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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMerkley asking you to sign his petition: Tell Senate to oppose nominees other than Garland
Jeff Merkley sent this email to constituents today. See link to his petition below:
This week, President Trump is expected to announce his pick for the Supreme Court. This is the seat that Mitch McConnell and team have stolen from President Obama. I won't be complicit in this theft.
There is only one person in America who is a legitimate selection: Judge Merrick Garland.
Sign my petition and tell the Senate to oppose any other nomination from Donald Trump to the Supreme Court.
http://www.jeffmerkley.com/petition/oppose-trump-scotus-nominee/e/
This scheme to pack the court began nearly a year ago by refusing to even hold a hearing on President Obama's nominee. We need to fight this Constitution-shredding gambit with everything we've got.
Think about what is at stake: legal abortion, marriage equality, voting rights, the dark money corruption of our "We the People" government, and so much more.
Our democracy and our values are under threat. Join the resistance. We must not let this court-packing scheme work. Sign my petition, and let's fight together.
Jeff
JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)fun n serious
(4,451 posts)Signed!
MurrayDelph
(5,301 posts)n/t
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)We need to work together and campaign against Dennis Richardson when that time comes
riversedge
(70,299 posts)WheelWalker
(8,956 posts)He's moved me to another donation.
madokie
(51,076 posts)nkpolitics1212
(8,617 posts)He is positioning himself in the 2020 Democratic ticket.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)I strongly doubt he's jockeying for anything beyond the Senate, at least for the time being.
One other thing Merkley has led on is marijuana legalization, which is popular both with the general voting public and many Democratic Party leaders on the West Coast, although Eastern Seaboard hand-wringers like Debbie Wasserman Schultz still support throwing pot smokers in prison.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)like the great neighbor next door.
Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)tell his staff when I call how fortunate I feel to have such a great senator.