Judicial Crisis Network
| Type | 501(c)(4) |
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| Leader | Carrie Severino |
| Website | www |
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Formerly called
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Judicial Confirmation Network |
The Judicial Crisis Network (JCN) (founded in 2005 as the Judicial Confirmation Network) is an American conservative political campaign organization based in the United States. As of 2014[update] it was run by Carrie Severino, a former law clerk for supreme court justice Clarence Thomas. The organization describes itself as "dedicated to strengthening liberty and justice in America."
The organization was founded in 2005 to promote the judicial appointees of then president George W. Bush. Fundraiser and lawyer Ann Corkery, along with California real estate magnate Robin Arkley II, were key to the beginning of the organization.
The leading funder of JCN is the Wellspring Committee, which is directed by Ann Corkery. Wellspring gave close to $7 million to JCN in 2014.
In 2013, JCN ran ads in Alaska that were critical of U.S. senator Mark Begich's votes to approve all of president Barack Obama's federal judicial nominees. The group also ran advertisements that were critical of Mary Landrieu and Mark Pryor's votes for president Obama's court picks. In 2014, the group ran digital advertisements critical of Chris Christie's judicial appointments. JCN has been active in Michigan and North Carolina supreme court elections.
In 2015, the Judicial Crisis Network donated $200,000 to Nebraskans for the Death Penalty, a group promoting reinstatement of capital punishment in Nebraska.
In 2016, the JCN ran a negative advertisement about Jane L. Kelly, a federal appeals judge from Iowa who was on a White House list of possible nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Also in 2016, the JCN bought advertisements across the country to oppose president Obama's supreme court nominee, chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Merrick Garland. In November 2016, after Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, JCN ran television advertisements praising senate judiciary chairman Chuck Grassley for holding the line against Garland. The group also spent over $500,000 on advertisements thanking Trump for his campaign promises regarding the types of justices he would select for the nation's high court. JCN's advertisements asked viewers to thank Trump for pledging to nominate conservative jurists in the mold of Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court.
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