Dear MoveOn member,
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's hospitalization last week was
a terrifying reminder of just how much the future of the Supreme Court—and
our rights and justice in America—will be on the line this November.
In the next few years, it is highly likely that Ginsburg, who is 87, and
Justice Stephen Breyer, who is 81, will retire because of illness or age.
That means that if Donald Trump wins re-election and Mitch McConnell keeps
control of the Senate, we may face a terrifying and unprecedented 7-2
right-wing majority on the Supreme Court, and justices installed by George
W. Bush and Trump would have the last word on U.S. law for GENERATIONS.
It's a nightmare scenario: In the future, you could have a Democratic
president and Congress that pass a slew of progressive legislation, only
to have the right-wing, pro-corporation Supreme Court strike down every
last bit of it.
This 7-2 rock-solid right-wing majority would be the devastating
culmination of decades of Republican dreams and schemes—a nuclear bomb
that would destroy our ability to protect our fundamental rights and
hard-fought progressive victories.
That's one of the critical reasons why MoveOn has launched a massive,
grassroots effort to defeat Trump and end GOP control of the Senate.
MoveOn's plan for 2020 is the biggest, boldest election program in our
22-year history. We're targeting the battleground states that will decide
who controls the White House and the Senate, and we are focused on
inspiring millions of new voters to turn out to defeat Trump and the GOP.
On average, MoveOn's monthly donors chip in about $10 a
month. Ensuring a robust election program that can compete with
the extreme right wing will require consistent and reliable funding. Can
you chip in $10 a month to support MoveOn's record-shattering
push to defeat Donald Trump, end GOP control of the Senate, and protect
the Supreme Court?
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
John, if Trump and the GOP win in November and the GOP
strengthens its hold over the Supreme Court, it will be the biggest blow
to the progressive movement in decades.
Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, and their fellow Trump appointees would
wreak absolute havoc on our nation. They would
* overturn Roe v. Wade and ban abortion nationwide,
* gut the right to vote—especially for voters of color—by allowing
Republicans to impose draconian voter suppression laws that would make
it harder to register to vote and would allow GOP officials to kick
millions of citizens off the voter rolls,
* allow Republican governors and state legislators to gerrymander with
impunity, allowing the GOP to cheat their way to victory,
* eviscerate the ACA, leaving millions of people without health care and
at risk of going bankrupt if they become sick,
* permit the NRA to roll back gun control legislation, including laws
restricting access to firearms by domestic abusers and others at a
high risk of perpetrating violence,
* defang environmental laws that protect our clean air and clean water,
* ravage the precious few workers' rights that remain, making it harder
for workers to form a union, earn a fair wage, and get the benefits
they deserve, and
* do absolutely NOTHING to stop Trump’s disgusting attacks on immigrants
and refugees.
Already, 1 in 4 federal circuit court judges is a Trump appointee. Rabid
right-wingers have been salivating at the prospect of a crushing
conservative majority on the Supreme Court for decades, and they will do
everything in their power to make it happen.^1 In fact, Trump already has
a "justice-in-waiting," Amy Coney Barrett, an extremist anti-abortion
judge from Mike Pence's home state of Indiana.^2
That's a core reason why MoveOn is getting to work in Arizona, Maine,
Colorado, North Carolina, Montana, and Georgia—states that have crucial
races for control of the Senate. At the same time, we can't afford to pull
any resources out of critical presidential swing states needed to defeat
Trump, such as Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Florida. Executing
both of these ambitious efforts is an enormous undertaking, which is why
your support for MoveOn is so crucial.
While Trump and the GOP have already amassed a gargantuan war chest funded
by their billionaire backers, MoveOn doesn't take a dime from corporate
donors, so we rely on MoveOn members like you to fuel our work. We don't
need to match the right wing dollar for dollar, but we do need resources
to fully power our work to the greatest extent.
Ensuring a robust election program that can compete with the extreme right
wing will require consistent and reliable funding. Can you chip in
$10 a month to power fuel MoveOn's bold grassroots effort to
defeat Donald Trump, end GOP control of the Senate, and save the Supreme
Court from total right-wing control. (The average gift from a MoveOn monthly donor is about $10
a month, but whatever you can afford will go a long
way.)
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
Thanks for all you do.
–Dan, Olga, Casey, Ann, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "1 in every 4 circuit court judges is now a Trump appointee," The
Washington Post, December 21, 2019
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2. "If Donald Trump gets another Supreme Court pick…" The Economist, May
16, 2019
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Want to support our work? The MoveOn community will work every moment, day
by day and year by year, to resist Trump's agenda, contain the damage,
defeat hate with love, and begin the process of swinging the nation's
pendulum back toward sanity, decency, and the kind of future that we must
never give up on. And to do it we need your ongoing support, now more than
ever. Will you stand with us?
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
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