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Subject: Sign On âž¡ President Obama's Supreme Court nominee must get an
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From: "AlterNet" <replies at alternet.org>
Date: Sun, February 14, 2016 4:32 pm
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CREDO Action:
[1]President Obama's Supreme Court nominee must get an up-or-down vote
The petition to Senate Republican leadership reads:
"Your partisan threats to block President Obama from replacing Supreme
Court Justice Antonin Scalia would be an unprecedented and
unconstitutional act of sabotage to our judicial system. It is your duty
to hold fair hearings and an up-or-down vote on President Obama's
nominee."
Add your name:
[2]Sign the petition a--o
Dear Friend,
[3]scalia_replacement
Within hours of news breaking that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
had died, Senate Republicans were already promising to block confirmation
of his replacement until the next president takes office.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell issued an official statement
declaring, "this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new
President."^1 Sen. Charles Grassley, chair of the Judiciary Committee,
agreed that a "new president" should "select the next Supreme Court
justice."^2 Presidential candidates Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio both
made statements suggesting that "the next president" should name Scalia's
replacement.^3
President Obama has almost a year left in office. As president -- twice
elected by the American people -- he has the constitutional power under
Article II to nominate a new Supreme Court justice with the advice and
consent of the Senate. It is unprecedented that senators from the opposing
party would preemptively challenge that power and promise to undermine it.
In the last year of President Ronald Reagan's second term, the
Democratic-controlled Senate -- including current Republican Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell -- unanimously confirmed Justice Anthony
Kennedy with a 97-0 vote.^4 In the last year of President Obama's term,
partisan obstruction from Senate Republicans will be an anti-democratic
power grab that would violate their duty to the nation. We have to show
that the political cost of obstruction will be too high.
[4]Tell Senate Republican leadership: You must hold fair hearings and a
timely up or down vote for President Obama's nominee for Justice Scalia's
replacement on the Supreme Court. Click here to sign the petition.
If there's no replacement for Justice Scalia until the inauguration of the
next president, the highest court in the land is effectively hindered for
two terms. In the likely event of a 4-4 tie, the lower court's decision is
upheld but is not considered binding precedent.^5 That means that
countless important cases -- and lives -- will remain in limbo if Senate
Republicans succeed in their attempt to undermine the Constitution.
Here are just some of the issues before the Court this term:
* Whether President Obama has the authority to provide a path to legal
status and work permits for people who entered the United States as
children, and for the undocumented parents of U.S. citizens.^6
* Whether President Obama's attempts to curb carbon emissions violate
the Clean Air Act.^7
* Whether states can pass legislation under the guise of "protecting
women's health" that actually takes away women's access to abortion.^8
* Whether institutions have the right to use religion as an excuse to
deny women birth-control as mandated in the Affordable Care Act.^9
* A case that could decide the future of public sector unions.^10
The next Supreme Court justice may also have the opportunity to overturn
the disastrous Citizens United decision, which poses an existential threat
to our democracy.
Senate Republicans are already making it clear that they are willing to
subvert the Constitution in order to have a chance to appoint a justice
who opposes women's health care, sides with corporations over workers,
will allow big money to continue to hijack our elections, and more. We
can't wait while Republicans try to spin a false narrative that their
malfeasance is in defense of the will of voters. We need to put as much
pressure as possible on Senate leadership now and force them to back down.
[5]Tell Senate Republican leadership: You must hold fair hearings and a
timely up or down vote for President Obama's nominee for Justice Scalia's
replacement on the Supreme Court. Click here to sign the petition.
We don't yet know who President Obama intends to nominate. At CREDO, we
will be pushing for the president to pick a strong progressive who will
take seriously the Court's responsibility to the American people. But
right now, the immediate need is to draw attention to Republicans' radical
refusal to act at all, in direct contradiction of our Constitution.
Tell Senate Republican leadership: You must hold fair hearings and a
timely up or down vote for President Obama's nominee for Justice Scalia's
replacement on the Supreme Court. Click the link below to sign the
petition:
[6]http://act.alternet.org/go/68285?t=1001&akid=13973.738031.2ituO0
Thank you for speaking out.
Heidi Hess, Senior Campaign Manager
[7]CREDO Action from Working Assets
Add your name:
[8]Sign the petition a--o
1. Harper Niedgig, "[9]McConnell: Don't replace Scalia until after
election," The Hill, February 13, 2016.
2. Lydia Wheeler, "[10]Judiciary chair: 'Standard practice' to not
confirm SCOTUS nominee in election year," The Hill, February 13, 2016.
3. David Jackson, "[11]Cruz, Rubio: Next president should name Scalia
replacement," USA Today, February 13, 2016.
4. Jennifer Bendery, "[12]Mitch McConnell Voted To Confirm A Supreme
Court Justice In Reagan's Final Year," HuffingtonPost.com, February
13, 2016.
5. Libby Nelson, "[13]Antonin Scalia's death could lead to more 4-4 ties.
Here's what happens if it does." Vox.com, February 13, 2016.
6. Adam Liptak and Michael Shear, "[14]Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to
Obama Immigration Actions," New York Times, January 19, 2016.
7. Adam Liptak and Coral Davenport, "[15]Supreme Court Deals Blow to
Obama's Efforts to Regulate Coal Emissions," New York Times, February
9, 2016.
8. Emma Green and Matt Ford, "[16]A New Supreme Court Challenge: The
Erosion of Abortion Access in Texas," The Atlantic, November 13, 2015.
9. Richard Wolf, "[17]Supreme Court agrees to rule on birth control
insurance mandate," USA Today, November 6, 2015.
10. Adam Liptak, "[18]Supreme Court Seems Poised to Deal Unions a Major
Setback," New York Times, January 11, 2016.
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