From True Majority email:
"RIGHT NOW, Senators Debate Ending Power to Block the Most Extremist Judges
Supreme Court's Future is in the Balance
Call Key Senators Today and Find a Friend in a Swing State to Make a Difference
We at TrueMajority avoid “sky is falling” rhetoric to hype activism. Please know that this issue, right now, is really important.
It looks like the votes of just eight key Senators will determine whether the Senate retains the ability to block the most extreme judges from getting lifetime tenure in federal courts - including the Supreme Court. (1) Only 10 of President Bush's 218 judicial nominees have been denied by the Senate. (2) To ram through those ten extremists, and more like them including the next Supreme Court justice, Bush and the Senate leadership want to turn back 200 years of history and prevent the Senate from blocking the very worst nominees.
Eight Senators have said they aren't sure how they'll vote. This will be so close, and the stakes are so high, that we need to scour the country to enlist every like-minded person represented by the key Senators.
If you live in one these key states, call your targeted Senator now.
If you know people who live in these states -- and they share your desire to protect America's courts from extremists -- please forward this to them and urge they call their Senator now.
Maine Susan Collins AND Olympia Snowe
Nebraska Ben Nelson
Ohio Mike DeWine
Oregon Gordon Smith
Pennsylvania Arlen Specter
Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee
Virginia John Warner
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121 between 8 am and 6 pm Eastern Time and ask for your senator's office. Once transferred, tell the Senator's receptionist that you oppose ending the use of the filibuster against judicial nominees. It'll be that quick and that simple - they don't have time to engage you in debate, they are just keeping track of how many call on this issue. Please only call if you are a constituent.
Our voices right now can make a real difference. Please make a call if you live in those states, and urge your friends who live there to make a call.
Watching Washington for you,
Darcy Scott Martin
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1) For more information about this fight to protect our courts, check out
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=178812) Here's Senator Leahy's thoughful statement on this issue, including a history of the filibuster and the facts about how carefully it's been used
http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200505/051805a.html3) Most Americans want to keep this important check and balance, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2004/10/26/AR2005032201677.html "