Help Stop ALITO! Sign John Kerry's petition!

[blossomstar]

www.johnkerry.com/action/alito/ sign the letter!



I've studied Judge Alito's legal record. I met with him one-on-one. After all this, I am left with one simple conclusion: if Judge Alito becomes Supreme Court Justice Alito, he will move the Court backwards.

I will vote against Judge Alito's confirmation, and I hope a majority of Senators choose to join us on the Senate floor, voting and speaking out against him. I know we face tough odds, but this is an important fight.

The bottom line is Judge Alito cannot be trusted on the Supreme Court. We can't trust him to stand up to government abuse of power. We can't trust him to ensure all citizens enjoy equal protection under the law. We can't trust him to protect our right to privacy. We can't trust him to defend mainstream American values.

To muster enough Senators to defeat Judge Alito, the American people have to make it clear that they are against his nomination. That's where you come in. By speaking out, you will help us convince other Senators to join our fight.

Stand with us today against Judge Alito

If you want to understand why Americans don't want Judge Alito on the Supreme Court, just take a look at his record. It paints a disturbing picture.

When it comes to standing up to the abuse of executive power and protecting our right to privacy, he barely has a record. Judge Alito refused to hold the government accountable for excessive force when an unarmed boy was shot and killed, or when an innocent 10 year old girl was strip-searched.

In a speech in 2000, Judge Alito even endorsed a theory suggesting that independent agencies like the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which holds companies responsible for making products safe for kids, and the Securities and Exchange Commission, which stands up to corporate abusers like Enron, are unconstitutional infringements on the President's power.

With this record, how can we expect Alito to stand up to the President when he breaks the law to eavesdrop on American citizens or authorizes the torture of detainees?

Judge Alito's record on civil rights is no better. He saw no legitimate question of discrimination in allowing an all-white jury to sentence a black man to death for killing a white man. His own colleagues have criticized him for ignoring employees' rights to be free from job discrimination. Judge Alito's clear bias is to keep victims of discrimination out of the court system - and to rule in favor of corporate interests.

Judge Alito's record on privacy rights is worst of all. In 1985, Judge Alito actually wrote a memo outlining a strategy to undermine Roe v. Wade by slowly chipping away at its protections. That same year, Judge Alito wrote in a job application that he did not believe in the constitutionality of the right to privacy. Judge Alito's views on privacy rights are not ambiguous; they are openly hostile.

Stand with us today against Judge Alito

Your voice is essential in this fight.

We have no reason to be hesitant in fighting to keep Samuel Alito off the Supreme Court. None of our fears are based on inference, speculation or assumption. His record speaks for itself -- and it speaks on behalf of extreme ideology and powerful corporations -- not the rights guaranteed by our Constitution.

To join this fight, please sign our letter. When I go down to the Senate floor to speak out against Judge Alito, I'll enter your name in opposition to Alito into the Congressional Record as well. And I'll show my Senate colleagues that as far as the American people are concerned, this is not some inside the beltway conversation; this is a landmark struggle for the future of our nation.

Please join us in this fight for our most cherished rights and freedoms.

Sincerely,

John Kerry

P.S. Please pass this letter on to your friends. We need as many voices as possible joining us and speaking out against Alito.





Paid for by Friends of John Kerry, Inc.

[debbierlus]

1. DONE, KICKED, & RECOMMENED!

And, I am giving him a call (he is one of my Senators) to thank him for his no vote and tell him we want a filibuster. We want a fight. We do not want Bush crowned a dictator.

Thanks for the post!

[Inuca]

23. Same here

Recommend the post, so more people will see it on the main page!

[Der Blaue Engel]

2. Wonderful suggestion, and I'm off to do it, but...

...this isn't LBN, so this will probably get moved. Do post it again in GD if it disappears, as this is really important.

[blossomstar]

8. sorry, I don't know how! Am fairly new at this.... will you help???

It's so very important that he get as many names as possible! I feel that it's our last shot at being heard.... please help me keep this going! I am unsure how to do it. THANK YOU ALL! You are my sanity.

[azmouse]

3. I signed.

[whometense]

Kicked and recommended!

(and signed too)

[MH1]

4. ** YOUR NAME ** in the Congressional Record

To join this fight, please sign our letter. When I go down to the Senate floor to speak out against Judge Alito, I'll enter your name in opposition to Alito into the Congressional Record as well. And I'll show my Senate colleagues that as far as the American people are concerned, this is not some inside the beltway conversation; this is a landmark struggle for the future of our nation.

Put your name out there, folks. Stand up and put your name in the Congressional Record for what you believe.

[azmouse]

11. There is strength in numbers!

[FreedomAngel82]

5. Done

Go Kerry!

[babylonsister]

6. Signed, K&N! nt

[andlor]

7. done

[emlev]

9. What you can do that would be even better!

Help get the word out that there is growing momentum for a filibuster.
Zan of Texas and another activist and I are contacting hundreds of progressive blogs, asking them to list the toll-free Senate numbers and urge people to call for a filibuster.
Our sources tell us that there's hope, but we need to keep the pressure on.
We need some help contacting blogs. We have all the materials ready, it's basically a cut-and-paste project. Will you help?
One hour of your time could result in hundreds more calls to Senators.
PM me if you can help.
If you only have a few minutes, would you keep our thread kicked so others will see our request for help?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=106&topic_id=26426&mesg_id=26426

[seabeyond]

10. kerry kicking ASS ...... AgaIN. no way. damn he is good

i like this guy

thanks kerry

[never_get_over_it]

35. He'll be kicking ass when he leads a filibuster

which as of three minutes ago when I called his office he is not....

[pacalo]

12. Done.

But my main topic was relating Will Pitts' idea, with the filibuster as a side note -- hope I did the right thing.

Starting now, the Democrats have to stop going along to get along & fight back! This president's approval rating is only 36%! The media may be protecting & enabling this administration's blatant mismanagement, but Bush's approval ratings tell me that the people are smarter than the media thinks.

Here's a brilliant idea from William Rivers Pitt of "Truthout":

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012206A.shtml

I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Pitts. The Democrats should walk out of the State of the Union speech in protest to the way the Republicans have trampled over the rights of the American citizens. Show the American (& the world) viewing audience that the Democrats are willing to fight for our democracy.

After walking out of the SOTU speech, put an exclamation mark on it FOR THE PEOPLE & filibuster the Alito confirmation.

The people are disgusted that they have no recourse. The Democratic congresspeople can give us hope again.

[MODemocrat]

13. Signed

N/T

[WildEyedLiberal]

14. Sign it - IT CAN BE USED TO SUPPORT A FILIBUSTER

The more names on this petition, the better: Kerry will enter the petition and say "Look - one MILLION AMERICANS want us to stop Alito using any means necessary." This can be your chance to help make a filibuster likely, DU - sign the petition!

Also, CALL THE SENATORS ON THE FENCE AND URGE THEM TO PLEDGE TO DO ANYTHING TO STOP ALITO. Call the "gang of 14" and remind them that our Republic cannot survive if the power of the executive branch goes unchecked. Alito believes in unrestrained power and authority for the executive branch, which is poisonous to a free democracy. Urge them to not only vote no, but to support a filibuster to keep partisan hacks from pushing Alito through. We can stop Alito with 41 votes and our voices. Let's do it.

[Nimrod2005]

Done ---- I passed.

[LiberalAndProud]

15. kickety kick!

:kick:

[yellowdogmi]

16. I had a problem with the links in his email

I tried to contact his office but don't know that it will reach them in time. I don't know if it was isolated or not. Please have them look into it. Thanks.
YD

[Viva_La_Revolution]

17. Done. nt

[Surya Gayatri]

18. Done K & R

but on another thread. SG

[bear425]

19. I signed it. n/t

[foreverdem]

20. Signed it.

[il_lilac]

21. done

and i will keep signing petitions and calling until this man is no longer a threat.

[CountAllVotes]

22. just say NO to Alito

:kick: !!!

[CountAllVotes]

46. kicking again!!!

:kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:

[Blue Belle]

24. Done!

:)

[debbierlus]

25. I can't believe it, I just begged Kerry's aide for the filibuster

I called (I am so mad, I had to do SOMETHING) John Kerry's Washington Office and thanked the aide for the Senators e-mail. But, I said we don't need just a no vote, we need a filibuster....then, I said....

Please tell him....

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell the Senator to filibuster....

Please.

I mean it.

Really.

Please.

Filibuster.

I can't believe I am begging Senate Aides to stop this....

[zanne]

32. Damn right.

Has Kerry indicated that he would support a filibuster? I'll accept nothing less from our Dem leaders.

[WildEyedLiberal]

40. Yes. n/t

[Ladyhawk]

26. K&R. I added my own message: FILIBUSTER!!!! n/t

[MH1]

27. DailyKos diary-

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/1/23/15233/5278

Please recommend and comment on that diary, if you'd like to keep it visible over there too.

Thanks!

[pinniped]

28. .

:kick:

[helderheid]

29. done k & r!

[Wilms]

30. Done and Kickin'

[mcscajun]

31. Done! K&R.

Vote against Alito, Filibuster if necessary. DO NOT ALLOW this extremist, this bigot, Bush sycophant, a betrayer of women and democracy sit on our nation's highest court.

[EVDebs]

33. Anyone like Alito should be disbarred if REX84 came before him

during his tenure as a Reagan-era DOJ Office of Legal Counsel and approved of this plan.

REX84/Operation CableSplicer/Operation GardenPlot are all part of a 'suspend the Constitution' plan dreamed up by Poppy and Ollie North.

Locking up dissenters during Wars is something the old Eugene V. Debs has some knowledge about. Debs ended up polling over a million votes for President FROM HIS JAIL CELL.

[ProSense]

34. Signed! n/t

[OneAngryDemocrat]

36. www.shockedandawful.com

Done, and kicked...

I added in the comments section a plea for the dems to walk out of the SOTU speech.

[me b zola]

37. done

:kick:

[madmadmad]

38. signed and forwarded!!!! n/t

[FogerRox]

39. SHUT IT DOWN

SHUT THE SENATE DOWN

IF THEY SHUT THE SENATE DOWN

WE MARCH ON DC, LIKE IN THE UKRAINE

[pat_k]

43. Yep! Send 'em invitations! (SOTU Democratic Walk Out )

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2384642&mesg_id=2386746

[mom cat]

41. Thanks John...We got your back!

[pat_k]

42. Three Options: FILIBUSTER, Vote Yes, OR Get Out !!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2386948

Let's make things crystal clear to our "leaders." It's simple, they have three options:

1. Filibuster;
2. Vote Yes to Confirm; or
3. Get Out!

Any Senator who Opposes the Filibuster, Supports Alito's Nomination.

Either publicly throw your support behind the Filibuster OR Vote Yes.

Hypocrites who make a useles and phony display of Voting NO while refusing to support the Filibuster are exactly the kind of weasels we no longer need.

[Seabiscuit]

44. DONE! n/t

[DearAbby]

45. Oh for sure....Done and Kicked

I am here to back up John Kerry, and any other Democrat that will stand up to this...Alito must not warm a seat of the Supreme court...EVER.

[Cleetus]

47. Done (nt)

[ThatsMyBarack]

48. DID it....

...and said, "Hi, Mama T!" :patriot: