CJR

CJR AT A GLANCE

Our dedicated team of researchers has thoroughly completed 15,000 hours of research on federal judicial prospects in 11 vital areas, including judicial philosophy and faith and worldview.

Researched prospects include 8 out of 9 sitting Supreme Court Justices.

CJR has also researched 30 potential future Supreme Court prospects and of these prospects, 15 are sitting Federal Judges.

Testimonials

"AFA Action’s Center for Judicial Renewal is truly renewing the American Judiciary by identifying, researching, and elevating a generation of Supreme Court and Federal Judges. Their work is essential."

-Michele Bachmann

“AFA has been on the front lines of America’s culture war since 1977, and we have engaged in a number of battles. This project is strategically calculated to win the battle to transform our Judiciary and, thereby, to win the culture war in our Nation.”

-Tim Wildmon, AFA President

17 Leaders Supporting the Presidential Pledge
to Nominate Constitutionalist Justices

The below signers desire that any future President only nominate Supreme Court justices with the best long-term, demonstrable record of commitment to the constitutional role of judges, which is to decide cases according to the original meaning of the Constitution and legislative texts, and to never legislate from the bench.

Note: CJR has not asked signers to approve rankings of prospects here.

Tim Wildmon

President, American Family Association

Tony Perkins

Family Research Council

Michele Bachmann

Dean, Robertson School of Gov’t, Regent Univ.* Former Member of United States Congress*

Walker Wildmon

President, AFA Action

Kelly Shackelford

President, First Liberty

Kristen A. Ullman, JD

President, Eagle Forum

David Barton

President, Wallbuilders

John G. Malcolm

Vice President, Institute for Constitutional Government* Director of the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, and Ed Gilbertson and Sherry Lindberg Gilbertson Senior Legal Fellow, The Heritage Foundation*