AAUW "supports constitutional protection for the civil rights of all individuals, including the right to privacy."1 Civil and constitutional rights and individual liberties are protected by the judiciary; therefore, AAUW's 2009-2011 Public Policy Program actively supports "a fair and balanced and independent judiciary."2
AAUW monitors the judicial nominations process because so many of our fundamental rights and liberties have been established and are protected by the federal courts. Our courts need judges who will uphold our Constitutional values of liberty, equality, and justice for all. This is the best way to ensure that the clock is not turned back on decades of progress that has been achieved for women and girls.
For more information, call 202/785-7793 or e-mail VoterEd@aauw.org.
AAUW Public Policy and Government Relations
1 American Association of University Women. (June 2009). 2009-11 AAUW Public Policy Program. Retrieved July 9, 2009, from http://www.aauw.org/advocacy/issue_advocacy/principles_priorities.cfm.
2 Ibid.
