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diva77

(7,646 posts)
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 03:10 PM Sep 2018

Keep Calling Your Senators! Here are anti-Kavanaugh confirmation talking points:

Last edited Wed Sep 5, 2018, 06:26 PM - Edit history (1)

Talking Points: Why we need to stop Judge Kavanaugh's confirmation. (don't let the hearings get lost in the shuffle of other headline news!!!)

Here are some things you can say about why Judge Kavanaugh's confirmation threatens our rights.

He has dissented against the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.
His legal team stopped the Florida recount in 2000 to give George W. Bush the presidency.
He has argued that presidents should be above the law.
He struck down an environmental regulation for pollution crossing state boundaries.
He has argued against the existence of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
He has already tried to limit abortion access by ruling against the right of a pregnant 17-year-old held by immigration authorities to obtain an abortion.
He will swing the balance of the court against our constitutional right to access abortion in this country.

Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court poses a clear risk to our most fundamental rights. Tell your senators to STOP his confirmation.
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Local office phone, fax and zip codes for senators can be found in this thread:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1011&pid=2543

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Keep Calling Your Senators! Here are anti-Kavanaugh confirmation talking points: (Original Post) diva77 Sep 2018 OP
Adding a link to a thread w Senators local office numbers so your calls can go through below! bettyellen Sep 2018 #1
Thanks for this bettyellen - I will add it to OP diva77 Sep 2018 #4
Thank you for spreading it around! bettyellen Sep 2018 #8
Hugs to you, diva77 saidsimplesimon Sep 2018 #2
Thank you! diva77 Sep 2018 #3
Problem is none of these have rob do with being qualified. MadDAsHell Sep 2018 #5
k&r hlthe2b Sep 2018 #6
What's the plan for those of us with two Democratic senators? Reader Rabbit Sep 2018 #7
Call them anyway- Murkowski and Collins are listening to out of staters and I'm sure bettyellen Sep 2018 #9
self-kik diva77 Sep 2018 #10
self kik #2 diva77 Sep 2018 #11
K&R smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #12
 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
1. Adding a link to a thread w Senators local office numbers so your calls can go through below!
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 03:11 PM
Sep 2018

Local office phone, fax and zip codes can be found in this thread:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1011&pid=2543

 

MadDAsHell

(2,067 posts)
5. Problem is none of these have rob do with being qualified.
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 03:19 PM
Sep 2018

Judge said opinions are just that, “opinions,” and not liking a nominee’s opinions isn’t enough, technically, to justify a no vote.

I’m not saying it needs to start now, but as a country we need to stop confirming judges based on whether we like their legs opinions (which seats based on who is in power) and start confirming based on qualifications. Period.

Merrick Garland was qualified, period. His opinions didn’t matter.

Reader Rabbit

(2,624 posts)
7. What's the plan for those of us with two Democratic senators?
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 03:51 PM
Sep 2018

I want to call Senators about this, but I know my own will be voting against confirmation. And I also know that Senators usually don't give AF about people who aren't their constituents.

Advice?

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
9. Call them anyway- Murkowski and Collins are listening to out of staters and I'm sure
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 04:10 PM
Sep 2018

Other will too! The list linked to has local office numbers and zip codes if you want to use them too. But many senators realize this is a national issue!

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