An intense fight is underway to prevent the confirmation of former mining industry lobbyist and Interior Department Solicitor William Myers to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Myers was instrumental in overturning the Clinton administration decision to protect Indian Pass in California from a massive open-pit gold mine that would decimate a landscape long held sacred by the Quechan people. On February 5, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the Myers’ nomination. More than 100 environmental, American Indian, civil rights, women’s rights and labor groups oppose Myers’ nomination. Senators at the hearing noted the unprecedented number of groups and breadth of opposition to this nominee. Please contact your Senators and urge them to vote against Myers’ confirmation. For alerts already prepared on-line and ready to send to your Senators, please visit The Alliance for Justice or Earthjustice.