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Hey – we're
lifting up the message below into your inbox again because so much is at
stake right now. The far-right attacks against Supreme Court nominee
Ketanji Brown Jackson are heating up – so we really need your support
today.
In the latest attack – which conservative columnist Jennifer Rubin called
"the perfect distillation of white supremacy" – Fox News anchor Tucker
Carlson hysterically alleged that Judge Jackson's nomination is "...an
attempt to 'defile' the Supreme Court and 'humiliate and degrade' the
United States."
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Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, AND expose and disrupt the Far Right
as we head into this fall's crucial midterm elections. >>
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Thanks so much,
Ben Betz, People For's Digital Team
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Dear People For Supporter,
With the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court,
President Biden has taken a historic step by naming an extraordinarily qualified
nominee who will be the first-ever Black woman on our nation’s highest court.
Now it’s up to us to help make history and ensure her expeditious confirmation
by the Senate.
To any objective observer, there’s no question that Judge Jackson is highly
qualified to serve on the Supreme Court. Over the span of her career, she has
demonstrated a commitment to upholding the constitutional values of equality and
justice for all.
Nevertheless, we’re seeing signs that a well-oiled and well-funded right-wing
smear machine is already starting to kick into high gear to try and prevent the
historic confirmation of this well-qualified Black woman justice to our Supreme
Court.
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Confirmation of Judge Jackson will bring a much-needed perspective to the Court
as conservatives seek to roll back our precious and valued rights in multiple
areas of the law. But as you might expect – lacking any reasonable, merits-based
arguments on which to oppose Judge Jackson’s nomination – the Far Right is
already falling back on their traditional playbook of fact-free smears to try
and tear down a highly qualified nominee.
For example, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, despite having previously
voted to confirm Judge Jackson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit, now seems to think that “the radical Left has won President
Biden over yet again.”^[1]
And, without a hint of irony, Carrie Severino of the Judicial Crisis Network – a
dark-money group that poured millions into getting Brett Kavanaugh and Neil
Gorsuch confirmed – ignored Judge Jackson’s stellar credentials and tweeted that
... “Joe Biden ... is paying back the left-wing dark money network.”^[2,3]
[ [link removed] ]If you’re as sick and tired of these baseless attacks as we are, please chip
in a donation TODAY to help People For fight for the confirmation of Judge
Jackson. >>
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People For
has a decades-long history of fighting for courts that are fair, just, and work
for all of us – and we’re one of the lead organizations in the broad coalition
fighting to confirm Judge Jackson. We have a solid plan in place to educate the
public with events, videos, publications and other materials about the
importance of confirming our first Black woman justice, and to organize pressure
on senators to confirm her without delay.
But as a grassroots-funded organization, we can’t do that without your financial
support – so we hope you’ll be able to step up with a donation today.
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Thanks so much for your support, and let’s make history together by getting this
extremely qualified nominee confirmed to the Supreme Court.
Sincerely,
Ben Jealous, President
P.S. Within minutes of Judge Jackson’s nomination, Senate Minority Leader Mitch
McConnell put out a statement signaling his opposition, and completely ignoring
her qualifications^[4] – so it’s clear we’re going to have a real fight on our
hands. [ [link removed] ]We hope you can chip in today to help us
fight for her confimation.
Sources:
1. [ [link removed] ]Tweet from @LindseyGrahamSC, 02/25/22
2. "[ [link removed] ]Conservative Group Behind Kavanaugh Confirmation Has Spent Years
Reshaping State and Federal Benches," Brennan Center for Justice, 09/12/18
3. [ [link removed] ]Tweet from @JCNSeverino, 02/25/22
4. "[ [link removed] ]McConnell: Biden’s Supreme Court pick a favorite of ‘far-left’,"
Lexington Herald-Leader, 02/25/22
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