Malkin’s claim about nomination erroneous (State Journal-Register [IL], 03/12/10)
Glenn Sugameli (Judging the Environment) published Letter to the Editor: "Paul Cassell, a very conservative former U.S. district Judge appointed by President George W. Bush. ... wrote “Given that the ABA was evaluating Scott in roughly January, one would expect an announcement roughly six weeks later — exactly as happened here. Unfortunately for conspiracy theorists, the facts show that the Scott Matheson nomination has nothing to with the health-care debate.”"

Re: Whip Count (No. 14 in a Series) – One Blue Dog Barks No, Another Stays Silent  (ABC News, 03/10/10)
Posted Comment by Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli: "ABC News aptly notes that "Matheson has been the subject of much evidence-free speculation by conservative media about alleged -- and unproven -- vote-buying" and that "Significantly, both of Utah’s Republican senators have stated that Scott Matheson’s judgeship has been in the works for a long time and is not part of any quid pro quo." The conservative media conspiratorial fantasy has also been debunked by The Salt Lake Tribune (which “laughed the … suggestion off the table”), the right-wing Power Line blog, and Paul Cassell, a very conservative former U.S. District Judge appointed by President George W. Bush."

Re: What A Coincidence  (Daily News Record, 03/10/10)
Posted Coment by Glenn Sugameli (Judging the Environment): "The White House is not alone in rejecting this absurd allegation. Others who have debunked this fantasy include Utah Republican Senators Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett, the right-wing Power Line blog, The Salt Lake Tribune (which "laughed the ... suggestion off the table"), and Paul Cassell, a very conservative former U.S. District Judge appointed by President George W. Bush. . . . Is there any reason your readers should disbelieve all of these solidly conservative sources who know the facts far better than your totally speculative editorial?"

Malkin only one to see conspiracy in nomination (Examiner, 03/09/10)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli: "Michelle Malkin spreads a smear and blames the victims as she details unfounded suggestions that Scott Matheson’s announced appellate court nomination was somehow tied to a potential health care vote by his brother, Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah)."

Malkin wrong in smear campaign against Matheson (St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 03/09/10)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli: Malkin erroneously claims that “for nearly a year,” while this judgeship was vacant, “there was no action.” But, every judicial nominee selection triggers months of FBI and American Bar Association vetting before a public announcement.

“The Obama Way: Bluster, Bully, Bribe” (Paramus Post [NJ], 03/07/10)
Glenn Sugameli (Judging the Environment) published Letter to the Editor: Michelle Malkin's coumn "spreads baseless rumors and blames victims of a smear. ...Utah Republican Senators Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett debunked this conspiratorial fantasy and The Salt Lake Tribune “laughed the … suggestion off the table.”"

Courts - SCOTUS denies review of Seymour-based Rose Acre Farms takings judgment (Indiana Law Blog, 02/24/10)
Includes analysis by Defenders of Wildlife's attorney Glenn Sugameli

What Have U.S. Senators Said About CU? (Election Law Blog, 02/04/10)
Links to Judging the Environment's compilation of excerpts from and links to Senator Statements on the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision as "A compendium [Link]."

CU and SOTU (Election Law Blog, 01/27/10)
Rick Hasen: "Judging the Environment" collects CU-related opeds. [LINK]

COURTS: Senate to vote on long-delayed 11th Circuit nominee (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 01/19/10)
Glenn Sugameli, a staff attorney with Defenders of Wildlife, said he has been surprised to see a nominee wait months for confirmation when no one has voiced significant opposition. "It's a very strange process right now, and it may very well determine the fate of environmental laws for decades to come," Sugameli said.

Despite hypocrisy, filibuster ended (Roanoke Times, 11/24/09)
Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli published Letter to the Editor: "In the ultimate hypocrisy, 29 senators who claimed not to trust a judicial nominee to interpret the Constitution tried to block him by violating what they insisted the Constitution requires. However, 10 Republican senators from across the country and the political spectrum joined a successful vote to end the filibuster of President Obama's first appellate court nominee, David Hamilton."

COURTS: Confirmation shifts 4th Circuit toward Democrats' appointees  (Greenwire, 11/10/09)
Mountaintop removal case shows need to fill 4th Circuit vacancies: "Only about half of the court voted in this case," said Glenn Sugameli, a staff attorney with Defenders of Wildlife. "The point of an en banc rehearing is to allow the full court to weigh in on a matter, and the fact that you have this many vacancies and this many recusals on such a significant case shows how the process isn't working." Wilkinson's minority opinion suggests the potential for similar cases to have a different outcome with new additions to the court, Sugameli said. "All you need is to get to seven. Three new judges could make a difference, let alone five," he said.

GOP should allow votes (Mobile Press-Register [AL], 10/29/09)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli: "The message of the Press-Register's Oct. 25 editorial "Benjamin deserves Senate vote" was bolstered by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who said: "We are facing a major pandemic; we have a well-qualified candidate for surgeon general; she's been through the committee process. We just need a vote in the Senate." Ranking U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee member Jeff Sessions and Sen. Richard Shelby, both of Alabama, could also tell their Republican colleagues to allow votes on the unprecedented number of truly noncontroversial judicial nominations that are stalled. These include U.S. District Judge Beverly Martin's nomination to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which includes Alabama. Despite support from her Georgia home-state Republican senators and a Sept. 10 unanimous Judiciary Committee voice vote, Martin remains in limbo. In contrast, the 2007-08 Democratic Senate confirmed 23 Bush judges within a week of committee approval."

Posted Comment on Wall Street Journal Editorial (Wall Street Journal, 10/15/09)
"Leahy's Bench Press: Senate Democrats try to pack the federal courts," (Review & Outlook, Oct. 12) misstates and omits key facts. As of Oct. 12, there were 19 announced judicial nominations, not 16 (there are 20 now), and they included a Second Circuit nominee, Judge Denny Chin. It is true that “Congress hasn't passed major legislation to address the logjam on the federal bench since 1990,” but the editorial omits the context. Then-Senate Judiciary Chairman Biden did not delay the effective date of the bill, and President George H.W. Bush thanked Biden for giving him 85 new judgeships to fill. The editorial cites Utah Republican Orrin Hatch’s cosponsorship of the 2008 version of the current Federal Judgeship Act, but ignores his reasons: the Senate should create new judgeships “without political gambles or speculation about the outcome of a Presidential election . . . based on the judicial conference’s assessment of their needs, not on backroom political deals." Criticizing Senator Patrick Leahy’s “plan” ignores the fact that his 2008 and 2009 bills both implement what the Free Congress Foundation calls “the objective and unfortunately necessary, recommendation for more Federal judgeships issued by the Judicial Conference.” The editorial admits that “the need for new judges” is “urgent,” and that new judgeships “would be good for efficient justice.” Contrary to the Biden and Leahy examples, however, the editorial would delay and hence deny justice until after November 2012. -Glenn Sugameli,Staff Attorney, Judging the Environment

LETTER TO EDITOR: Unjust delay of justice (Washington Times, 10/10/09)
Defenders of Wildlife's Glenn Sugameli published letter: "Your editorial, "Democrats try to pack the courts" (Opinion, Monday), ignores and rewrites history. The Federal Judgeship Act of 2009 (S. 1653) is based upon nonpartisan recommendations by the Judicial Conference of the United States, the federal courts' policymaking body. Last year, prominent Republican senators co-sponsored a very similar bill, and the Judiciary Committee's approval included the votes of two-thirds of the committee's Republicans, including Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas, Sen. Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, and Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona. In 1990, when President George H.W. Bush signed the last comprehensive judges bill, he thanked then-Senate Judiciary chairman Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., Delaware Democrat, for giving him 85 new judgeships to fill. In contrast, your editorial plays politics. By urging that "new seats don't open up until after the next presidential election," it ensures that justice delayed will be justice denied in overburdened courts."

SUPREME COURT: Senate confirms Sotomayor, 68-31  (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 08/06/09)
Sotomayor has received near-unanimous support from national, regional and local environmental groups .... "Environmental cases have gained significant importance in the Supreme Court in the last few years," said Earthjustice President Trip Van Noppen in a statement released after the vote. "During her confirmation hearings, Senators routinely questioned Judge Sotomayor on her perspective on the Clean Water Act and other environmental laws. It is obvious that environmental issues are receiving much more play and will continue to be major Supreme Court issues in the years to come. It is clear that smart and fair judges are essential to safeguarding our nation's environment and the public health."

Sotomayor Hearings Repeatedly Touched on Enviro Issues  (New York Times, 07/17/09)
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor addressed major issues of concern to the environmental community during Senate Judiciary Committee hearings that ended yesterday, shedding some light on how she would approach cases concerning regulatory takings, the Constitution's Commerce Clause, as well as her views on upholding congressional action regarding protective measures such as the Clean Water Act. "Environmental issues received more play than some may have thought they would during the week," said Glenn Sugameli, senior counsel for Earthjustice.

Sotomayor Defends Opposition to Cost-Benefit Analysis in Fish Kill Case (OMB Watch, 07/16/09)
More than 60 environmental groups signed a letter to the Senate supporting Sotomayor. They said her decision in the fish kill case “reflects well-researched, thorough, and thoughtful legal analysis that probes the statute, its context, legislative history, and judicial precedent to discern and remain true to congressional intent.”

SUPREME COURT: Sotomayor questioned about upholding environmental protections (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 07/15/09)
"Sotomayor's emphasis on paying particular attention to congressional findings was reassuring, as was her stress on deference to Congress in this context and in responding to Senator Cardin's concerns with Supreme Court decisions that he recognized have undermined the Clean Water Act," said Glenn Sugameli, senior counsel for Earthjustice.

Enviros back Sotomayor for Supreme Court  (Grist Magazine, 07/12/09)
"More than 60 environmental and Native American groups—including the Sierra Club, Earthjustice, Greenpeace USA, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Center for Biological Diversity—have sent a letter [PDF] to leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee offering unqualified support for her nomination. ... 'As recent, closely divided decisions demonstrate, the Supreme Court is playing a crucial role in environmental protections,' says Glenn Sugameli, senior policy counsel at Earthjustice."

Get Behind Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor—60 Green Groups Already Have Yes, she's a strong, Hispanic woman—and she's green, too. (planet green, 07/10/09)
"60 of the nation's top environmental and conservation groups, including EarthJustice, the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, and the National Wildlife Federation, have drafted a letter voicing their support for Sotomayor.... The groups have written their endorsement because they've surveyed her judicial record and found that she's fair, measured, and thorough in her decisions."

SUPREME COURT: Souter departs with solid environmental legacy (Greenwire, 06/29/09)
Article extensively quotes Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli

Environmental Issues Lose in Supreme Court: Mining Decision is Fifth to Disappoint Activists This Term  (Daily Journal, 06/25/09)
"Addressing the mining case and others, Glenn Sugameli, an attorney with the environmental group Earthjustice, criticized the court for donning 'pro-business blinders' at the expense of other interests. Another example he cited was the 2nd Circuit case, in which the court reversed Judge - and likely future Supreme Court Justice - Sonia Sotomayor, who wrote the lower court opinion in favor of environmental groups. Entergy v. Riverkeeper, DJDAR 4885. ...With the Bush administration out of office, environmentalists are now hoping that the Supreme Court will, as Earthjustice's Sugameli put it, 'apply the same principles' of deference to the Obama administration if the EPA enacts new rules that are more pro-environment."

White House Press release: What They're Saying About Judge Sotomayor  (, 06/19/09)
Earthjustice Said Sotomayor Possessed "Some Of The Strongest Qualifications Of Any Supreme Court Nominee In Many Years," Praised "Invaluable Perspectives" In Environmental Law. "The following statement is from Glenn Sugameli, senior legislative counsel and head of Earthjustice’s judicial nominations project since 2001: "Earthjustice welcomes President Obama’s Supreme Court nomination of Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who has some of the strongest qualifications of any Supreme Court nominee in many years, including the most federal judicial experience in 100 years. Judge Sotomayor is well qualified in light of her personal, academic, legal, and judicial experience . Her knowledge, understanding and service as a federal trial and appellate court judge provide invaluable perspectives for deciding environmental protection and related issues, as reflected in her 80-page Riverkeeper v. EPA opinion." [Earthjustice Press Release, 5/26/09]

Sotomayor: 'Straight shooter': Analysts say they detect no bias on environmental rulings (Capital Press, 06/18/09)
Quotes Earthjustice

Letter: Sotomayor 'well-qualified' to sit on Supreme Court (TCPalm.com, 06/05/09)
Published letter from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli on Judge Sotomayor's qualifications for the Supreme Court.

Nominee Looks Moderate on Environment (Daily Journal, 05/29/09)
"For environmentalists, the main source of their approval is the Riverkeeper opinion. It's 'a good indication of her careful attention and understanding of the environmental statutes,' said Glenn Sugameli, the senior judicial counsel at Earthjustice"

Enviro groups like what they see in Obama's justice pick (Greenwire, 05/27/09)
Article on Sotomayor nomination extensively quotes Glenn Sugameli, senior legislative counsel and head of Earthjustice's judicial nominations project.

Judge Sonia Sotomayor: an environmental pragmatist (Examiner, 05/27/09)
Jean Williams, Seattle Environmental Policy Examiner quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli. Williams concludes: "The choice of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for a place at the U.S. Supreme Court table, is a bold, forwarding thinking choice, to help form a more inclusive, sensible, open-minded, balanced, and diversified American legacy."

Obama Supreme Court pick has small but solid record on environmental rulings (Grist Magazine, 05/26/09)
Extensively quotes Earthjustice President Trip Van Noppen

Letter: Sowell column distorts meaning of empathy (Lima News, 05/12/09)
Published letter from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli: "The headline of Thomas Sowell's May 5 column, " ‘Empathy' versus law," is a false dichotomy that befits a column that bizarrely distorts the meaning of empathy and then obscenely compares President Barack Obama's "rhetoric" with "the law that gave Hitler dictatorial power.""

LETTER TO EDITOR: Don't rule out empathy (Washington Times, 05/07/09)
"Respect for the law requires judicial empathy - the ability to see the world from other people's points of view. Empathy is needed to avoid bias, which can result from overreliance on a justice's own limited - and typically highly privileged and insulated - experience and perspective."

Obama Begins Shaping Federal Judiciary (Law360, 05/06/09)
Extensively quotes Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli.

Seeking Souter's Replacement (Inside EPA, 05/01/09)
Quotes Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli in detail.

On Examination, Will's Rationales Melt Away (Albuquerque Journal, 04/28/09)
Published letter from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli on George Will's errors on the Constitution, takings and nondelegation.

Delegation of power kept in check (Columbian [WA], 04/21/09)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli rebutting letter and columnist on property rights takings.

George Will got it wrong on stimulus bill (Daily Advertiser [Lafayette, LA], 04/21/09)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli rebutting columnist's misreading of the Constitution.

George Will was mistaken (Vindicator [Youngstown, OH], 04/19/09)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli regarding column on Constitution's Takings Clause.

Columnist misleads on bailout constitutionality (Island Packet [SC], 04/10/09)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli.

Columnist relied on a discredited argument (Missoulian [MT], 04/09/09)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli.

Columnist wrong (Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 04/04/09)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli.

Empathy is crucial for effective judges (Columbia Daily Tribune, 04/03/09)
Published Open Column by Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli on how "interpreting ambiguous laws and the Constitution requires understanding their purpose and history."

Glenn Sugameli: George Will misleads on 'separation of powers' (Daily Camera (CO), 04/01/09)

Empathy essential to justice (Daily News Tribune [MA], 03/31/09)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli.

Will's arguments against federal stimulus are hollow  (Daily Breeze [CA], 03/31/09)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli.

Empathy essential to justice (MetroWest Daily News, 03/29/09)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli expanding on column's rebuttal of right wing charges about judicial nominees.

Confirmation battles-- Re “Obama to influence our courts”  (Los Angeles Times, 03/19/09)
Published letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli: "Following the law often requires judicial empathy -- being able to see the world from other people's points of view."

GOP Nominees Need Full Support (Roll Call, 02/23/09)
Letter from Judicial Confirmation Network counsel Wendy E. Long about Glenn Sugameli's Feb. 9th Guest Observer column (see Glenn's March 9 published letter in response to Long).

Court minority misinterprets laws (Roanoke Times, 02/15/09)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli commenting on recent editorial.

Re: Mark Hamby’s Guest Column “Fair Pay Act”  (Journal Record [OK], 02/13/09)
Response by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli to a Guest Column

Guest Observer: GOP Payback on Court Nominees Is Hard to Justify (Roll Call, 02/09/09)
Op-Ed by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli detailing objective problems that justified failure to confirm all of Bush’s nominees. "Any fair evaluation of the Senate’s review of Bush’s judicial nominations can only argue for confirmation of qualified" Obama nominees.

Supreme Court minority would deny rights (Post-Standard, 02/04/09)
Published Letter to the Editor from Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on threatened access to court.

EarthJustice Legal Defense Fund (Capital Research Center, 02/01/09)
"“Judging the Environment” (http://www. judgingtheenvironment.org/) provides a handy searchable database of arguments green groups can use to oppose a Bush appointee. If you type in the name of an appointee and click on a legal or environmental issue (e.g. Clean Air or The Commerce Clause) you will be directed to statements, resolutions, and “letters of concern” issued by dozens of environmental groups giving reasons why the appointee should be rejected. Glenn Sugameli, a senior legislative counsel ... heads up the project, which keeps tabs on “extreme nominees.”"

The Federal Circuit (National Law Journal, 01/26/09)
Published letter to the editor from Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on Federal Circuit nominations, "takings" claims and federal Indian law.

Bush Fourth Circuit nominees (Blue Commonwealth, 01/26/09)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on President George W. Bush's Bush's disastrous choices for lifetime seats on the Fourth Circuit.

Property Rights Groups Eye ESA Fight In High Court (Law360, 01/23/09)
Article extensively quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on previous and future Commerce Clause challenges to ESA protections.

A better comparison (Daily Oklahoman, 01/14/09)
Letter to the editor from Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli responding to an editorial on Senate confirmations of Bush judges.

New Year, New Judges (Religious Action Center blog, 01/02/09)
Links to Dec. 2008 ACSBlog by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli as one of the four "most interesting articles that I have seen" that offer "President-elect Obama guidance and counsel on how to approach judicial nominations and how best to fill the 44 vacancies on the federal courts that will exist when he takes office. "

Look Beyond Constitutional Interpretation When Picking Judges (American Constitution Society Blog, 12/22/08)
Commentary by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli: "The records of potential and pending judicial nominees on constitutional interpretation are a vital consideration, but far from the only one. Lifetime judges must also be competent, fair and independent, and must fairly interpret and apply the statutes, treaties, and judge-made 'common law' that are at issue in the vast majority of cases."

Jury Is Still Out on Obama Judges (Roll Call, 12/01/08)
Article quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on future of judicial nominations.

Poor picks for judges, poor view of Senate role (The Hill, 10/15/08)
Published Letter to the Editor from Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli: Bush has pressured the Senate to confirm judges who would further political agendas by rewriting our Constitution and laws. Roberts and Alito fell one vote short of gutting basic water and air pollution laws.

Judicial Jousting (Inside EPA, 10/06/08)
Quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli: the Senate confirmed more than 300 Bush judges and President Bush created artificial vacancies by insisting "on nominees who would unfairly favor big corporations over laws that protect people and the environment.”

Democrats actually reduced number of judicial vacancies (Examiner, 07/22/08)
Published letter from Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli

Laura Donovan-- problems (Townhall.com, 07/15/08)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on problems with column, including omission of key facts- "the Senate in the last three presidential election years - 1996, 2000, and 2004 - confirmed no court of appeals nominees after July; and the most relevant comparison, as Sen. Leahy explained 'Since the years in which Republicans pocket filibustered more than 60 of President Clinton’s moderate and qualified judicial nominees and judicial vacancies topped 100, we have cut judicial vacancies by more than half and we reduced circuit court vacancies by almost three-fourths, to 9 throughout the entire country from a high point of 32.'”

Supreme Court Session Had Few Construction Cases (Engineering News-Record, 07/02/08)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli "points to the Exxon Valdez case, as representing the court¹s more conservative view. 'I think it is a reflection of a very disturbing trend in four to five of the justices where... they sometimes put on blinders to the impacts of their decisions on the interests that Congress intended to protect and instead look at it from the viewpoint of the regulated party, which Congress intended to control,' Environmental groups are 'very concerned that we really are one vote away from a lot of really very bad decisions'"

Comment on Hill Veteran Named to District Court (Legal Times, 06/21/08)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli: "A Hill aide's insertion of a major, explosive provision into legislation without notifying his boss or any other Senator raises, at the very least, extremely serious questions about Michael O'Neill's judgment."

Rosenstein lacks ‘deep roots’ (Baltimore Examiner, 06/18/08)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli" "Virginia’s 4th Circuit Court seat was filled after a nominee whom both senators opposed withdrew. Yet President Bush won’t discuss other nominees [opposed] by home-state senators."

Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing, Obstructs Senate Debate on Global Warming (South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 06/05/08)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli: "After one judge was confirmed, scheduled votes on two 6th Circuit nominees were delayed by Republican Senators. The votes had already been re-scheduled for June 12th. Senators should reject this unjustifiable effort to obstruct this serious global warming debate."

RE: Republicans stall climate change bill to punish Reid [i.e., Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing, Obstructs Senate Debate on Global Warming] (Las Vegas Sun, 06/05/08)
Earthjustice: “Senators should reject this unjustifiable effort to obstruct the most serious debate Congress has ever had on global warming -- the greatest challenge the United States and the world have ever faced.... President Bush has failed to nominate anyone to 16 vacancies, including several that have been declared judicial emergencies. The Senate approved more than 300 Bush lifetime judges, but cannot confirm lifetime judges who have not been nominated.”

RE: “Harry Reid's Handshake” (June 3)  (Wall Street Journal, 06/03/08)
Posted comment by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli details many ways in which Wall Street Journal Editorial "is inaccurate and misleading."

Letter to the Editor from Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli (Fort Dodge [IA] Messenger, 05/06/08)
An April 28 Fort Dodge Messenger editorial erroneously stated the Committee held a “hearing for 5th Circuit nominee Catharina Haynes, but took no action.” In fact, the Committee approved Haynes on April 3 and the Senate confirmed her on April 10.

Judicial Vacancies (Lock Haven [PA] Express, 04/17/08)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli Letter to the Editor of the Lock Haven [PA] Express: President Bush can confirm lifetime judges, if and when he respects the Senate's constitutional advise-and-consent role.

Glenn Sugameli: Senate GOP Leadership Threats to Shutdown the Senate over Judicial Nominees are Unjustifiable and Misdirected (Talking Justice blog, 04/04/08)
Talking Justice blog post by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Letters to the Editor: Bush Chooses to Annoy Senators (Legal Times, 03/10/08)
Letter to the Editor by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli printed in Legal Times on President Bush's use of nominating controversial judicial nominations for political reasons.

Comments to ‘Nominations staredown in the Senate’ piece (Politico, 03/05/08)
Comments by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli to Politico Article on former nominee William J. Haynes.

The Patriot News blog comment by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli (Patriot Ledger [MA], 03/05/08)
President George W. Bush only listens to the Senate when its advice automatically echoes his own choices and its consent is a rubber stamp.

Bush Judicial Nominees- Torture, Alice in Wonderland, Shoplifting, Ethics and more (American Constitution Society Blog, 02/29/08)
Blog posting by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli featured on the American Constitution Society Blog comments on the controversial nominations of William Haynes, Jay Bybee, Claude Allen, Charles Pickering, Robert Conrad, Steve Matthews, Michael Wallace, William Myers, and Duncan Getchell.

Judicial vacancies exist because President Bush ignores remarkable compromises offered by Senators (Miami Herald, 02/12/08)
Comments by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on 4th circuit vacancies and Steve Matthews and Robert Conrad's nominations. Comments ALSO POSTED ON Blog of Legal Times, American Constitution Society Blog, Reno Gazette-Journal, Tulsa World, Topeka Capital-Journal, The News Tribune [WA], Star-Tribune [MN], and Mercury News' [CA] websites.

Judicial vacancies exist because President Bush ignores remarkable compromises offered by Senators. (Houston Chronicle, 02/09/08)
Comments by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on the nominations of Robert Conrad and Steve Matthews. COMMENTS ALSO POSTED on Knoxville News Sentinel website.

Bush nominates judges who he knows won’t be confirmed (The Hill, 02/07/08)
Op-ed length Letter to the Editor by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli states, "Bush... is choosing nominees because they will not be confirmed, creating artificial vacancies to inflame his right-wing base."

Sen. Craig’s Attack on Federalism (Idaho Examiner, 01/17/08)
Comments by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli to Idaho Examiner article on Senator Craig's failed Takings bill amendment.

Comments to "Hon. Edwin Meese to speak to Greenville Federalist Society on January 14" (South Carolina Appellate Law, 01/07/08)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli online comments on South Carolina Appellate Law Blog regarding Ed Meese's speech on judicial nominations.

Misguided move on public land (Daily Camera (CO), 12/27/07)
Letter to the Editor by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on Senator Craig's failed Takings Bill Amendment.

Comments (Telluride Daily Planet, 12/19/07)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli comments to the Telluride Watch Online's article on Senator Craig's Takings Amendment.

Sen. Allard's Attack on Federalism (Daily Camera (CO), 12/18/07)
Daily Camera posts Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli's Letter to the Editor Blog on Senator Allard's support for Senator Craig's Farm Bill Amendment.

AGRICULTURE: Senate votes to end farm bill debate, extend CFTC act (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 12/14/07)
E&E article quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on Senator Craig's failed "unconscionable and incomprehensible" amendment to the 2007 farm bill.

Senate Rejects Sen. Larry Craig’s Unconstitutional Assault on States, Localities and Parks (, 12/13/07)
Earthjustice Press Release on Senator Craig's failed amendment to Farm Bill.

Craig's land rights amendment to farm bill delights supporters (Idaho Statesman, 12/13/07)
Article in the Idaho Statesman by Erica Bolstad quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Judicial Nominees (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 11/24/07)
Rebuttal Letter to the Editor by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on 4th circuit judicial nominations.

Bush, justices address Federalist Society (Los Angeles Times, 11/16/07)
Los Angeles Times article quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on President Bush's speak on judges at the Federal Society convention.

Bush Derides Approval Process for Judicial Nominees (Bloomberg News, 11/15/07)
Article from Bloomberg news quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on President Bush's Federalist Society judicial nominations speech.

Serious Questions (Post and Courier (SC), 10/08/07)
Letter to the Editor of The Post and Courier from Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on Frank Wooten column belittles serious questions about 4th Circuit nomination of Robert J. Conrad, Jr., including Conrad's letter about Sr. Helen Prejean and Dead Man Walking; Conrad's testimony; and a major ruling in an environmental case.

AC-T skipped over a few details about Conrad (Asheville Citizen-Times, 09/30/07)
Letter to the Editor from Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli explaining how editorial on 4th Circuit nominees identified problems with Duncan Getchell and Steve A. Matthews but glossed over record of Robert J. Conrad, Jr.

Vacancies Affect Other Circuits, Too (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 08/11/07)
Letter to the Editor by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on 4th circuit and other vacancies caused by President Bush's pattern of refusing to work with Republican and Democratic home-state Senators and his selection of deliberately provocative nominees.

Bush Judicial Nominee Passes Big Senate Hurdle (Fox News, 08/02/07)
Article by Trish Turner of Fox News quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on the nomination of Leslie Southwick to the 5th Circuit

Misjudging Leslie (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 07/20/07)
Letter to the editor by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli: Leslie Southwick's "record as a judge, combined with Judge Southwick's own words, raise questions about his ability to be a fair and neutral arbiter of environmental and other cases that involve the interests of corporate defendants."

COURTS: Enviros slam controversial appeals court nominee (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 06/15/07)
"Environmental groups -- among them Earthjustice, Friends of the Earth and the Sierra Club -- yesterday joined the chorus of criticism, although the groups stopped short of flatly opposing the nomination."

Democratic-Led Alliance Targets Environmental Views Of Bush Judicial Nominees (Inside EPA, 05/22/07)
Focus on Earthjustice's campaign to raise environmental profile of Bush judicial nominees & oppose Kuhl, Estrada, Wolski & Owen.

2 justices tell Congress judges need raises (Chicago Daily Law, 04/19/07)
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Article on Justices Breyer and Alito's testimony before the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property during an oversight hearing on "Federal Judicial Compensation."

JUDGE NOT: Myers' nomination blocked due to his own missteps (Gazette (Colorado Springs), 03/01/07)
Letter to the editor by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli responding to The Gazette's sympathetic editorial on former Ninth Circuit nominee William G. Myers III.

Idaho loses fine state judge, gains fine U.S. judge (Lewiston Tribune, 01/19/07)
Editorial by the Lewiston Tribune, quoting Earthjustice’s Glenn Sugameli. The editorial commends the President's decision to nominate Judge Randy Smith in place of withdrawn Ninth Circuit nominee, William Myers III.

Bush nominates the right judge to the wrong seat (Lewiston Tribune, 01/11/07)
President should nominate Randy Norman Smith to Idaho's 9th Circuit seat.

Renomination Prolongs Calif., Idaho Battle (Daily Journal, 01/10/07)
Glenn Sugameli of Earthjustice: "Myers was the worst on the environment," and his withdrawal "is obviously very good news."

Anti-Environmental Judicial Nominee Myers Withdraws (Environment News Service, 01/10/07)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli hailed Myers' withdrawal: "The Senate blocked William Myers's nomination because of his discredited actions as the Interior Department's top lawyer. As the Department's Solicitor, he unjustifiably favored mining companies and other special interests at the expense of his responsibilities to enforce the laws that protect taxpayers, tribal rights, and the environment. Myers' legal positions as Interior Solicitor were rejected by the Interior Department and by federal and state courts."

Four Appeals Court Choices Dropped From Consideration (Bloomberg News, 01/09/07)
Earthjustice said Myers was the first judicial nominee opposed primarily because of his record on the environment.

Three-year Myers confirmation fight draws to a close (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 01/09/07)
The Nomination of William Myers to the 9th Circuit was not resubmitted. "Myers's withdrawal is long overdue, and a victory for the environment," said Earthjustice attorney Glenn Sugameli.

Environmentalists Oppose Alito for Supreme Court  (Global Report, 12/29/06)
“Judge Alito’s record indicates that he would pursue his own extreme legal theories to create new barriers that prevent the enactment and enforcement of national laws that protect families and communities from pollution,” said Sugameli. “There is too much at stake; Judge Alito’s nomination must be defeated.”

Keisler must be blocked. (TalkLeft blog, 11/17/06)
Talking Left Blog mentions Earthjustice's comments and website on Peter Keisler's nomination.

Group: Bush's Renomination of Controversial Judges Wrong Move (CivilRights.org, 11/16/06)
President Bush's decision on November 15 to renominate ten judges he pulled in early October has angered civil rights groups who say he is missing an opportunity to work in a bipartisan fashion with the newly Democratic Senate.

MINING: OSM says former mine owners not liable for new SMCRA violations (Land Letter, 10/12/06)
"Glenn Sugameli, an attorney for Earthjustice who has litigated coal mining cases in the past, said OSM's regulatory record on mine ownership and control is rife with problems. In some cases, he said, mining companies who violate SMCRA avoid responsibility by dismantling an existing corporation and forming a new one under a different name. In other cases, he said, mining companies will try to disassociate themselves with a problem mine by pinning blame for violations on independent contractors. 'There are real problems here, and they have recurred over and over again,' Sugameli said. 'If those regulations are weakened or loopholes are created that allow companies to avoid responsibility by creating another company, then it eliminates a very vital tool' for enforcing SMCRA, Sugameli added."

PUBLIC LANDS: Takings bill expected to return for House vote this week (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 09/27/06)
Earthjustice's Glenn] Sugameli said. "Opposition is just going to continue to grow."

Plan to Break Up 9th Circuit Court Faces Opposition (Los Angeles Times, 09/21/06)
A broad array of judges, law professors, bar associations and political leaders came out Wednesday against splitting the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, as the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington took up the thorny issue.

Court rules laws on wetlands apply to family's farm (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 09/03/06)
Article extensively quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on court decisions on "takings" and property rights including rejections of challenges to laws that "limit the ability of one property owner to use his property in a way that it harms others, and others' properties, the community and the environment."

Businesses Sit Out Fight Over Splitting the 9th Circuit (Daily Journal, 08/17/06)
News article by Lawrence Hurley quoting Earthjustice on the potential benefit to certain business interests if the 9th Circuit were split.

Environmentalists Ask Senate to Leave the 9th Circuit Alone  (Daily Journal, 08/04/06)
Article on the 9th Circuit Split quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Why split the Ninth Circuit? (How Appealing, 08/03/06)
How Appealing blog on 9th Circuit split: To appreciate the anti-split side of the argument, be sure to visit this impressive collection of links at Earthjustice's website.

Splitting The Ninth Circuit (KUSP 88.9 FM Santa Cruz, 07/24/06)
Gary Patton's Land Use Reports "Website (giving information on how you can oppose the Ninth Circuit split) – http://www.judgingtheenvironment.org/"

Justices wade into Clean Water Act: High court sets some limits on federal control of wetlands (San Francisco Chronicle, 06/20/06)
"Unfortunately, this split decision will likely spur more litigation efforts by industry and polluters to try to strip away Clean Water Act protections,'' said Joan Mulhern, an attorney with Earthjustice, which represented the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council and other environmental groups before the court.

Clean Water Act ruling illustrates court's shift (Boston Globe, 06/20/06)
David Baron of Earthjustice , an environmentalist group that filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of the Army Corps, said he was heartened that Kennedy did not endorse Scalia's more restrictive opinion. There is a majority rejecting this extreme view that Justice Scalia puts forth, that tries to limit the Clean Water Act only to continuously flowing streams," Baron said. ``That's a concept that has never been around before, and a majority of the justices plainly reject it."

Alito will shift the Supreme Court to extreme right (Silver Chips newspaper, 03/02/06)
"Rulings like these prompted many environmental organizations, including the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, the National Environmental Trust, Earthjustice and Friends of the Earth to vigorously oppose Alito's confirmation in order to ensure the continued protection of the environment."

Landowners' Supreme Court Case May Limit U.S. Clean-Water Rules (Bloomberg News, 02/17/06)
Clean Water Act cases from February 2006 are discussed along with their implications.

Alito confirmation prompts mixed reactions  (Jurist, 01/31/06)
Taking an environmental perspective, Earthjustice [official website] said Alito's appointment poses an immediate threat to the protection of America's drinking water, creeks, streams and wetlands.

Senate confirms Alito for Supreme Court, 58-42 (Greenwire, 01/31/06)
Earthjustice executive director Buck Parker: "We knew going in that this was an uphill battle. But the stakes were too high for us to stay out of the fight. The American public needed to know about Judge Alito's record of siding with polluters over communities."

WICH-AM Radio Interview with Glenn Sugameli (WICH-AM, 01/27/06)
Radio interview with Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on the nomination of Samuel Alito.

Florida's Stake In Defeating Alito (Tampa Tribune, 01/25/06)
Op-Ed by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli in the Tampa Tribune [FL], urging Florida Senators Bill Nelson and Mel Martinez to oppose Judge Alito's Supreme Court confirmation

WMNF Radio Interview with Glenn Sugameli (WMNF FM 88.5, 01/25/06)
Radio interview with Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli on the impact of Samuel Alito nomination on Florida's environment.

One of 50 environmental groups who say Alito would be bad for the environment (WMNF FM 88.5, 01/25/06)
Radio interview with Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli addressing environmental groups' opposition to the Alito nomination.

Environmental group opposes Alito confirmation (Shreveport Times, 01/24/06)
Op-Ed by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli begins, "The U.S. Senate is considering whether to confirm Judge Samuel Alito Jr. to a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, many commentators have not focused on Alito's extreme record as an appellate judge of legislating from the bench on issues central to protecting public health and the environment in Louisiana and nationwide."

KCLA-AM, KZYQ-AM, WBBS-AM radio interview of Glenn Sugameli (, 01/21/06)
Radio interview of Glenn Sugameli on Samuel Alito nomination.

Environmental Groups Voice Strong Opposition to Alito Supreme Court Nomination  (Bush Greenwatch, 01/20/06)
Glenn Sugameli, senior counsel at Earthjustice: "Judge Alito's record," continued Sugameli, "indicates that he would pursue his own extreme legal theories to create new barriers that prevent the enactment and enforcement of national laws that protect families and communities from pollution."

KCAP-AM Radio Interview of Glenn Sugameli (KCAP-AM, 01/19/06)
Radio interview with Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on the nomination of Samuel Alito.

Alito says he would defer to EPA's authority (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 01/13/06)
E&E Daily article on Samuel Alito's confirmation process quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Earthjustice Opposes Judge Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court (Indy Bay, 01/12/06)
Earthjustice joined four other national environmental groups in formal opposition to the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito Jr. This is the first time in nearly 20 years that Earthjustice has opposed a Supreme Court nominee.

Pacifica Radio KNON-FM Interview of Glenn Sugameli (KNON-FM, 01/12/06)
National Pacifica Radio interview with Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli about the nomination of Samuel Alito.

Radio Interview with Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on the Alito Nomination (KALW-FM, 01/12/06)
Radio Interview from the Your Call program on KALW-FM.

Executive power front and center for Alito (The Hill, 01/11/06)
Democratic Senators, along with Earthjustice, express dissatisfaction with Alito's first round confirmation hearing.

COURTS: Alito defends controversial Commerce Clause ruling (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 01/11/06)
Earthjustice Attorney Glenn Sugameli said Alito's claim that he was following Supreme Court precedent was somewhat misleading, especially given that several other courts had issued rulings that directly contradicted Alito's reasoning. "This was not at all a clear decision, it was not at all obvious, it was not at all straightforward," Sugameli said. "He very much took a view that was going out on a limb. It was misleading to imply that his opinion was an obvious application of Lopez." Sugameli, whose group has opposed the Alito nomination, said there was nothing in Alito's testimony yesterday -- either in the exchange with Feinstein or in other parts of the hearing -- that altered the group's perception that Alito could pose a threat to many environmental laws. "He still doesn't indicate that he thinks his opinions were wrong, he doesn't back away to any extent," he said.

Alito's Opponents Stake Out Positions (Legal Intelligencer, 01/09/06)
Article quotes Earthjustice's report warning that Samuel Alito "would pursue his own extreme legal theories to create new barriers that prevent the enactment and enforcement of national laws that protect families and communities from pollution."

Clean Water Cases Seen As Bellwether For Revamped Supreme Court (Inside EPA, 01/04/06)
The Supreme Court's upcoming review of two cases focusing on the scope of the Clean Water Act (CWA) is being viewed as a bellwether for the high court's future views on environmental issues following the recent confirmation of Chief Justice John Roberts -- and the possible addition of Judge Samuel Alito, Earthjustice and other legal observers say.

WBAI Pacifica Radio interview of Glenn Sugameli (WBAI Pacifica Radio, 12/23/05)
Radio interview of Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on Alito nomination.

Ohio News Network radio interview of Glenn Sugameli (Ohio Radio News Network, 12/22/05)
Radio network interview of Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli about Samuel Alito nomination

Environmentalists Join in Opposing Alito Nomination  (New Standard, 12/21/05)
Several environmental groups have announced their concerted opposition to Judge Samuel Alito’s nomination. Earthjustice stated: "Judge Alito’s record indicates that he would pursue his own extreme legal theories to create new barriers that prevent the enactment and enforcement of national laws that protect families and communities from pollution."

Earthjustice Opposes Alito Nomination  (Daily Kos, 12/20/05)
"Today Earthjustice (the law firm for the environment) announced that for the first time in almost 20 years, they are opposing a Supreme Court nominee. Read below to find out why Alito presents a direct threat to the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Safe Drinking Water Act. And also read how Alito wants to put in place barriers that will prevent average citizens from using the courts to protect themselves and their communities."

Gleason Radio Group (5 Maine stations interview of Glenn Sugameli (Gleason Radio Group, 12/20/05)
The Gleason Radio Group in Maine (WCNM-AM, WTME-AM, WKTQ-AM,WOXO-FM & WTBM-FM) Scott Garrett, reporter, interview of Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on Samuel Alito nomination.

House-passed reconciliation report slashes farm conservation funding (Greenwire, 12/19/05)
Greenwire article on the Ninth Circuit Split quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Green Groups Mobilize Against Alito (Wall Street Journal, 12/14/05)
Alito's history with environmental cases and the impact of his appointment to the Supreme Court are discussed.

A Quiet Move in House to Split the 9th Circuit (San Francisco Chronicle, 11/30/05)
Quotes Judges and other opponents of splitting the 9th Circuit, including Earthjustice's Todd True.

Radio Interview with Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on Alito Nomination  (Air America, 11/12/05)
Air America's 'Ring of Fire' program with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. interviews Glenn Sugameli of Earthjustice on the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.

Watch Senior Judicial Counsel Glenn Sugameli and Mark Levy discuss Alito's Record on the Commerce Clause (On Point, 11/07/05)
Watch E&ETV's webcast: Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli and attorney Mark Levy discuss Alito's record on the commerce clause.

BUDGET: House panel moves reconciliation, but floor picture is cloudy (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 11/04/05)
Earthjustice Attorney Glenn Sugameli said that while Senate Republicans may agree with the fundamental principles of the bill, key members such as Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) will be unwilling to back a proposal that circumvents the Senate. "There's some political dynamics that still make this extremely unpopular and unlikely," Sugameli said. The proposal to split the 9th Circuit is unpopular with the overwhelming majority of California politicians -- regardless of party -- and it remains to be seen whether the language will cause problems for the whole bill with California Republicans. "It also doesn't make sense politically to load down the reconciliation bill when there's so much baggage on it already," Sugameli said.

Alito's not-so-clean record (Grist Magazine, 11/02/05)
There is little on Judge Alito's record that encourages environmentalists.

'Very concerned' enviros ponder justice nominee Alito's record (Greenwire, 11/01/05)
Glenn Sugameli: "Earthjustice is extremely concerned that Judge Alito has repeatedly sought to go even farther than the current Supreme Court majority in restricting Congress' authority to allow Americans to protect their rights in court, and to enact laws that protect our health and environment, . . . . the most important indication of how he might rule on the court is how he has ruled over the last 15 years."

The Sum of Alito Fears (Grist Magazine, 11/01/05)
Concerns over Judge Alito's environmental record and how his opinions might tilt the Supreme Court are expressed.

Environmental groups oppose Alito (Endangered Species & Wetlands Report, 11/01/05)
Earthjustice, Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and the National Environmental Trust are opposing the nomination of Circuit Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, citing Commerce Clause concerns.

GOP 'Agenda" on environment suits cited to fight 9th circuit bills (Inside EPA, 10/28/05)
Article quotes Earthjustice's letter of opposition to the efforts by some Republicans to split the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Bush 'reluctantly' accepts nominee's withdrawal from Supreme Court bid (Greenwire, 10/27/05)
Greenwire article by Alex Kaplun on the failed nomination of Harriet Miers quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Lawmakers fast-track Western court breakup  (Juneau Empire, 10/26/05)
The subcommittee's move "fits the recent pattern in the House to ram a host of terrible bills through before (politicians), the media and the public figures out what is happening," said Glenn Sugameli.

COURTS: Dems, GOP raise questions about Miers' inexperience on the bench (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 10/04/05)
"She does not, at least initially, have a public record for good or bad on the key issues," said Earthjustice attorney Glenn Sugameli.

TODAY IS THE DAY TO FIGHT FOR THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT (updated)  (Daily Kos, 09/29/05)
“The bill would create an unlimited new entitlement that would force hardworking taxpayers to write blank checks to big developers and corporations simply for obeying the law that prevents them from unreasonably wiping out species,” said Glenn Sugameli, Earthjustice’s Senior Legislative Counsel.

COURTS: Roberts ducks questions on Commerce Clause but addresses ESA (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 09/14/05)
Earthjustice attorney Glenn Sugameli: Roberts dodged the key issue of what harm must be shown to bring a lawsuit to stop pollution. "There's a lot of damage that could be done to people's ability to go to court that's totally consistent with Roberts' answer. The fact that he won't entirely wipe out the right to go to court on environmental cases doesn't assure us that he won't severely limit that right."

Environmentalists stop short of opposing Chief Justice nominee (Inside EPA, 09/09/05)
Article mentions letter of concern Earthjustice and other environmental organizations sent to Senate members.

Liberal Activists Say Access To Courts Key  (Investor's Business Daily, 09/02/05)
Critics of Judge John Roberts' nomination to the Supreme Court want senators to ask him about "access to courts." Earthjustice's Terrill North states: "There seems to be a pattern throughout his career where he has tried to deny people access to courts."

Divided circuit courts muddy regulation of wetlands (Recorder, 08/25/05)
"This is sort of a shotgun approach," responded Glenn Sugameli senior legislative counsel for EarthJustice, which represents environmental groups. The current Bush administration is opposing many of these new challenges, he said. "That tells you how extreme their [Pacific Legal Foundation] arguments are. This is not an administration that has gone out of its way to protect the environment," Sugameli said.

A friend of Bush is no friend of the environment (St. Petersburg Times, 08/22/05)
Editorial column by Diane Roberts discusses John Roberts' poor environmental record and quotes Glenn Sugameli, senior legislative counsel for Earthjustice, a national law firm: "He seems not to recognize that he's talking about the potential extinction of a species."

Environmentalists Uncertain on Roberts (Wall Street Journal, 08/15/05)
Wall St. Journal reports on environmental community's views on John Roberts: "Glenn Sugameli of Earthjustice, a partner in the environmental community's judicial-vetting project, says: 'No federal court has ever ruled that any federal wildlife protection is beyond Congress's Commerce Clause power. It is a position that, although he doesn't give his ultimate view, is troubling.'"

Critics: Roberts Sides With Industry Over Environment (Associated Press, 08/15/05)
Associated Press quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli that Roberts' view expressed in the California toad case "does raise serious questions" about how he might view "the constitutionality of important protections under the Endangered Species Act."

'Hapless toad' case shows how court nominee thinks (San Francisco Chronicle, 08/01/05)
Judge Roberts' opinion questioning Congress' constitutional authority to protect an endangered "hapless toad" "calls into serious question his views on the scope of the (Constitution's) commerce clause ... which might have serious implications for other environmental laws and health and worker protection, civil rights and consumer laws,'' said Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Court Nominee pressed on views on 'Standing' environmental laws (Inside EPA, 07/29/05)
Article mentions Earthjustice's concerns towards Roberts's views on 'Standing'

Toad opinion hints at Roberts' stance (Miami Herald, 07/23/05)
Miami Herald report on Judge Roberts extensively quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Toadus Operandi: John G. Roberts' enviro record not so green (Grist Magazine, 07/22/05)
Article extensively quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on Roberts' views of Congress' constitutional authority under the Commerce Clause to protect the environment.

Environmental groups study Roberts's rulings with concern  (Boston Globe, 07/21/05)
Boston Globe article quotes President of Earthjustice Buck Parker saying Roberts "may fail to uphold our key environmental safeguards as a Supreme Court justice".

Interest groups take sides on nomination (Indianapolis Star, 07/21/05)
Earthjustice, a nonprofit public interest law firm aimed at protecting the environment, issued a statement noting its concern that Roberts might not uphold “key environmental safeguards” and urging senators to take their time in reviewing his qualifications.

Bush picks John Roberts for Supreme Court (Greenwire, 07/20/05)
Article on Roberts's nomination to the Supreme Court quotes Earthjustice.

High Court Pick to Face Scrutiny on Federal Role in Environmental Law (Inside EPA, 07/08/05)
Article cites Earthjustice and Community Rights Counsel's hope for a "moderate" Supreme Court nominee.

Enviros dust off campaign playbook for Supreme Court nomination battle (Greenwire, 07/05/05)
Article on John Roberts's nomination to the Supreme Court quotes Earthjustice.

Roberts and the toad: A Supreme Court story (Endangered Species & Wetlands Report, 07/01/05)
In-depth article extensively quotes Earthjustice and Community Rights Counsel on John Roberts' record.

FEDERAL JUDICIARY: Ensign to introduce bill to divide 9th Circuit (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 06/21/05)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli: "This effort is to get new circuits which have many more judges that are hostile to environmental safeguards."

FEDERAL JUDICIARY: Votes on Pryor, other nominees suspend fight (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 06/10/05)
"Judicial nominees like William Pryor are phase two of the Bush administration's assault on federal environmental protections," said Earthjustice Senior Legislative Counsel Glenn Sugameli in a statement. "When they can't convince Congress to repeal clean air, clean water and other legal safeguards, they threaten to strike down or rewrite those laws from the bench by putting partisan ideologues like Pryor on our independent federal courts."

Senate Confirms Brown, Pryor to Appeals Courts (Environment News Service, 06/09/05)
Glenn Sugameli of Earthjustice: "Judicial nominees like William Pryor are phase two of the Bush Administration's assault on federal environmental protections. When they can't convince Congress to repeal clean air, clean water and other legal safeguards, they threaten to strike down or rewrite those laws from the bench by putting partisan ideologues like Pryor on our independent federal courts."

McKeague brings experience of already serving on federal bench (Associated Press, 05/28/05)
Earthjustice & other environmental are concerned McKeague would limit access to courts.

Senate Deal on Judges May Help Environment  (Bush Greenwatch, 05/25/05)
Analysis of deal to avoid "nuclear option" by Doug Kendall, executive director of Community Rights Counsel (CRC), whoa has "teamed with Earthjustice to lead "Judging the Environment," a campaign to highlight the environmental stakes in the battle over judicial nominations."

Bush's Anti- Environmental Judicial Nominees Not Off the Hook (Environment News Service, 05/25/05)
Article quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli and Community Rights Counsel's Doug Kendall on agreement by bipartisan coalition of 14 senators not to eliminate the right to filibuster controversial judicial nominees.

Senators Reach Deal to Avert Showdown on Judicial Nominees (How Appealing, 05/23/05)
How Appealing blog: you can access online press releases entitled . . . "Earthjustice: Senate Compromise Preserves Independent Courts, Protects Environment; Anti-environmentalist Myers Remains Blocked."

GOP Might Not Have Votes to Block Filibuster (Daily Journal, 05/10/05)
Article on Judicial Filibuster/Nuclear Option quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Environmental, Native Groups Support Right to Filibuster (Environment News Service, 04/29/05)
Earthjustice, the nonprofit, public interest law firm and one of the groups that signed the letter, said that "the handful of President Bush's nominees who have been blocked by filibusters includes several whose records prove that they have consistently favored corporate interests over clean air and safe drinking water."

AM 760 interview of Glenn Sugameli (AM 760, 04/27/05)
Radio interview of Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on the "nuclear option."

Energy Bill Backers Fear Fallout from Senate 'Nuclear Option' (Inside EPA, 04/22/05)
Earthjustice's radio and ad campaign against 'Nuclear Option' cited.

"Nuclear Option" Seen As Possible Way to Aid Anti-Environmental Judicial Nominee  (Bush Greenwatch, 02/25/05)
The environmental community is girding for an all-out battle against Myers, described by Earthjustice attorney Glenn Sugameli as "the most anti-environmental judicial nominee we have ever seen."

NOMINATIONS: Reid says Democrats will filibuster judicial nominees again (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 02/16/05)
PEER, Earthjustice and Community Rights Counsel asked the Judiciary Committee to conduct a "full evaluation of this new information" when considering Myers' nomination.

NOMINATIONS: Bush sends blocked judges list back to the Senate (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 02/15/05)
Article on resubmission of blocked nominees: "[Bush] apparently has no intention of trying to heal the wounds he caused when he nominated these individuals the first time around, after it became clear that their records showed a pattern of clear and unjustifiable hostility to environmental protections," said Earthjustice attorney Glenn Sugameli.

Republicans Disagree on How to Advance Judicial Nominees (Daily Journal, 02/09/05)
Myers is the most anti-environmental nominee.

DOI IG report could spell trouble for Myers renomination to 9th Cir. (Endangered Species & Wetlands Report, 02/01/05)
The results of Devaney’s investigation will be used by environmental groups such as PEER, Community Rights Counsel and Earthjustice to urge senators to once again block Myers’ nomination to the Ninth Circuit.

Rejected Last Year, Bush Anti-Environmental Judicial Nominees Are Back  (Bush Greenwatch, 01/27/05)
Noting that the Senate has already approved 204 of President Bush's 260 nominees, Earthjustice senior legislative counsel Glenn Sugameli says "Renomination of so many judges who the Senate has refused to confirm has never happened before. President Bush is trying to convert the Senate into a rubber stamp."

Courting Disaster: Bush Judicial Nominees Could Shake Foundations of Environmental Law (Grist Magazine, 01/20/05)
William Myers' nomination is the epitome of the anti-environmental tilt of so many of President Bush's judicial nominees. In-depth article quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on unprecedented scope of renominations, President Bush's attempt to turn the Senate into a rubber stamp, study of NEPA cases, New Federalism, barring access to courts, "nuclear option," and possible Supreme Court nominations.

Bush renominates majority of blocked judges from 108th Congress (Greenwire, 01/03/05)
Article quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli stating, "Its very unfortunate that he's continuing to renominate people who have very, very extreme records on environmental protection."

Appointing Justices to the Supreme Court (Canyon News, 12/26/04)
Letter to the Editor from Earthjustice's Jim Cox.

Bush Version 2.2: A Chemical in Every Pot, an Oil Rig in Every Park (Confined Space, 11/18/04)
"Don’t expect the battles to be fought where the public might actually find out what’s going on" quoting Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on how Bush nominees could push Supreme Court & D.C. Circuit past the tipping point.

Bush's vision: a new environment (Seattle Times, 11/12/04)
Quaotes Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli on impact of judicial nominations "particularly on the U.S. Supreme Court and the D.C. Circuit."

COURTS: GOP officials say election results give new mandate for judicial nominees (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 11/09/04)
Earthjustice attorney Glenn Sugameli, who monitors judicial nominations, also said it is unlikely that the GOP's success in the election would force several potentially vulnerable Democrats to change their votes on the nominations, citing several examples of Senate Democrats who easily won re-election despite being tagged by their opponents as "obstructionists." "We would fully expect that all the nominees who have currently been blocked on the floor by filibusters would continue to be blocked," Sugameli said.

Politics decide environmental court cases, study finds (Salt Lake Tribune, 11/01/04)
Earthjustice attorney Jim Angell has characterized the Bush administration's intervention as a way to "get the public out of the way."

More than a third of Bush nominees have ties to energy interests, records show (Greenwire, 10/14/04)
Article on judicial nominees quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Environmental Group Cites Partisanship in the Judiciary (Washington Post, 10/09/04)
Earthjustice attorney Todd True said "An independent judiciary is central to the functioning of our democracy, and its neutrality needs to be protected."

COURTS: House votes to break up 9th Circuit; Senate not likely to act (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 10/06/04)
Earthjustice attorney Glenn Sugameli said the amendment is an attempt by opponents of environmental laws and enforcement to seek out friendly judges and rulings. "They don't like the decisions, so instead of changing the laws they're changing the judges," Sugameli said.

Washington College of Law (, 09/22/04)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli featured on law school panel discussion

Base-brawl: Dems block anti-enviro nominee (Grist Magazine, 07/26/04)
When Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) fell seven votes short on Tuesday of forcing a confirmation vote on Bush judicial nominee William G. Myers III, it might have seemed like a big blow to the GOP.

Democrats Block Bush Judicial Nominee on Environmental Grounds  (Environment News Service, 07/21/04)
“As his actions as Interior solicitor demonstrate, Mr. Myers sees nothing wrong with using public office to advance his personal agenda, which happens to match that of the mining and beef industries who employed him for most of his career,” said Buck Parker, executive director of Earthjustice, a nonprofit environmental law firm. “Fortunately, a sufficient number of senators saw through the Bush administration’s attempt to turn an anti-environmental activist into a lifetime federal judge.”

Senate Democrats Block Nominee for 9th Circuit (Los Angeles Times, 07/21/04)
Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked the nomination of William G. Myers III, a longtime lawyer for cattle and mining interests, to a federal appeals court after a rancorous debate on his merits and the Bush administration's environmental policies.

Controversial nominee suffers blow (Native American Times, 07/20/04)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on William Myers: "Nearly every public statement he has ever made and every professional action he has ever taken has been for the benefit of the mining and beef industries at the expense of our nation's public lands, clean air and water, and wildlife, and to the detriment of the rights of Native Americans."

Democrats Plan to Block 9th Circuit Nominee (Daily Journal, 07/19/04)
"William Myers is the most anti-environmental judicial nominee that we've ever seen," said Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Earthjustice speaks out against court appointment (Clarion (U of Denver), 05/18/04)
Letter to the Editor from Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on the merits of a filibuster on Ninth Circuit nominee William Myers III.

Politics Swirl Around Latest Bush Judicial Nominee (Environment News Service, 04/28/04)
Earthjustice senior legislative counsel Glenn Sugameli said his organization has "very serious concerns" about Kavanaugh's qualifications and suitability to serve on the D.C. Circuit.

KMUD radio interviews Glenn Sugameli (KMUD, 04/23/04)
CA radio interviews Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on William Myers' nomination.

Tribes Protest Myers Nomination to 9th Circuit Court (NIFC, 04/16/04)
Leaders of Native American organizations will gather on Capitol Hill today to protest the nomination of attorney William G. Myers III to a lifetime seat on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Senate Fight Over Appeals Court Nominee To Focus On Environmental Record (Inside EPA, 04/07/04)
Analysis of William Myers' nomination by Doug Kendall from Community Rights Counsel and by Glenn Sugameli from Earthjustice.

Panel OKs nomination to 9th Circuit  (Billings Gazette, 04/02/04)
"As his opinions as Interior solicitor demonstrate, Mr. Myers sees nothing wrong with using his public office to advance his private agenda, which matches that of the mining and beef industries who employed him for most of his adult life," Earthjustice Executive Director Buck Parker said in a statement. "Worse, he is willing to twist the law to reach the result he'd like to see."

Committee OKs judicial nominee  (Associated Press, 04/02/04)
Associated Press article quotes Earthjustice's Jim Cox on William Myers being voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Senate committee approves court nominee on party-line vote (Congressional Quarterly, 04/02/04)
Earthjustice Executive Director Buck Parker said the vote against William Myers by the nine Democratic members "sent a bold message to President Bush: Don't nominate any more anti-environmental ideologues to lifetime seats on our federal courts."

Senate panel approves nomination of Idaho lawyer to 9th Circuit Court (Independent Record [MT], 04/02/04)
Independent Record/ Knight-Ridder/Tribune: "As his opinions as Interior solicitor demonstrate, Mr. Myers sees nothing wrong with using his public office to advance his private agenda, which matches that of the mining and beef industries who employed him for most of his adult life," Earthjustice Executive Director Buck Parker said.

Showdown today in Senate Judiciary over court nominee (Congressional Quarterly, 04/01/04)
Quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on prospect of a filibuster against William Myers.

Bush Continues Push for Anti-Environment Court Nominee (Bush Greenwatch, 03/29/04)
Myers' nomination has generated opposition from more than 160 environmental, Native American, civil rights, labor, disability rights, women's rights and other organizations, many of whom "have never before opposed a judicial nominee by any President," said Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Feinstein says she would reject Myers' nomination (Greenwire, 03/24/04)
Article on William Myers's nomination to the 9th circuit quotes Earthjustice.

Feinstein Opposes Nominee (Los Angeles Times, 03/24/04)
Los Angeles Times quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli and Community Rights Counsel's Doug Kendall on disclosure by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), a pivotal Senate Judiciary Committee member, that she would vote against William G. Myers III for the 9th Circuit, a move likely to trigger a filibuster.

WDEL-AM radio interview with Jim Cox (WDEL-AM, 03/19/04)
Philadelphia radio interview with Earthjustice's Jim Cox on William Myers' nomination

KNX-AM radio interview with Buck Parker (KNX-AM, 03/17/04)
L.A. radio interview with Earthjustice's Buck Parker on William Myers' nomination.

With Senate Away, Bush Appoints Pryor to Appeals Court (Environment News Service, 02/23/04)
"Pryor has taken extreme stances against the role of government in protecting the environment," said Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli. "Appointing a judge like this to a federal appeals court shows that President Bush has no respect for the rights of American citizens to challenge polluters and other lawbreakers."

Tipping the Scales (High Country News, 02/16/04)
For four decades, the federal courts have stood up for environmental laws. If G.W. Bush has his way, that will soon be ancient history. In-depth feature article quotes Earthjustice attorneys Susan Daggett and Glenn Sugameli.

The cowboy judge (Grist Magazine, 02/12/04)
Environmentalists hope Senate Democrats will block Bush's new ranch-friendly judicial nominee, but a filibuster might suit the Bush administration just fine.

Myers draws heavy fire at hearing  (Star Tribune, 02/07/04)
Sen. John Kerry called on President Bush to withdraw William Myers' 9th Circuit nomination. Article quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Nominee For 9th Circuit Will Face Senators (Daily Journal, 02/05/04)
"William Myers' only apparent qualifications for a seat on the 9th Circuit are that he has long been a lawyer and lobbyist for the mining and cattle industries and has used his public office as Interior solicitor to further their interests at the expense of Native Americans and the environment," Earthjustice executive director Buck Parker said.

Environmental, Civil Rights Groups Oppose Bush Judicial Nominee (Associated Press, 02/04/04)
Associated Press: Earthjustice's executive Director Buck Parker says Myers "He the clearest anti-environmental record of any of the nominees to date. He has made a career as a lobbyist and lawyer trying to overturn environmentally protective laws and regulations."

KFPA Evening News Piece on 9th Circuit Nominee William Myers (KPFA Radio, 02/03/04)
KFPA Radio's Evening News segment on the nomination of William Myers to the 9th circuit interviews Buck Parker and Glenn Sugameli of Earthjustice (Start at 31:08 mark).

NOMINATIONS: Bush installs Pickering on 5th Circuit court via recess appointment (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 01/20/04)
Earthjustice attorney Glenn Sugameli said President Bush is showing contempt for the Senate's constitutional duty to approve judicial nominees by using the recess appointment and criticized Pickering for his "record of extremist anti-environmental rulings."

MINING: Proposed rules would limit ownership and control of coal mines (, 01/08/04)
Land Letter article extensively quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on Interior Department's proposed gutting of coal mining regulations.

Bench Marks: The Bush Administration Packs The Courts With Anti-Environmental Judges (E/The Environmental Magazine, 01/01/04)
"The federal government's ability to enforce the law and to protect people is at issue here," says Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli. "There is the ability to change how judges will be ruling on a whole range of issues." Article also quotes Community Rights Counsel's Doug Kendall.

Review of Web Sites On Judicial Nominations (National Journal, 12/05/03)
National Journal lists top Web Sites On Judicial Nominations including the Earthjustice website, which "ananlyzes the views of the Bush administration's nominees" and "provides a copious list of editorials, commentary, and selected statements from senators." Also includes recommendation from Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

WWOW-AM radio interviews Glenn Sugameli (WWOW, 11/13/03)
Louie Free interviews Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on filibusters of judicial nominations.

GOP unable to break Pickering filibuster, nominations saga continues (Greenwire, 10/31/03)
Greenwire article on Charles Pickering, Sr.'s nomination quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

NOMINATIONS: D.C. Circuit nominee questioned on property rights statements (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 10/24/03)
Article focuses on Community Rights Counsel/ Earthjustice report on Janice Rogers Brown.

Controversial Bush Judicial Nominee Withdraws (Environment News Service, 09/04/03)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on Miguel Estrada withdrawal: "The American people want and deserve fair and balanced judges who will uphold reasonable environmental laws that protect our communities from air and water pollution and safeguard our natural resources for future generations. The public should not be expected to blindly trust a nominee when the administration and the nominee combine to stonewall legitimate requests for information and answers to key questions that senators need to make an informed decision about the nominee's qualifications."

Judge confirmed to appeals court (Tribune-Democrat, 08/01/03)
Glenn Sugameli of Earthjustice: “We’re very disturbed by this, based on his record. Obviously we’re disappointed. But we are pleased that a number of senators recognize there are a series of environmental issues in regard to this confirmation."

Earthjustice Takes to the Airwaves in Opposition to William Pryor Nomination  (How Appealing, 07/29/03)
How Appealing blog: "Earthjustice launches radio campaign urging listeners to oppose nomination of William Pryor": The full text of the press release, and a link to an audio file of the radio ad, are both accessible here.

Senate advances controversial circuit nominee  (Greenwire, 07/24/03)
Article on William Pryor's nomination quotes Earthjustice.

Enviros Decry Confirmation of Federal Claims Judge (Environment News Service, 07/10/03)
Interview of Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on Victor Wolski's confirmation to U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

Senate Critics Question Need To Fill Court of Federal Claims (Congressional Quarterly, 07/05/03)
CQ Weekly quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on nominee Victor Wolski. "He is a self-professed, extreme ideologue on the very issues he would be deciding as a Court of Federal Claims judge. This is a court for which he is uniquely unqualified."

Bush nominee draws fire for enviro record (Greenwire, 06/12/03)
Article on William Pryor's nomination to the Federal Bench quotes Earthjustice.

Alliance Raises Environmental Views on Bush Judicial Nominees (Inside EPA, 05/23/03)
Article quotes Earthjustice on progress of confirmation of controversial judicial nominations.

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY: Frist filibuster change would speed action on nominees (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 05/12/03)
"Earthjustice and the major national environmental groups have opposed only a handful of nominations that have been approved and a few that have been pending -- including Miguel Estrada, Priscilla Owen and Carolyn Kuhl -- and that's because we think their records show they are the worst of the worst -- the ones with the most egregious records on environmental issues -- and therefore shouldn't be entrusted with lifetime appointments," said Glenn Sugameli, an attorney with Earthjustice.

Planet Check Enviro Report Radio Interview (Planet Check Enviro Report, 05/04/03)
Air America's Planet Check Enviro Report Radio Interview with Earthjustice Glenn Sugameli

Sutton overcomes enviros' objections to join U.S. appeals court (Greenwire, 04/30/03)
Article on the nomination of Jeffrey Sutton quotes Earthjustice

Environmentalists Go After Ohioan's Judicial Nomination (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 04/23/03)
Sixth Circuit nominee Jeffrey Sutton: article cites Earthjustice opposition and analysis, including quote from Glenn Sugameli.

Critics Bash Bush on Earth Day  (Environment News Service, 04/22/03)
It is not just the policies of the administration that have environmentalists worried, many believe some the President's judicial nominees pose a serious, longterm threat to the environment. The legality and enforcement of environmental laws is increasingly being determined by federal courts and several of the Bush nominees are on record with what many believe are extreme views on private property and federal jurisdiction that could contradict with fundamental environmental protections

KGVO-AM Radio Interview with Jim Cox (KGVO-AM, 03/19/03)
Radio Interview with Earthjustice's Jim Cox on Judicial Nominations

KNX-AM Radio Interview with Buck Parker (KNX-AM, 03/17/03)
Radio Interview with Earthjustice's Executive Director, Buck Parker, on Judicial Nominations

Bush Urges Senate to Vote on Estrada  (Environment News Service, 02/24/03)
Estrada is opposed by a variety of conservation and public interest groups, including Earthjustice

Judicial Nominee Challenged Over Silence  (Environment News Service, 02/04/03)
Earthjustice, a non-profit environmental law firm, has urged the Senate to hold judicial nominees to a certain standard, requiring each nominee to "affirmatively establish his or her qualifications." "No President has a mandate to appoint to the federal courts judges who are or may be hostile to laws protecting the environment and the public's health and welfare," Earthjustice stated. "The mere absence of disqualifying evidence in a nominee's record should not constitute sufficient grounds for confirmation." Based upon the current record, Earthjustice believes that Estrada has not met this standard. The Senate has already confirmed more than 100 of President Bush's nominees to the federal courts, and Earthjustice has come out in opposition to just one other such nominee: Judge D. Brooks Smith, confirmed to the 3rd Circuit last July.

Bush's Judicial Nominees Alarm Conservationists (Environment News Service, 01/28/03)
Environmental groups fear that several of the Bush administration's nominees to the federal appellate court will act to advance their ideological agendas, rather than interpret the legality of government policies.

Federal Judicial Nominations Threaten Basic Environmental Safeguards  (Daily Journal, 01/16/03)
Op-Ed by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on Judicial Nominations

COURTS: Bush gets second shot at bench nominations (Greenwire, 11/18/02)
With the GOP takeover, "the courts are going to be a particularly important place to challenge attempts to rollback environmental protections," said Glenn Sugameli, senior legislative counsel for Earthjustice.

Liberals Bracing for Quick Judicial Action by Bush (Los Angeles Times, 11/07/02)
Los Angeles Times quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on concerns about judges with extreme views that threaten basic protections for the environment and public health."

Democrats reject Owen nomination (Houston Chronicle, 09/06/02)
Article cites Earthjustice's argument that "Owen's rulings show a probusiness . . . bias that is also hostile to . . . the environment."

Judge: Coal rights trump public land (Lexington Herald-Leader, 08/30/02)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli predicts reversal of "bizarre" ruling, saying the judge is at the forefront of a radical, no-controls agenda on property rights.

Readings.(Taking Sides on Takings Issues; Taking Land; Recycling America's Gas Stations)~(book review) (Land Use Law Report, 08/28/02)
Review of "interesting ...collection of essays on the current state of regulatory takings law" including "a riposte from Glenn P. Sugameli."

Hatch becoming something of a judge maker (Legal Times, 08/19/02)
Article reports that if Senate confirms nominee Lawrence Block, “no fewer than four former legal aides to Sen. Orrin Hatch (R. -- Utah) will be serving as federal judges.”

Nominee Smith approved; enviros eye fight over Owen, others (Greenwire, 08/01/02)
Greenwire article on environmental issues regarding nominations includes analysis by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Senate Panel Quizzes Hatch Staffer (Associated Press, 08/01/02)
Earthjustice on nomination of Sen. Orrin Hatch's staffer Lawrence Block to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims: Block, while working for Hatch, advocated legislation that would "redefine takings in a manner that would threaten a wide range of safety, health, environmental, civil rights, and other protections. An ultraconservative interpretation of the Takings Clause could be extremely damaging, redefining property rights at the expense of neighboring property, public health, and the environment."

Supreme Court decision limiting federal power over states will affect EPA (BNA, 05/30/02)
Glenn Sugameli of EarthJustice said that the decision "forecloses options" for private parties to seek relief against state actions, and accused the Court majority of "going where the Constitution does not" and "reaching for the result they want to reach" without regard for the text of the Constitution.

Controversial nominee Smith approved by Senate committee (Greenwire, 05/23/02)
Article quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on strong environmental statements by Senators on judicial nominee D. Brooks Smith, and environmental community involvement, and quotes Earthjustice group letter detailing concerns with Priscilla Owen nomination.

Federalist Society speech supports the case against Judge Smith (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 03/21/02)
Letter to the editor by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli about 3rd Circuit nominee Judge D. Brooks Smith's 1993 Federalist Society speech.

Enviros criticize third judicial nomination, two others head to Senate (Greenwire, 02/27/02)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli details environmental letter expressing concerns with several opinions by Third Circuit nominee D. Brooks Smith, and explains focus on nominees to appeals courts, which decide vast majority of cases.

Greens join 'Let's derail a judge' game (High Country News, 02/18/02)
Some "highly ideological and activist judges are threatening the very core of environmental law," warns a campaign by a dozen groups, including the green law firm, Earthjustice.

Environmental Groups Urge Investigation Into Record of U.S. Appeals Court Nominee (BNA, 02/05/02)
On Judge D. Brooks Smith's decision setting a fine for Clean Water Act violations that saved a coal company $5 million, Glenn Sugameli of Earthjustice said that by letting "them off with a $50,000 criminal fine [Smith sent] a simple message: illegal pollution can pay."

Senate Farm Bill amendment would compensate Klamath farmers for loss (Greenwire, 12/19/01)
Earthjustice and others oppose amendment requiring paying farmers to obey the Clean Water Act, ESA, and other laws that do not take their property.

MINING: Ruling on Rith 'takings' case left intact (Greenwire, 11/14/01)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli says that takings claims have uphill battles, for good reason.

COURTS: Enviros call for tighter scrutiny with Bush's judge selections (Greenwire, 07/19/01)
A green group coalition including Earthjustice and Community Rights Counsel announced a campaign to monitor President Bush's judicial nominees based on their environmental records.

THE GRASS IS LOOKING GREENER FOR LANDOWNERS  (Business Week, 07/13/92)
Describes the Supreme Court's Lucas decision. "The ruling cheered environmentalists. 'It's not going to apply in the vast majority of cases,'" says Glenn P. Sugameli.