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Dear MoveOn member, On Monday, President Bush buckled under pressure from the radical right and nominated the extreme right wing Judge Samuel Alito. MoveOn members leapt into action, blowing away our original goal and gathering more than 350,000 signatures in just over 24 hours?a new MoveOn record. So today we're aiming to boost the total to half a million signatures, and do it?by tomorrow. If we can get there, we'll run an ad in Roll Call, the newspaper that Congress reads,?to show them?the new total. To reach our national goal, we need just 24,366 more signatures from California. Please sign today, if you haven't already, and remember to forward this note on to friends. http://political.moveon.org/stopalito/?id=6255-3132372-.XQTb78dbHDlAsLMf3PTig&t=3 Tomorrow's an especially important deadline, because the so-called "Gang of 14"?a group of centrist Senators from both parties?will be?meeting to discuss the possibility of a filibuster, and?whether or not they'll honor their agreement to keep the "nuclear option"?off the table.2 ?We need to make sure those Senators, and all of Congress, understand that the public is fully engaged and prepared to defend our basic rights. Can you help us reach 500,000 signers by tomorrow by forwarding this email on to your friends and colleagues??Below we've attached our original petition email, which provides some good basic information on Alito, to send around. Thanks, as always, for all you do. ?Ben, Jennifer, Tanya, Marika and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team ??Wednesday,?November 2nd 2005? P.S. The case against Alito is growing rapidly. Check out this paragraph from Business Week: ?"One group is breathing a big sigh of relief: Corporate America. Of the dozen or so names on Bush's rumored short list of high court candidates, Alito ranked near the top for the boardroom set. In the 800-plus opinions he has penned during his 15 years as a federal judge, Alito consistently has come down on the side of limiting corporate liability, limiting employee rights, and limiting federal regulation."2 Sources: 1. "Dems hint at filibuster" The Hill, November 1st 2005 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1094 2. "Why Big Business Likes Alito" Business Week,?November 1st?2005 ?http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1096 Dear MoveOn member, This morning, with his administration growing weaker by the day, President Bush caved to pressure from the radical fringe of the Republican Party and nominated Samuel Alito to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court. Alito is a notoriously right-wing judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. He has consistently ruled to strip basic protections from workers, women, minorities and the disabled in favor of unchecked power for corporations and special interests. That's why today we're joining the fight with an emergency petition to the Senate, calling on them to stand up for ordinary Americans and reject Alito's nomination. We're aiming to gather a quarter million signatures and comments in the next 48 hours. Can you sign today? http://www.moveonpac.org/stopalito/ Bush's ploy to woo the far-right could reshape the High Court for decades to come?but we don't have to let that happen. The president's rock-bottom approval ratings and the scandals engulfing virtually every Republican leader have broken the spell of the right-wing spin machine. If we all speak up, together we have the power to stop this radical nominee. Only hours after the nomination, the battle lines are already clear. Leading progressive groups that specialize in protecting the Court (including People For the American Way and the Alliance for Justice) have already launched an emergency campaign to defeat Alito's nomination1?a step they did not take with either John Roberts or Harriet Miers. The far-right, on the other hand, is thrilled. Organizations who vigorously opposed Harriet Miers for not being conservative enough are "elated,"2 and far-right leaders from Pat Robertson3 to Trent Lott4 are singing Alito's praise. Judge Samuel Alito is widely known as "Scalito" because he so closely follows the far-right judicial philosophy of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.5 Here's a summary of just some of the core protections that Alito would threaten:6 Basic Rights for Working Families As a judge on the Appeals Court, Alito issued a ruling to gut the Family and Medical Leave Act, which guarantees most workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a loved one in an emergency. The Supreme Court effectively overturned that ruling in 2003?but if Alito were on the Supreme Court he would pose a grave threat to the basic rights of working families. Civil Rights (in the workplace and beyond) In separate cases, Alito wrote dissenting opinions that would have made it essentially impossible to prove employment discrimination based on race or disability. He was overruled and harshly criticized by his colleagues, but if he were on the Supreme Court he could turn back the clock on decades of progress in securing civil rights for minorities and the disabled. A Woman's Right to Choose Alito's judicial record and published views make him widely regarded as a sure vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. The extremist anti-abortion group Operation Rescue (who opposed Harriet Miers) responded to Alito's nomination today by saying: "Roe's days are numbered...We are trusting that we are now on the fast-track to derailing Roe v. Wade as the law of the land."7 If Alito were on the Supreme Court, reproductive freedom would be in serious jeopardy. Privacy and Civil Liberties In one significant case, Alito wrote a dissenting oppinion that would have allowed an unauthorized strip search of a woman and her 10 year-old daughter, in their own home, without a warrant. Again, Alito was outvoted and strongly criticized by his fellow judges, but if he were to join Thomas and Scalia on the Supreme Court he would pose a grave threat to civil liberties and individual freedoms. Democrats in Washington are already speaking out. Here are few highlights: "If confirmed, Alito could very well fundamentally alter the balance of the court and push it dangerously to the right, placing at risk decades of American progress in safeguarding our fundamental rights and freedoms." ?Sen. Ted Kennedy8 ?? "It's sad that [Bush] felt he had to pick a nominee likely to divide America." ?Sen Charles Schumer9 "Has the right wing now forced a weakened President to nominate a divisive justice in the mold of Antonin Scalia?" ?Sen. John Kerry10 "President Bush has...made a selection to appease the far right-wing of the Republican Party." ?Sen. Barak Obama11 "Last week after Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination, I asked the President: Who was in charge? Today, the President answered: the radical conservative right is in charge of this Administration." ?House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi12 ?? "I look forward to...learning why those who want to pack the Court with judicial activists are so much more enthusiastic about him than they were about Harriet Miers." ?Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid13 ?? If we can gather 250,000 signatures in the next 48 hours, it will make a powerful first impression in the media, and the Senate. We can show that ordinary Americans will not let a failing president sacrifice the Supreme Court, and all the rights it protects, in a political game. No one knows how this nomination will end, but the Supreme Court is the last chance at justice for millions of Americans, and we all have a stake in this fight. Please sign today: http://www.moveonpac.org/stopalito/ Thanks for all you do. ?Ben, Joan, Wes, Tanya and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team ??Monday, October 31st 2005 ?? Sources: 1. See People for the American Way and The Alliance for Justice http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/ http://www.supremecourtwatch.org/ 2. See the statement of Manuel Miranda, Chair of the Third Branch Conference "This time, Liberals Voice Oppostion" CNSNews.com, October 31st, 2005 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1087 3 "Bush Picks Alito for Supreme Court" NBC News, October 31st, 2005 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1088 4 Statement by Senator Trent Lott, October 31st, 2005 http://lott.senate.gov/ 5 "Bloggers React to Supreme Court Nomination," Reuters, October 31st, 2005 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1089 6 The issues and cases highlighted above are cited from The American Progress Action Fund fact sheet, available at: http://thinkprogress.org/2005/10/31/samuel-alitos-america For more information on these issues and cases, please see the extended reports prepared by People for the American Way, and the Alliance for Justice?, available at: * http://www.supremecourtwatch.org/alitoprelim1031.pdf * http://media.pfaw.org/stc/AlitoPreliminary.pdf 7 Statement of Operation Rescue, October 31st, 2005 http://www.earnedmedia.org/or1031.htm 8 Statement of Senator Edward Kennedy, October 31st, 2005 http://kennedy.senate.gov/index_high.html 9 "Why Bish Picked Alito" Time October 31st, 2005 http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1124426,00.html?promoid=rss_top 10 CBS4 Boston, October 31st, 2005 http://cbs4boston.com/topstories/local_story_304111218.html 11 Satement of Senator Barak Obama, October 31st, 2005 http://obama.senate.gov/ 12 Statement of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, October 31st, 2005 http://www.dccc.org/stakeholder/ 13 Statement of Senator Harry Reid, October 31st, 2005 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1085 Support our member-driven organization: MoveOn.org Political Action is entirely funded by our 3.3 million members. 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