From Sheila Parks:
I have just come from a meeting with two Kennedy aides - about Alito. This is about a filibuster. We must get enough Democratic votes for a filibuster. Everyone in each state must work on their Senator - those that voted for Roberts. Call, email, visit, etc., etc., etc. Those up for election are especially vulnerable (of course, this precludes the e-voting machines).
Two free numbers for D.C Capitol Switchboard: 1-866-340-9281 and 1-866-340-9279
EVERYONE SHOULD CALL FEINSTEIN IN CA. SHE IS ON THE COMMITTEE. Everyone should call Feingold - (this from us: 202-224-5323 - or the above numbers. As far as working on the Repubs, there is always Chafee, Snowe and Collins, but working on the Dems is better.
CHOICE IS THE KEY ISSUE we were told
From Stephanie Low:
New Yorkers, in addition to the request below, join the phone banks at PFAW this week and next. Call Tony Simone at 212 420 0440 and tell him you can come in with your cell phone to call people to lobby their reps against Alito. Thanks!
Current thinking and analysis seems to bring us to the following WRT Judge Alito. He's a weasel, and worse than that, he's a non-responsive weasel. Anyone at all who has listened to the hearings (including Schumer's masterful attempts to get him to give a straight answer on anything) cannot conclude otherwise.
Further, that for the moment, unless a lot more Americans get off their butt and call or write their Senators, he's getting that seat on the Court. This might be expected to have an adverse impact on women's rights, including abortion, privacy, and the Imperial Presidency, along with the environment, promotion of big business, and strip searching ten year old girls. But Americans cannot or will not connect the dots and do something about it, or try to.
Here is the Judiciary Committee, you know who your senators are, go to it.
Arlen Specter CHAIRMAN, PENNSYLVANIA http://specter.senate.gov/
Orrin G. Hatch UTAH http://Hatch.senate.gov
Patrick J. Leahy RANKING DEMOCRATIC MEMBER, VERMONT http://leahy.senate.gov/
Charles E. Grassley IOWA http://grassley.senate.gov/
Edward M. Kennedy MASSACHUSETTS http://kennedy.senate.gov/
Jon Kyl ARIZONA http://kyl.senate.gov/
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. DELAWARE http://biden.senate.gov/
Mike DeWine OHIO http://dewine.senate.gov/
Herbert Kohl WISCONSIN http://kohl.senate.gov/
Jeff Sessions ALABAMA http://sessions.senate.gov/
Dianne Feinstein CALIFORNIA http://feinstein.senate.gov/
Lindsey Graham SOUTH CAROLINA http://lgraham.senate.gov/
Russell D. Feingold WISCONSIN http://feingold.senate.gov/
John Cornyn TEXAS http://cornyn.senate.gov/
Charles E. Schumer NEW YORK http://schumer.senate.gov/
Sam Brownback KANSAS http://brownback.senate.gov/
Richard J. Durbin ILLINOIS http://durbin.senate.gov/
Tom Coburn OKLAHOMA http://durbin.senate.gov/
I have just come from a meeting with two Kennedy aides - about Alito. This is about a filibuster. We must get enough Democratic votes for a filibuster. Everyone in each state must work on their Senator - those that voted for Roberts. Call, email, visit, etc., etc., etc. Those up for election are especially vulnerable (of course, this precludes the e-voting machines).
Two free numbers for D.C Capitol Switchboard: 1-866-340-9281 and 1-866-340-9279
EVERYONE SHOULD CALL FEINSTEIN IN CA. SHE IS ON THE COMMITTEE. Everyone should call Feingold - (this from us: 202-224-5323 - or the above numbers. As far as working on the Repubs, there is always Chafee, Snowe and Collins, but working on the Dems is better.
CHOICE IS THE KEY ISSUE we were told
From Stephanie Low:
New Yorkers, in addition to the request below, join the phone banks at PFAW this week and next. Call Tony Simone at 212 420 0440 and tell him you can come in with your cell phone to call people to lobby their reps against Alito. Thanks!
Current thinking and analysis seems to bring us to the following WRT Judge Alito. He's a weasel, and worse than that, he's a non-responsive weasel. Anyone at all who has listened to the hearings (including Schumer's masterful attempts to get him to give a straight answer on anything) cannot conclude otherwise.
Further, that for the moment, unless a lot more Americans get off their butt and call or write their Senators, he's getting that seat on the Court. This might be expected to have an adverse impact on women's rights, including abortion, privacy, and the Imperial Presidency, along with the environment, promotion of big business, and strip searching ten year old girls. But Americans cannot or will not connect the dots and do something about it, or try to.
Here is the Judiciary Committee, you know who your senators are, go to it.
Arlen Specter CHAIRMAN, PENNSYLVANIA http://specter.senate.gov/
Orrin G. Hatch UTAH http://Hatch.senate.gov
Patrick J. Leahy RANKING DEMOCRATIC MEMBER, VERMONT http://leahy.senate.gov/
Charles E. Grassley IOWA http://grassley.senate.gov/
Edward M. Kennedy MASSACHUSETTS http://kennedy.senate.gov/
Jon Kyl ARIZONA http://kyl.senate.gov/
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. DELAWARE http://biden.senate.gov/
Mike DeWine OHIO http://dewine.senate.gov/
Herbert Kohl WISCONSIN http://kohl.senate.gov/
Jeff Sessions ALABAMA http://sessions.senate.gov/
Dianne Feinstein CALIFORNIA http://feinstein.senate.gov/
Lindsey Graham SOUTH CAROLINA http://lgraham.senate.gov/
Russell D. Feingold WISCONSIN http://feingold.senate.gov/
John Cornyn TEXAS http://cornyn.senate.gov/
Charles E. Schumer NEW YORK http://schumer.senate.gov/
Sam Brownback KANSAS http://brownback.senate.gov/
Richard J. Durbin ILLINOIS http://durbin.senate.gov/
Tom Coburn OKLAHOMA http://durbin.senate.gov/