SIGN HERE: It’s Time for Senate Democrats to Take a Stand
Dear Minority Leader Schumer and Members of the Democratic Caucus of the U.S. Senate:
You clearly lack the legislative power to stop the morally-bankrupt Republican hypocrites in the U.S. Senate from confirming a far-right ideologue to a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court just days before the most divisive and consequential election in American history.
This unfortunate reality demands that you embrace the inescapable moral and constitutional obligation you have to use every power at your disposal to brand this corrupt process as the illegitimate farce it is and to discredit permanently the judicial fitness of any nominee who agrees to be a part of it. Any nominee willing to be considered or confirmed by this sham process is definitionally unfit to serve in the United States Supreme Court.
We, the undersigned, demand that each of you use every possible procedural tool at your disposal to disrupt and delay this public fraud. Among other things, you should:
- Boycott the confirmation hearings entirely;
- Block the typically-proforma ‘Unanimous Consent’ agreements that set the daily schedule and the terms of conduct for Senate business, including any resolutions to adjourn the Senate;
- Repeatedly force your Republican colleagues to produce the quorum of 51 Senators necessary to conduct Senate business on their own.
We are well aware that none of these suggested actions will prevent power-hungry Republicans and their billionaire political benefactors from seating the nominee of their choice regardless of how distasteful their ideology may be to the majority of Americans. But battles that may be lost, must nevertheless be fought, so that the war for our future may be won.
Each of you must decide if you will be the steadfast champions of democracy this nation deserves or if you will roll over and take it from an opponent who will trample the tatters of our democracy to ensure our citizens are subject to their nihilistic minority rule in perpetuity.
President Trump has publicly stated his intention to remain in office regardless of the outcome of this election. The very last thing the 47 of you should do is aid and abet him in that process. Conferring any legitimacy on this process will do just that.
To be clear, you no longer have the option to stand idly by and wait for things to ‘play out.’ You are risking the integrity of our country’s most sacred values, institutions, and system of democracy itself if you confer legitimacy on a nakedly corrupt, profoundly illegitimate process.
Sincerely,
Every Decent American
Notable Signers
Naomi Aberly
MA
Kathleen Barry
CA
Buz Battle
CA
Jacqueline Boberg
CA
Richard Boberg
CA
Robert Burnett
CA
Ron and Sandy Carter
MO
Merle Chambers
CO
Marilyn Clements
CT
Alexandra Coe
MN
William Collins
CT
Chuck Collins
VT
Geoff Coventry
KS
Tony Crabb
CA
Harriett Crosby
MD
Alan Davis
CA
Pierce Delahunt
NY
Andrew Faulk
CA
Rick Feldman
NY
Jerry Fiddler
CA
Robert Fiddler
DC
Mary Ford
CA
Patricia Foschi
NM
Blaine Garst
CA
Ellyn Gelson
CA
Becky Gochman
FL
Joanne Goldblum
CT
Eva Grove
CA
Ron Guillot
CO
Megan Hull
DC
Leah Hunt-Hendrix
DC
Leah Hunt-Hendrix
DC
James Iacino
CO
Philip Jenson
CA
Frank Jernigan
CA
Jean Kaplan
CA
Rochelle Kaplan
UT
Kathleen Townsend Kennedy
MD
Eric Klose
MA
Susan Kubiak
ID
David Ledy
NY
David Lee
TX
Persis Levy
MA
Arthur Lipson
UT
Kristin Luck
OR
Marie McKellar
NY
Terence Meehan
NY
Dennis Mehiel
NY
Diane Meyer Simon
CA
Sally Minard
NY
Tim Molina
CA
David Muller
CT
Michael Nash
NY
John O’Farrell
CA
Gary Passon
HI
Frank Patitucci
CA
Donna Patrick
AK
Barbara Pearl
NY
Morris Pearl
NY
Susan Perez
CA
Michael Pine
IL
Ronnie Planalp
NY
Stephen Prince
GA
Susan Pritzker
CA
Bonnie Rothman
IL
Michael Rothman
IL
Jonathan Ruga
UT
Deborah Sagner
NY
Anat Shenker
CA
James Simon
NY
Karen Stewart
AZ
Arthur Strauss
CA
Dale Walker
CA
Diana Wege
NY
Scott Young
UT
Amy Ziering
CA