Just received this email from PFAW

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(keep hope alive, I reckon)


I spent the past week sitting in the hearing room listening to Samuel Alito evade and stonewall. I can tell you that media reports declaring Alito as good as confirmed are underestimating the effect of his disappointing testimony.

Here's what Senator Leahy, leader of the Judiciary Committee Democrats, had to say yesterday evening: Judge Alito "failed the test whether he would serve to protect Americans' fundamental rights and liberties."

As Senator Durbin described, Alito has routinely allowed "the 'crushing hand of fate' to always come down" on ordinary Americans needing protection from the courts, and in favor of the government, law enforcement, and corporations. A vote to confirm Alito to the Supreme Court could undo the life's work of senators and countless Americans who have spent their careers fighting for working people, the dispossessed, and the victimized.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid sent clear signals that Alito could face a stiff fight from Senate Democrats in a press release Thursday evening: "Judge Alito's responses did little to address my serious concerns about his 15-year judicial record…. The right wing insisted that Justice O'Connor be replaced with a sure vote for their extreme agenda. Four days of hearings have shown that Judge Alito is no Sandra Day O'Connor. Senate Democrats will meet next week to discuss the nomination."

Today, People For the American Way and the rest of the 75-member Stop Alito Coalition are launching the next phase of the fight. We will roll out a new ad and grassroots campaign, through which millions of Americans will hear the call for Alito's defeat over the holiday weekend. When senators return to work after the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, we will swamp the phones with calls, flood their fax machines, and show up in their offices to demonstrate the depth of opposition.

But there is an important step that you can take today that will send a powerful message. I'm asking you to join this historic effort by contributing whatever you can, even $5. Join activists from all the organizations that make up the Stop Alito coalition to keep this ad on the air. Every donation shows senators that there are voters who want Alito stopped and who are willing to contribute.

We're fighting to win, because Samuel Alito could be a walking constitutional amendment. Join our campaign with a contribution of $5 or more today.

http://www.SaveTheCourt.org/CoalitionEffort

Sincerely,

Ralph G. Neas
President

P.S. To read our update on Alito's final day of testimony, visit http://www.SaveTheCourt.org/AlitoHearings


Support our campaign! SaveTheCourt.org/CoalitionEffort

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1. Just gave $10

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