Judicial Crisis Network

"Broken Promises" +
  :30 ad run in NH, released July 30, 2014.

[Music] Male Announcer: New Jersey's Supreme Court has been one of the most activist courts in the nation.

Because of their lawless rulings New Jersey's property taxes are the highest in the country.

Chris Christie promised to change New Jersey's liberal Supreme Court. 

Over and over, he broke his promise.

The Court remains liberal.

Call Chris Christie.  Tell him to fight for judges who respect the rule of law.

"Chris Christie Bad on Judges" +
  1:30 video from July 15, 2014.

[Music]  TEXT: It's time for a change

Male Announcer: New Jersey's Supreme Court has been one of the most activist courts in the nation.  And the people of New Jersey have paid a heavy price.  The Court's liberal rulings have wreacked havock on state finances, driven away business and jeopardized jobs.

Because of their lawless rulings New Jersey's property taxes are the highest in the country.

One scholar called it "the court that broke New Jersey."

Over and over Gov. Chris Christie promised he would fix it, remake the court with judges who respect the rule of law.

Over and over he broke his promise.

Christie has had five openings on the New Jersey Supreme Court, enough to build a new majority.

[Music stops]

But the Court remains liberal.

[Music changes tone] 

One Christie appointee, the Chief Justice, is a Democrat, so liberal he was mentioned as a potential Barack Obama nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Christie even endorsed Obama's liberal Supreme Court justice Sonya Sotomeyer.

Important issues like Obamacare are at stake in our courts.

The next president of the United States may get to appoint as many as three U.S. Supreme Court nominees.  A new majority.

Call Chris Christie.  Tell him to fight for judges who respect the rule of law.


Notes: This campaign started with a $75,000 digital-only buy, including the 90-second video above and a 15-second video, run in advance of Christie's July 17 visit to Iowa.

The 30-second TV ad at the top coincided with Christie's July 31 visit to New Hampshire.  NH Journal's John DiStaso reported on campaign in a July 29, 2014 article "Tough new ads in NH call Christie 'bad on judges.'  According to DiStaso the NH buy, which included TV, radio and digital, was $60,000.

Judicial Crisis Network is a 501(c)(4) "dedicated to strengthening liberty and justice in America through advocating for judges who will uphold the Constitution and the rule of law."  Chief counsel and policy director is Carrie Severino.


NH Journal - July 30, 2014