The Nuclear Option

Hi!

I just signed MoveOn PAC's emergency petition to stop
the "nuclear option" the far right wing's plan to
seize absolute power to stack our courts -– and I hope
you will sign too.

Starting Monday, the petition will be delivered
straight to Congress every three hours until the final
vote, and many of our comments will be read aloud on
the Senate floor.

Please sign right now at:

http://www.moveonpac.org/nuclear

Why is this an emergency?

This Tuesday, the Senate will vote on Republican
Leader Bill Frist's "nuclear option" to break the
rules of the Senate and give the Republican Party
absolute control over appointing federal judges.

For 200 years the minority's right to filibuster has
kept our courts fair, by making sure that federal
judges needed to get at least some support from both
sides of the aisle before they were given life time
appointments.

If Frist eliminates the filibuster, his next step
would be to force far right partisan judges onto the
powerful U.S. Courts of Appeals. The real targets,
however, are the four seats on the Supreme Court
likely to become vacant in the next four years.

With that much power on the Supreme Court, the far
right could strike down decades of progress on labor
rights, environmental protections, reproductive
rights, and privacy.

The "nuclear option" will live or die by a final vote,
probably on Tuesday, and the vote is still way too
close to call. There are at least 6 moderate
Republicans still on the fence and only 3 more votes
needed to win. If we can get enough of our voices into
congress and into the streets in the next 72 hours, we
can still save our courts.

Please take a minute to join me and sign the emergency
petition today.

http://www.moveonpac.org/nuclear

Thanks!