Hi,

Donald Trump has nominated a new Supreme Court justice -- and she's every
bit as extreme as you'd expect.

Mitch McConnell has vowed to speed through the confirmation of Amy Coney
Barrett not just because of her long record of expanding corporate power
while ruling against abortion rights, voting rights, and immigrant
families.^1 McConnell and Trump want a new justice in place before
November -- in case they need her vote after the election itself to keep
Trump in power.^2 

More than 125,000 Demand Progress members have sent emails and made calls
to Senators urging them to use every tool at their disposal to grind the
Senate to a halt and try and stop this totally illegitimate
confirmation. It may be our best chance to stop Trump and McConnell. But
we need to turn up the heat and send in even more emails and calls. Will
you help?

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Tell Senators to use every tool their disposal to
stop Trump and McConnell from confirming RBG's successor!

According to a new memo, Senators have numerous tools at their disposal
that could delay the process until January, when new Senators and the
president are inaugurated.^3

But there are already some Senators who are ready to surrender -- despite
the enormous stakes to our democracy and our most basic rights.^4

We cannot let this nomination proceed without a fight. Demand Progress
emails every signature on our petitions directly to their targets -- in
this case, U.S. Senators. We need to fill their inboxes with messages
demanding they do everything in their power to slow down or stop this
confirmation process. 

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 -- and potentially even keep Trump in
power. The stakes are enormous. We need to demand that leaders stand and
fight.

[ [link removed] ]Add your name now: Tell Senators to resist -- use every tool they have
to try and stop Trump and McConnell from confirming 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. Los Angeles Times, "In Amy Coney Barrett, conservatives see the Supreme
Court champion they've longed for," [ [link removed] ]September 26, 2020.
2. AP, "Senate GOP plans vote on Trump's court pick before election,"
[ [link removed] ]September 22, 2020.
3. The Intercept, "Memo Laying Out Supreme Court Delay Tactics Circulates
Among Senate Democrats," [ [link removed] ]September 24, 2020. 
4. New York magazine, "Democratic Senators Are All But Resigned to the
Supreme Court's Hard-Right Turn," [ [link removed] ]September 26, 2020.
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