Supporter,
We need your help. Senate Republicans have been actively obstructing President Biden’s efforts to repair our courts by exploiting the current “blue slip” process. That’s the practice where district court nominees won’t even get a committee hearing unless both home state senators approve of them. By not working with the White House in good faith to find good nominees, Republicans keep vacancies open longer and longer with no nominees to fill them.
In fact, in the last five weeks, only two candidates for lifetime positions as judges appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee. This blockade has resulted in a significant backlog of vacancies in our federal judiciary. Of the 59 district court vacancies without nominees, nearly two-thirds of them – 37 – are in states with two Republican senators. This is causing serious harm to the integrity of our justice system. We can’t have a court system that only provides justice to people in blue states.
The threat to our judiciary is not a hypothetical one. We have already seen the disastrous consequences of an unbalanced and politically motivated judiciary in recent years. The need to protect the independence and impartiality of our courts has never been more critical!
There are just a few days left to meet our end of quarter fundraising goal and we are currently far short of meeting it! We cannot continue the fight to end this blockade without your support.
As a People For supporter, you know how critical it is to restore balance and integrity to our federal judiciary following years of extremist Trump nominees. Your support today ensures that we can continue mobilizing grassroots activists to put pressure on the Senate to reform the “blue slip” procedure and end the obstructionist tactics of Senate Republicans.
The tactics being used by Senate Republicans are threatening our ability to ensure that our federal judiciary protects all Americans, no matter what state they live in.
That's why we urgently need your support today. We must meet our end of quarter fundraising goal to ensure that we have the resources to continue fighting back against these attacks on our judiciary.
With your help, we can continue to advocate for the fair consideration of President Biden's judicial nominees and work to hold Senate Republicans accountable for their obstruction.
Please, join us in this fight.
Thank you,
Zach, People For the American Way
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