Dear Friend,

BREAKING: Senator Lindsey Graham just pushed Amy Coney Barrett's
nomination through by a vote without a single Democrat in attendance.

Graham held the vote even though it broke his own committee rule requiring
members of the minority vote to be present to conduct official business.^1

Graham and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will obviously stop at
nothing to get Donald Trump’s nominee on the Supreme Court, and now the
final floor vote is set for Monday. Today our coalition delivered more
than 3 million signatures—of which were from Demand Progress members like
you—urging senators to stop this confirmation process.

This is our absolute last opportunity to stop Trump and McConnell from
packing the Supreme Court, and we need to push senators to pull out all
the stops. Will you rush an emergency donation?

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The 10 Democratic members of the Judiciary Committee boycotted the
hearing, protesting that the vote was being rushed and that McConnell had
violated his own precedent by muscling through this nomination when he
refused to consider President Obama’s nominee for more than seven
months.^2

If confirmed next Monday, Barrett will almost certainly undermine our
democracy during the election. Just this week, the Supreme Court gave us a
preview of how that could happen.

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court ruled against Pennsylvania
Republicans who were trying to throw out any ballot returned after
Election Day, even if the ballot was mailed before or on November 3. In
other words, these legislators wanted to throw out ballots that the US
Postal Service—which has been slowed down by Trump’s postmaster
general—didn’t deliver on time, possibly disenfranchising tens of
thousands of voters.^3

The Supreme Court ruled with the lower court, saying that the state must
count ballots that were cast up until Election Day, even if they are
received in the few days after. But the ruling was a 4–4 decision, with
Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh
siding with the legislators wanting to throw out ballots.

With Barrett on the Court, there would almost certainly be a clear
majority in favor of disenfranchising voters. With millions of ballots in
the mail right now, and COVID-19 throwing a wrench into how the polls are
operating, the outcome of this election could rest entirely in Barrett’s
hands.

To have any chance of preventing Barrett’s nomination, Senators will need
to use every tool available to slow Senate business down to a crawl. We
know that the odds of that are very slim, but that doesn't mean they
shouldn't try.

And even if Barrett is confirmed, this fight isn't over by a long shot. We
need to jump in right away to change the narrative that Court reform is
"packing" and work to return the Supreme Court to a branch that works for
the people.

This is a five-alarm emergency, and we can’t let Monday’s vote happen
without doing everything possible to stop Barrett’s confirmation. We'll be
pushing calls and emails all weekend. And if Barrett is confirmed, we'll
start work to reform the Court and correct this massive problem. But we
need your help to sustain the pressure.

[ [link removed] ]Please rush an emergency donation today to help stop Amy Coney Barrett
from being confirmed to the Supreme Court.

Thanks for standing with us.

Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress

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Sources:

1. The New York Times, "Republicans Advance Barrett’s Supreme Court
Nomination Over Democratic Boycott," [ [link removed] ]October 22, 2020
2. Ibid.
3. Slate, "The Supreme Court’s Ultraconservatives Are Preparing a Radical
Assault on American Democracy," [ [link removed] ]October 20, 2020
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