Contact: Sean Rushton , Committee For Justice, 202-481-6853

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 /Standard Newswire/ -- The Fair Judiciary Oath Coalition, a partnership of center-right groups including the Coalition For a Fair Judiciary, Committee For Justice, Third Branch Conference, FRCAction, Fidelis America, American Center for Law and Justice, and Judicial Confirmation Network today announced that Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) has agreed to sign the Fair Judiciary Oath.

Signers of the oath commit “to see that everyone duly nominated to serve on the federal judiciary gets a fair confirmation process, including the following:

1) Nominees reaching the Senate floor shall get a timely up or down vote free from substantial delay, including filibuster;

2) If I serve on the Judiciary Committee, I will oppose any arbitrary obstacles that would prevent nominees moving out of committee, absent clear evidence of disqualification.”

The Fair Judiciary Oath Coalition has circulated the oath to U.S. Senate candidates across the nation to raise the issue of judicial confirmations for voters in the campaigns’ final weeks.

“One of the most important duties of a United States Senator is the review and confirmation of federal judges,” Committee for Justice executive director Sean Rushton said.  “The judicial confirmation process is broken, and voters deserve to know whether their senators will continue the obstruction or return to a fairer process.  We commend Sen. Santorum for his willingness to sign the oath.”

Sen. Santorum said: “Every judicial nominee put forth deserves to have a timely up-or-down vote on the floor of the United States Senate.  The partisan delaying tactics that we’ve seen in recent years only prevent our judicial system from operating in the fair and balanced manner that it was intended. I am committed to working to ensure a fair process for all future nominations, and I am pleased to sign this pledge.”