John,

This week, Senate Republicans are determined to rush confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett in their bid to fill the Supreme Court vacancy just weeks before the November election and with voting in some states already underway. This from the same Republican Party which refused to even entertain a hearing for President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee in March 2016, claiming that eight months was too close to the 2016 election.

To stop this shameless effort, Free Speech For People, along with Be A Hero Fund, Demand Progress, Equal Justice Society, and Women’s March, have launched the Emergency Coalition to Block Trump’s SCOTUS Nomination. We declare that any Trump nomination to the Supreme Court this year would be illegitimate and must be stopped. Senators must take every available step to block Judge Barrett’s confirmation from going forward between now and the swearing-in of the next president and Senate.

Call your Senators at (202) 899-8938 or (202) 224-3091 (TTY) and demand that they use all of their procedural power to reject this assault on our democracy.

It’s not enough to vote “no.” Senators need to put up a blockade. Even the Senate “minority” (which now represents millions more Americans than the Senate “majority”) has procedures available to delay and block the confirmation vote. And a recent poll showed that sixty-two percent of American adults want the winner of the next election to pick Justice Ginsburg's replacement. Confirming Judge Barrett now, with the election just weeks away, is an illegitimate power grab and an attack on our democracy.

Call your Senators at (202) 899-8938 or (202) 224-3091 (TTY) and demand that they do everything in their power to block Supreme Court confirmation proceedings before the election, including stopping all Senate business, if necessary.

Together, we can fight back and protect the integrity of our nation’s highest court and our democracy.

In solidarity,

Free Speech For People