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Following yesterday's meeting of Senate Democrats, a consensus
to fight Alito's nomination is emerging, but a final strategy
has not yet been decided.
We can't tell you what will happen today or tomorrow, but we
can tell you that your activism has had a real impact in this
critical time and will continue to. Thanks in part to the
thousands of calls you poured into Senate offices yesterday,
senators are becoming more vocal in their opposition to Alito.
Just today, senators off the Judiciary Committee -- including Max
Baucus, Tom Harkin, Barbara Mikulski, and Ken Salazar -- have
announced their opposition to Alito.
Today three members of the Judiciary Committee -- the Committee's
Democratic leader, Senator Leahy, and Senators Kennedy and Durbin
-- are announcing their positions in speeches around the country.
Normally such statements would be made on the Senate floor, but
in a move that has wrankled many Democrats, the Senate's Republican
leader, Bill Frist, has already moved to limit debate by denying
them time to speak in the Senate chamber.
If you haven't called your senators yet to let them know you're
counting on them to stop Alito, please do so right now. If neither
of your senators is a Democrat, call Democratic leader Harry
Reid or the Judiciary Committee's top Democrat, Patrick Leahy.
Call toll-free! 1-877-851-6437
If you've already called your Democratic senators and their leaders,
Senators Reid and Leahy, send them a fax!The overwhelming number of calls made yesterday shut down the Capitol
switchboard! (We'd love it if you do that again!) If you can't get
through on 1-877-851-6437 today, visit capwiz.com/pfaw/home to find
direct numbers for Senate offices. Let us know how your calls go by
visiting SaveTheCourt.org/CallReport.
Then forward this email to anyone you know who is worried that
Alito would likely condone the abuse of power by the president, vote
to overturn Roe v. Wade, and help curtail Congress' ability to protect
the civil rights, health, safety, and welfare of the American people.
--Your Allies at People For the American Way
Samuel Alito dodged and weaved while answering senators' questions in his Judiciary Committee hearings, leaving senators with only his disturbing record to judge what kind of Supreme Court justice he will be.
That leaves us with no choice but to deluge the Senate with a strong message: Alito does not belong on the Supreme Court. Fax the Senate now and tell them to reject this nomination. Time is short and the stakes couldn't be higher.
Confirming Alito will do nothing less than sign the death warrant on American Democracy.
Alito is the final piece Bush needs to have in place in order to establish himself as a "Unitary Executive" with dictatorial powers, and answerable to no one.
Since 2002, I've been pounding the pavement and supporting our Democrats. There are rank and file people out there who shed blood, sweat and tears for our Democratic congressmen.
On November 3, 2004 a young man named Andrew Veal, a John Kerry campaign volunteer, drove from Georgia to Ground Zero in New York and shot himself in the head.
What you do matters to the people who support you.
The least you can do is to stand-up, draw a line in the sand, and filibuster for a few hours. Heck, you have Joe Biden who loves to hear himself talk so much, he should be thrilled to kill a couple hours himself.
We can not allow Bush to appoint a judge who will rubber-stamp his programs of warrentless spying, kidnapping, indefinite detention, and torture.
Any laws or reforms you might pass will be nullified by "The Unitary Executive" and his stacked court of fascist cronies who recognize no bounds to presidential authority.
We are in the midst of a Constitutional Crisis. We need a judge who respects The Constitution, and recognizes that nobody-- not even the "President" is above it.
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