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Sen. Jeff Merkley Stages All-Night Protest On Senate Floor Against Gorsuch Nomination
This assault on our democracy demands as robust a resistance as we can possibly mount.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-merkley-senate-protest_us_58e466f8e4b03a26a367750d?jp4467aqz61zfflxr&
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) began an all-night protest on the Senate floor late Tuesday, promising to speak as long as Im able in protest of the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court.
By stealing a Supreme Court seat for the first time in American history, the Senate is undermining the Court and the rule of law, and turning the highest court in the land into a political committee, Merkley wrote on his official Facebook page. This assault on our democracy demands as robust a resistance as we can possibly mount.
Merkley began speaking around 7 p.m. Tuesday, lambasting his Republican colleagues over their refusal to hold a vote on Judge Merrick Garland during the administration of President Barack Obama.
The majority team in this chamber decided to steal a Supreme Court seat.... The majority said, We intend to pack the court of the United States of America, he said. It was a warfare tactic of partisanship.
Sen. Jeff Merkley Stages All-Night Protest On Senate Floor Against Gorsuch Nomination
This assault on our democracy demands as robust a resistance as we can possibly mount.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-merkley-senate-protest_us_58e466f8e4b03a26a367750d?jp4467aqz61zfflxr&
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) began an all-night protest on the Senate floor late Tuesday, promising to speak as long as Im able in protest of the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court.
By stealing a Supreme Court seat for the first time in American history, the Senate is undermining the Court and the rule of law, and turning the highest court in the land into a political committee, Merkley wrote on his official Facebook page. This assault on our democracy demands as robust a resistance as we can possibly mount.
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Merkley began speaking around 7 p.m. Tuesday, lambasting his Republican colleagues over their refusal to hold a vote on Judge Merrick Garland during the administration of President Barack Obama.
The majority team in this chamber decided to steal a Supreme Court seat.... The majority said, We intend to pack the court of the United States of America, he said. It was a warfare tactic of partisanship.
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"This assault on our democracy demands as robust a resistance as we can possibly mount." (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Apr 2017
OP
Can he mention the documents from politico that elizabeth berenguer said would
caroldansen
Apr 2017
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Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)1. Thank you Senator Merkley
We cannot let the russian-backed KGOP continue its path of treason & criminality against the United States of America, and American democracy.
caroldansen
(725 posts)2. Can he mention the documents from politico that elizabeth berenguer said would
usually be investigated as possibly plagiarized by gorsuch regarding his 2006 book?
dchill
(38,516 posts)3. K&R.
ananda
(28,873 posts)4. Can he get help from other senators?
I want them to keep doing this ad infinitum.
A voice of reason and SANITY. Rare in this screwed up political environment. I hope every single one of the gop who are cheering tRump on get their just rewards - prison stripes. Sen. Merkley proving once again that the only intelligent people are all DEMOCRATIC.
mountain grammy
(26,642 posts)5. Thank you , Senator Merkley
dalton99a
(81,565 posts)6. Kick.
world wide wally
(21,751 posts)7. I wish we had a Senator with some of his courage from Colorado
JudyM
(29,263 posts)9. Thank you, Senator. We need more with your determination.