Two Rabbis Express ‘unalterable Opposition’ to Nomination of Judge Carswell

Two American rabbis have expressed their “unalterable opposition” to the nomination of Judge G. Harrold Carswell to the United States Supreme Court. Rabbi Maurice N. Eisendrath, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and Rabbi Henry Siegman, executive vice president of the Synagogue Council of America which represents the lay and rabbinic bodies of Reform, Conservative and Orthodox Jewry, joined five Christian clergymen in protesting the Carswell nomination. The seven signed a telegram addressed to Senators who have indicated their support of the nomination or who are still uncommitted. The telegram said, in part: “We, American religious leaders, wish to express our unalterable opposition to his (Carswell’s) nomination. Such an act would, in our judgment, be an affront to our national black citizens, and deal a serious blow to the pursuit of racial justice. Carswell’s nomination and/or confirmation would further deepen the cynical malaise with which so many of our citizens now view the future of our country and intensify their conviction that America is speedily sliding into moral decadence.” The other signatories of the telegram were Dr. John Bennett, Bishop William Crittendon, Dr. Dana McLean Greeley, Rev. David Hunter and Rev. Robert B. Moss.