[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: Emergency petition: 72 hrs. to save the courts!

Mon May 23 16:19:51 PDT 2005

>Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 08:02:01 -0700
>From: "Ben Brandzel, MoveOn PAC" <moveon-help at list.moveon.org>
>To: "Paul Etxeberri" <eusko at earthlink.net>
>Subject: Emergency petition: 72 hrs. to save the courts!
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>We have less than 72 hours to stop the radical Republicans from 
>seizing absolute control to stack the courts - including the Supreme 
>Court. We've launched an emergency petition we'll be delivering to 
>congress every three hours until the final vote. Our allies will 
>read your comments on the Senate floor, and every senator will know 
>the American people are standing ready to hold them accountable. 
>Please sign today:
>
><http://www.moveonpac.org/nuclear/?id=5554-1199302-GyuigtOyhC_pqBCBEpFsXA&t=1>
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>
>
>Dear MoveOn member,
>
>This is it - they've pulled the trigger.
>
>On Tuesday May 24th, the Senate will vote on a motion to end debate 
>on judicial nominations, and when that motion fails Senator Bill 
>Frist will launch the "nuclear option" - an unprecedented 
>parliamentary maneuver to break the rules of the Senate and seize 
>absolute control over lifetime appointments to the highest courts in 
>the land. The vote is going to be incredibly close, and there are as 
>many as 6 votes still up in the air - more than enough to win. We 
>must act now.
>
>We've launched an emergency petition and, starting Monday, we'll 
>deliver your signatures and comments to the Senate floor every three 
>hours until the vote is complete. As the debate rages on, Senators 
>fighting to preserve our independent courts will read your 
>statements from the floor of congress. And every senator, every 3 
>hours, will receive thousands of pages from their constituents 
>demanding that they stand up and do the right thing.
>
>We have less than 72 hours to win this vote and save our courts. 
>Please sign today.
>
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>If you care about the minimum wage - and you don't want judges 
>ruling it unconstitutional - now's the time to act.
>
>If you care about environmental laws - and you don't want judges 
>striking them down - now's the time to act.
>
>If you care about your right to privacy - and you don't want the 
>government telling your family how to live, worship, or even how to 
>die - now's the time to act.
>
>As the fight escalates in Congress, thousands of MoveOn members will 
>gather outside of Senate offices and courthouses in every state in 
>the country, staging round the clock "Citizens' Filibusters to Stop 
>the Right Wing Power Grab." We'll also deliver your comments to all 
>the gatherings in your state, so your words will combine with 
>thousands of others to show the public, the media, and our 
>representatives in Washington that we will not give up the fight for 
>our democracy.
>
>It's a rare moment when a vote of such importance is actually too 
>close to call with only hours left and a real chance to win - please 
>sign the petition and add your voice right now:
>
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>Here's a brief summary of what's at stake.
>
>Bill Frist, George Bush and the far wing of the Republican party are 
>desperate to seize absolute control over all three branches of our 
>government. For 200 years, the rules of the Senate have blocked one 
>party from taking complete control, because the minority has always 
>had the right to filibuster - to extend debate and delay a vote - 
>when their basic rights were in danger. For centuries this has kept 
>the courts fair by ensuring that judges receive at least some 
>support from both sides of the aisle before they are confirmed for 
>life.
>
>Now Senator Frist wants to break the rules of the Senate and 
>eliminate the filibuster, ending the requirement for broad support 
>and handing absolute control over the courts to one party for the 
>first time in our nation's history. To begin, he'll force a handful 
>of extremists onto the powerful U.S. Courts of Appeals. But the real 
>targets are the up to four nominations to the Supreme Court likely 
>to come up during Bush's second term - enough seats to permanently 
>shift the majority and strike down decades of progress on labor 
>rights, environmental protection, privacy rights, and civil rights.
>
>When Frist first announced his plan, it seemed like it was only a 
>matter of time. After all, the Republicans have 55 votes in the 
>Senate, and Frist only needs 50. But today, with 72 hours left, the 
>vote is still too close to call. Thanks to the amazing work of 
>MoveOn members, our partner groups, the Democratic leadership, and 
>basic common sense three Republicans have publicly denounced Frist's 
>plan - Sens. John McCain (AZ), Olympia Snowe (ME), and Lincoln 
>Chafee (RO). We need just three more to win and as many as six are 
>still on the fence, including Sens. Arlen Specter (PA), Chuck Hagel 
>(NE), John Warner (VA), and Susan Collins (ME).
>
>We have one last chance to raise our voice, to help our allies stand 
>strong and convince reasonable Republicans to step back from the 
>brink. The courts we have for decades - and the rights they protect 
>or the rights they strike down - may well be determined by what we 
>do now.
>
>Please sign today.
>
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>Thank you for all that you do,
>
>-Ben, Marika, Matt, Justin and the MoveOn PAC Team
>    Sunday, May 22nd, 2005
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Paul Etxeberri

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