by the text and original meaning of the Constitution, even when doing so is politically unpopular or inconvenient?Or will our system of checks and balances be further damaged by the selection of justices who take for themselves the power to rewrite the Constitution according to their own political preferences?Sadly, despite three Republican presidencies and seven appointments to the Court in the last thirty-five years, we still have a Court that too frequently does the latter.
The undersigned conservative leaders are determined to reverse that trend.To that end, candidates who seek the presidency must, at minimum:
Hon. Edwin Meese IIIFormer Attorney GeneralPresident Ronald Reagan | Hon. Becky Norton DunlopChairman, Conservative Action Project (CAP)Former White House Advisor, President Ronald Reagan |
Hon. J. Kenneth BlackwellPolicy Board MemberAmerican Civil Rights Union | L. Brent Bozell, IIIChairmanForAmerica |
Hon. Bob McEwenU.S. House of RepresentativesFormer Member, Ohio | Marjorie DannenfelserPresidentSusan B. Anthony List |
William L. WaltonVice PresidentCouncil for National Policy | Alfred S. RegneryChairmanLaw Enforcement Legal Defense Fund |
Hon. David McIntoshFormer Member of Congress | The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.Former Domestic AdvisorPresident Ronald Reagan |
Kelly Shackelford, Esq.President, CEO and Chief CounselLiberty Institute | Michael GrebePresident and CEOThe Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation |
Ellen L. BarrosseChairman, Conservative Steering Committee of RepublicanNational Committee | Jay MountPresidentMDS Communications |
Brian BrownPresidentNational Organization for Marriage | Lee A. BeamanOwner/CEOBeaman Automotive Group |
Frank SchubertPresidentMission Public Affairs, LLC | James C. Miller IIIFormer OMB DirectorPresident Ronald Reagan |
Floyd BrownPresidentWestern Center for Journalism | John C. EastmanSenior FellowThe Claremont Institute |
Bob AdamsPresidentRevive America PAC | Col. Clifton P. Schroeder, USMC RetiredMember, Council For National Policy |
Linwood BraganExecutive DirectorCapStand Council for Policy and Ethics | Ralph BenkoChairmanCenter for Civic Virtue |
Rick ScarboroughPresidentVision America Action | Quin HillyerVeteran Conservative Columnist |
Michael Farris, JD, LLM | Willes K. LeeExecutive Vice PresidentNational Federation of Republican Assemblies |
Ted BaehrPublisher, MOVIEGUIDE(R)Member, Broadcast Film Critics Association | Christopher N. MalagisiPresidentYoung Conservatives Coalition |
Seton Motley President Less Government | Richard D. HayesPartnerHayes, Berry, White & Vanzant, LLP |
Ali AkbarSenior AdvisorBlack Conservatives Fund | Kevin KookogeyPresident & FounderLinchpins of Liberty |
Dan WeberCEO, Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC) | Joseph A. MorrisMorris & De La Rosa |
Rod D. MartinFounder and CEOThe Martin Organization | Elaine DonnellyPresidentCenter for Military Readiness |
Sherri R. MartinThe Martin Foundation | Judson PhillipsFounderTea Party Nation |
Nicholas StehleCampaign for the American Future | C. Preston Noell IIIPresidentTradition, Family, Property, Inc. |
Hon. Sharron AnglePresidentNational Federation of Republican Assemblies | Mike Spence PresidentConservative Republicans of California |
Dr. Shawn A. MitchellNational ChaplainNational Federation of Republican Assemblies | Alex St. JamesExecutive DirectorBlacks Economic-Security Trust (BEST) Foundation |
Hon. Jerry MelvinPresidentFlorida Republican Assembly | Andresen BlomExecutive DirectorGrassroot Hawaii Action |
Jim BacklinChristian Coalition of America | Larry CirignanoDC RepresentativeChildren First Foundation |
Ron RobinsonPresident/br>Young America’s Foundation | Matt SchlappChairmanThe American Conservative Union |
Kristin FecteauCo-FounderCampaign to Free America | Dan SchneiderExecutive DirectorThe American Conservative Union |
Gary L. BauerPresidentAmerican Values | Tom McCluskyVice PresidentMarch for Life Action |
Carrie SeverinoChief Counsel and Policy DirectorJudicial Crisis Network | Hon. Donald J. DevineFormer Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Senior Scholar, The Fund for American Studies |
Gary MarxFormer Executive Director and Board MemberJudicial Crisis Network | Mario H. Lopez PresidentHispanic Leadership Fund |
Phillip L. JaureguiPresidentJudicial Action Group | Herman CainPresident & C.E.O.www.hermancain.com |
Raymond J. LaJeunesse, Jr.Vice President & Legal DirectorNational Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation | Gina GleasonExecutive DirectorFaith and Public Policy |
Richard A. ViguerieChairmanConservativeHQ.com | George LandrithPresidentFrontiers of Freedom |
Ron PearsonExecutive DirectorConservative Victory Fund | Curt LeveyPresidentThe Committee for Justice |
(All organizations listed for IDENTIFICATION purposes only)