From Alliance for Justice in an email sent today:

Clearly your calls and emails are working. Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee postponed its vote on Leslie Southwick until next week. We expect the battle over his confirmation to intensify over the next week, so we need to keep up the pressure.

Opposition to Southwick is mounting. In the last few days numerous groups including AFL-CIO, SEIU, ADA Watch, Legal Momentum joined NAACP, Mississippi NAACP, Magnolia Bar, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Human Rights Campaign, National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce, Congressional Black Caucus, National Employment Lawyers Association, People for the American Way and Alliance for Justice in opposing Judge Southwick.

However, there are signs that conservatives are redoubling their efforts to confirm him. Today’s Washington Times quoted Trent Lott threatening to bring the Senate to a standstill over the nomination, saying “It could be total shutdown here pretty soon.”

If you haven’t called or emailed already, please do so in the next few days. We will keep you informed as the week progresses. We expect the vote to take place next Thursday in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Thanks again for your calls and emails.

Call or email your senator and urge him or her to vote against Leslie Southwick.

For more information about Judge Southwick, see our fact sheet, full report, and post-hearing report.