According to PRWatch.org, "Ten of the largest groups (religious-right organizations) with a combined annual budget of more than $220 million have spent millions over the past decade to mount a relentless attack on traditional safeguards designed to insulate judges from politics, including merit selection, campaign finance laws, and judicial codes of conduct that limit what judges can say about legal issues likely to come before their courts."

"The organized Christian right thinks judges should be accountable to 'values' voters, and does not believe in the separation of church and state," Arn Pearson, CMD's executive director and the report's author said.

These groups include Focus on the Family, the Christian Coalition, National Organization for Marriage, and National Right to Life.