Hi,
The confirmation hearings for Donald Trump's far-right nominee to take
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat on the Supreme Court are starting today -- but
they shouldn't be happening at all.
The public does not support this illegitimate confirmation process, and
wants to wait until the next president is inaugurated.^1 But Senators are
not yet willing to use all the tools at their disposal to try and block
this confirmation vote from happening.
More than 200,000 Demand Progress members have called and emailed their
Senators urging them to try and stop this confirmation from happening.
With the election just weeks away, Trump and Mitch McConnell are pushing
hard -- unless we convince Senators to push back. Can 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!
Despite what some Senators claim, they do have tools that can be used to
try and resist this confirmation from happening. According to a new memo,
these tools could delay the process until January, when new Senators and
the president are inaugurated.^2
But there are already some Senators who are ready to surrender -- despite
the enormous stakes to our democracy and our most basic rights.^3
A new article lays out just how much damage Trump's nominee will do to
elections and our democracy in the years to come.^4 It shows why 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,
Robert and the team at Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. Newsweek, "Majority Back Delaying Supreme Court Pick Until After
Election: Poll," [ [link removed] ]September 22, 2020.
2. The Intercept, "Memo Laying Out Supreme Court Delay Tactics Circulates
Among Senate Democrats," [ [link removed] ]September 24, 2020.
3. New York magazine, "Democratic Senators Are All But Resigned to the
Supreme Court's Hard-Right Turn," [ [link removed] ]September 26, 2020.
4. New York Magazine, "Trump’s New Supreme Court Is Coming for the Next
Dozen Elections," [ [link removed] ]October 5, 2020.
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