Hi,

Donald Trump has made it clear he plans to nominate a right-wing extremist
to the Supreme Court, and Mitch McConnell has vowed to speed them to
confirmation.

The best chance we have to stop this is for Democrats to shut down the
Senate, as we explain in the email below. Yesterday Democrats delayed
Senate activity in a protest against a rush to confirm a SCOTUS
nominee.^1 But some Senate Democrats are scared to act. Senator Maggie
Hassan said she was "extremely frustrated" by those delays.^2

This is an extremely urgent moment: we need to turn up the heat on Senate
Democrats right now. More than 100,000 Demand Progress members have signed
the petition demanding Democrats shut down the Senate, and we email each
of your signatures to Senate offices. Can you help keep the pressure up?

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Shut down the Senate to stop Trump and McConnell
from picking RBG's successor!

Thanks for taking action! --Robert and the Demand Progress team

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The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday evening
comes as a shock and a tragedy. We honor her forty years of pathbreaking
service on the federal bench, including 27 years on the Supreme Court.

Her dying wish was that her replacement not be confirmed until a new
president has been installed.^3 Mitch McConnell just said he will not
respect that wish and will instead hold a vote on Trump's nominee. But
Senate Democrats have the power to stop them and save the Supreme Court.

The Senate runs on unanimous consent. If a single Senator objects to
anything, even routine procedure, everything grinds to a halt. That is
what Senate Democrats must do: block unanimous consent on every single
thing for the rest of the year. It may be our best chance to stop Trump
and McConnell. Will you help?

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Shut down the Senate and stop Trump and McConnell
from picking RBG's successor!

This is a frankly terrifying moment. But there is a path forward. Senate
Democrats have the power and the leverage to potentially prevent Trump and
McConnell from deciding who will succeed Justice Ginsburg on the Supreme
Court.

Senate Democrats can block every motion, force every bill to be read in
full, and use a wide range of parliamentary tactics to shut down the
Senate between now and January, when new Senators and the president are
inaugurated.

The Senate still has work ahead, including bills Trump and McConnell want
to pass, including bills to fund the government. It's time to block all of
it.

McConnell and Trump see this as their best, and perhaps last, opportunity
to further stack the federal courts with extreme right-wing nominees who
will cripple the next president. As tough a moment as this is, we have a
real chance to stop them -- if Democrats act firmly to shut down the
Senate now.

[ [link removed] ]Add your name now: Tell Democrats to shut down the Senate and stop
Trump and McConnell from picking RBG's successor!

Thank you for taking action in this urgent moment,

David and the team at Demand Progress

 

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Sources:
1. Tweet from Seung Min Kim, Washington Post, [ [link removed] ]September 22, 2020.
2. Tweet from Maggie Miller, The Hill, [ [link removed] ]September 22, 2020.
3. NBC News, "Ruth Bader Ginsburg's dying wish: Not to have Donald Trump
choose replacement," [ [link removed] ]September 18, 2020.
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