Oct. 11, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Richard Manning today issued the following statement praising the Senate for confirming the nominations of Jeff Bossert Clark and Eric Dreiband to be Assistant Attorneys General at the Justice Department:

“It has been ridiculous that the Democrats in the Senate have made it their mission to obstruct President Trump’s appointees throughout his Administration.  Senate confirmation of Eric Dreiband and Jeff Bossert Clark will finally put top level Trump Administration officials in direct control of two of the most critical agencies within the Justice Department.  Congratulations to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for making these confirmations happen.  It is my sincere hope that the Senate stays in session for as long as it takes to confirm every pending Trump nomination.”

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Oct. 10, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to keep the Senate in town to confirm Trump administration nominees:

“If Senate Democrats want to go home and campaign, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should require them to confirm all of the pending Trump nominees by unanimous consent. There is no excuse to let Democrats obstruct pending Trump administration officials and judges any further. We’re almost two years into the President’s term and Constitution gives broad discretion to who he will nominate. Leader McConnell is right to bring up Jeff Bossert Clark and Eric Dreiband to be Assistant Attorneys General for final votes. He could expand that and force the Senate to remain in town until November and beyond by confirming as many Trump nominees as possible, and the way to go home is to grant unanimous consent on everybody still pending.”

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Oct.9, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement responding to a Lifezette report that Ana Maria Archila, co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy, who accosted Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) in an elevator during the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court debate, made less than her male counterpart at the George Soros-funded organization:

“According to the organization’s publicly available tax returns, Ana Maria Archila made a nifty $178,071 in 2016, while her male counterpart, co-executive director Brian W. Kettenring is paid $182,198 in total annual compensation. One wonders why Kettenring’s co-executive directorship is worth more than $4,000 more than Archila’s?  The George Soros funded Center for Popular Democracy should look at the plank in their own eye before worrying about the splinter in others.

“As far as Archila is concerned, the shame is that her employer treats her unequally to her male counterpart. Perhaps, she should take her case to the Supreme Court. I’m confident when Justice Kavanaugh hears her plea that he will be sympathetic as someone who just hired women to fill every one of his highly sought-after clerk roles.”

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Oct. 5, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) for her defense of Judge Brett Kavanaugh on the floor of the U.S. Senate:

“Sen. Susan Collins demonstrated the kind of sober reflection that the Constitution calls for through the advice and consent process, and her call for a return to civility should be embraced by all. Collins’ decision to vote yes on the Kavanaugh nomination makes it highly likely that he will confirmed this weekend. Perhaps most significantly, the American people have had the important constitutional judicial cornerstone of due process brought firmly before them. This reminder of the tenuousness of the presumption of innocence will hopefully steel Americans everywhere to defend it at the ballot box. Finally, we’d like to thank Sen. Collins for her measured, open-minded approach. Her review of the Kavanaugh cases was impressive and demonstrated that she placed extraordinary emphasis on his qualifications and judicial philosophy to serve on the Supreme Court.”

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Oct. 5, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today urged members of the Senate of both political parties to vote to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and reject mob rule:

“The Kavanaugh nomination boils down to a simple point, whether an American is innocent until proven guilty. Through all of the protests and vile behavior by opponents to the Kavanaugh nomination, history will view this vote through the lens of whether due process is more important than the screams of the mob. One thing is certain, should Kavanaugh be defeated, the mob will not be assuaged but instead be emboldened, and it would be hard to imagine anything worse for our nation as we seek to reconcile during these tumultuous times. The only vote that has the potential of healing these wounds is a yes vote on the Kavanaugh nomination. In the end, mob rule must not be allowed to prevail.”

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Oct. 5, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) for his part in eliminating the judicial filibuster:

“One of the unsung heroes of today’s vote to advance the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh is Harry Reid, who in 2013 began the process of eliminating the judicial filibuster so that Senate minorities could not have an effective veto over the President’s choice of judges. Today Americans for Limited Government thanks former Senator Harry Reid, without whom Judge Kavanaugh would not be headed to the floor.”

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Oct. 4, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement upon releasing a video targeted at Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) urging him to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court:

“Where has Joe Manchin been the past three weeks while Judge Kavanaugh and his family were being destroyed by an out of control mob? He’s been quiet and hiding while he tested the political waters to see if Senate Republicans could get to 50 votes. That’s not leadership. Senator Manchin needs to hear from the people of West Virginia that staying silent on due process and the rights of the accused is just plain wrong.”

Attachment:

“Due Process” video, Americans for Limited Government, Oct. 4, 2018 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMF43SFmt30&feature=youtu.be

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Oct. 4, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement blasting the International Trade Commission for failing to punish Apple after it ruled it had stolen Qualcomm’s intellectual property:

“The protection of intellectual property is one of the most critical components of encouraging innovation and creativity in our nation.  It is essential that we as a nation protect the IP rights of inventors – small and large – and that we enforce the laws to deter the theft of that property.  For that reason, it was extremely disappointing to see last week’s ruling by a judge of U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in the case brought by Qualcomm against Apple.  An ITC judge ruled in favor of Qualcomm and held that Apple has infringed their intellectual property, yet refused to impose the one penalty available to the ITC – an exclusion order against the infringing technology.

“At the heart of this case is a fundamental question that could define the next century of technological advancement in this country.  If we still believe in innovation in America, then we need to aggressively enforce our IP laws and force companies like Apple to live by those laws.  The failure to do so will lead us to become a nation where patented technology can be stolen whenever a corporation decides it doesn’t want to pay for it anymore.

“The reasoning behind this decision is not yet public, but it’s hard to see how there is any sensible reason behind this ruling.  It seems outrageous for a judge to rule that a company has stolen another company’s property but refuse to make them pay a price for it.  It sends a message that anyone can get away with patent theft.

“We can only hope that when the full commission looks at this ruling, they use the power of the ITC to seriously protect property rights and impose real penalties on a company they have found infringes IP rights.”

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Oct. 3, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement blasting Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D) for their silence in the wake of the mob that has coalesced against the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court:

“These red state Democrats pretend to be bipartisans who reach across the aisle, but the last few weeks have proven that nothing could be further from the truth. Their silence in the midst of an angry mob encouraged by Senate Democrat leadership is unforgivable. The failure of these senators to even recognize the inherent unfairness of Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein’s deliberate mishandling of the uncorroborated charges of Christine Blasey Ford clearly shows that partisanship trumps the common sense the American people expect from their senators. With the vote to confirm Judge Kavanaugh pending, the people of West Virginia, Indiana, Florida, Montana, Pennsylvania, Missouri and North Dakota need to contact their senators and tell them to take a break from D.C. power games and vote for the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. It is time for them to actually represent their constituents and the interests of our great country.”

Attachments:

“A vote against Kavanaugh is a vote for mob rule,” By Rick Manning, Oct. 3, 2018 at http://dailytorch.com/2018/10/a-vote-against-kavanaugh-is-a-vote-for-mob-rule/

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