The confirmation hearings for Donald Trump's far-right nominee to take Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat on the Supreme Court are starting -- but they shouldn't be happening at all.
The public does not support this illegitimate confirmation process, and wants to wait until the next president is inaugurated.1 But Senators are not yet willing to use all the tools at their disposal to try and block this confirmation vote from happening.
More than 200,000 Demand Progress members have called and emailed their Senators urging them to try and stop this confirmation from happening. With the election just weeks away, Trump and Mitch McConnell are pushing hard -- unless we convince Senators to push back. Can you help?
Sign the petition: Tell Senators to use every tool their disposal to stop Trump and McConnell from confirming RBG's successor!
Despite what some Senators claim, they do have tools that can be used to try and resist this confirmation from happening. According to a new memo, these tools could delay the process until January, when new Senators and the president are inaugurated.2
But there are already some Senators who are ready to surrender -- despite the enormous stakes to our democracy and our most basic rights.3
A new article lays out just how much damage Trump's nominee will do to elections and our democracy in the years to come.4 It shows why we cannot let this nomination proceed without a fight.
Demand Progress emails every signature on our petitions directly to their targets -- in this case, U.S. Senators. We need to fill their inboxes with messages demanding they do everything in their power to slow down or stop this confirmation process.
McConnell and Trump see this as their best, and perhaps last, opportunity to further stack the federal courts with extreme right-wing nominees who will cripple the next president -- and potentially even keep Trump in power. The stakes are enormous. We need to demand that leaders stand and fight.
Add your name now: Tell Senators to resist -- use every tool they have to try and stop Trump and McConnell from confirming RBG's successor!
Sources:
1. Newsweek, "Majority Back Delaying Supreme Court Pick Until After Election: Poll," September 22, 2020.
2. The Intercept, "Memo Laying Out Supreme Court Delay Tactics Circulates Among Senate Democrats," September 24, 2020.
3. New York magazine, "Democratic Senators Are All But Resigned to the Supreme Court's Hard-Right Turn," September 26, 2020.
4. New York Magazine, "Trump’s New Supreme Court Is Coming for the Next Dozen Elections," October 5, 2020.