53-47. Keep pushing the commies back
We need more of a voice than a poll. More about the filibuster behind the judicial nominees:
Dear MoveOn member,
For months, Senate Democrats have been heroically holding out against
President Bush's nominations of extremist judges to America's most
powerful courts. We've supported these Senators in this fight. Now
the right wing is trying to break our resolve.
Despite the fact that the Senate has confirmed 168 of his nominees, the
right wing is hopping mad that we've blocked just 4 of the most hard-
core ideologues. We've insisted that only moderates be confirmed for
these lifetime appointments to positions of incredible power over our
lives. They're refusing this reasonable compromise.
Republicans have scheduled 30 hours of debate in the Senate on this
issue, beginning TONIGHT. They're hoping that our friends there, who
have courageously supported filibusters* blocking the most extreme
nominees, will fold under this pressure.
We've got to buck up our friends in the Senate. Please join us in
signing an important petition, cosponsored by the Democratic National
Committee, at:
http://www.democrats.org/courts/moveon.html If you sign on now, the DNC will hand-deliver your signature, along
with more than 100,000 others, to Senate leaders on Thursday, in time
to make a real difference in this debate.
This debate is about appeals court nominees, but we all know it's also
a test run for a possible Supreme Court vacancy, which could occur soon
if justices Rehnquist or O'Connor retire. Experts consider either of
these retirements a strong possibility. (It looked like one might
occur last summer, when we first launched this petition.)
Our campaign to stop Bush's extremist nominees has been extraordinarily
successful so far. Miguel Estrada, who was widely thought to be
President Bush's top pick for the Supreme Court, withdrew his name from
consideration after Senators filibustered his nomination, supported by
more than 40,000 phone calls from MoveOn members. This was a major
victory -- the first time Bush has conceded defeat on any nomination.
Your signature on this petition will support filibusters against these
other right-wing ideologues:
- Janice Brown, whom the New York Times described as "among the very
worst" of Bush's nominees, also writing that: "As an archconservative
justice on the California Supreme Court, she has declared war on the
mainstream legal values that most Americans hold dear."
- Priscilla Owen, who represents the "far right wing" of the Texas
Supreme Court. One of her many rightward dissents from that court's
majority opinions was described as an "unconscionable act of judicial
activism" by Alberto Gonzalez, who was then also a justice on the
Texas court but is now President Bush's chief White House Counsel.
- Carolyn Kuhl, who threw out a suit brought by a woman with breast
cancer whose doctor had brought a drug company salesman into the
examining room where he witnessed an intimate examination of her.
A unanimous appeals court later reversed Kuhl's decision.
- Charles Pickering, who took extraordinary and ethically questionable
steps to try to reduce a mandatory jail sentence for a man convicted
of burning an eight-foot cross on the lawn of an interracial couple.
The debate begins tonight. Please sign on now, at:
http://www.democrats.org/courts/moveon.html Thanks for all you do.
Sincerely,
- Carrie, Eli, James, Joan, Noah, Peter, Wes, and Zack
The MoveOn team
Wednesday, November 12th, 2003
Back sliding. 52-48. My finger is getting sore. Someone else is gonna have to pick up the slack. You can multi-click on the Vote button and it will register multiple votes.
FREEP THIS NOW.. ITS BEING QUOTED BY THE RATS ON THE FLOOR TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!
52% YES right now.... Let's get the clear majority so DU can't screw this one up
Should the Senate from exercise its Constitutional duty to provide the President's judicial nominees with an up or down vote?
Yes:
52%
No:
48%
9151 total votes
