Urge Senators — Before October 12th — to DELAY Hearings on Supreme Court Nominee Until 2021
By MUUSJN on Friday, October 9th, 2020
Sen. Lindsey Graham Flip Flops On Timing for Supreme Court Nomination
Ditto — Senator Mitch McConnell
Call and email our Michigan Senators & Call and email Senator McConnell and Senator Graham
Demand that all Judicial confirmation processes be halted until after January 20th
Sen. McConnell: 202-224-2499
https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Contact
Sen. Lindsey Graham: (202) 224-5972
https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=contact-form
Senator Debbie Stabenow: (202) 224-4822
https://www.stabenow.senate.gov/contact
Senator Gary Peters: (202) 224-6221
https://www.peters.senate.gov/contact/email-gary
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This Coalition press release was issued on October 9, 2020
Michigan Interfaith Reproductive Justice Coalition Urges Delay in Supreme Court Confirmation Process
The Michigan Interfaith Reproductive Justice Coalition, a statewide group that includes representatives from 25 Michigan faith, women’s and LGBTQ+ rights groups, voted on October 5th to demand that hearings on a nomination to U.S. Supreme Court to fill the seat of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG), be delayed until after the installation of the next President in January 2021. Hearings on President Trump’s Supreme Court nomination are scheduled to start on October 12th. The coalition strongly believes that a candidate for the U.S. Supreme Court should be nominated by a President who reflects the views of the American people.
The Coalition, which monitors policies and takes action on reproductive justice issues that affect both women and people from the LGBTQ communities, said it was the final wishes of Ruth Bader Ginsburg that her replacement only be made by the next President in January. Th Coalition is concerned that President Trump’s court nomination, Amy Coney Barrett, seems likely to threaten women’s and LGBTQ+ rights, and undermine access to health care and voting rights.
In February, 2016, Senator Mitch McConnell, after the death Judge Antonin Scalia, adamantly stated that “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice…Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.” Likewise, Senator Lindsey Graham, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee that would hold hearings on the nominee, outspokenly insisted that no hearings be held in advance of an election. Despite these vows, the Senate Majority Leader and Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee have done an about face and now pledge to confirm President Trump’s Supreme Court judicial nominee.
Randy Block, staff for the Coalition with the Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network (MUUSJN), said that “the Coalition urges the public to hold Senator McConnell and Senator Graham to their word. We demand that all judicial confirmation processes be delayed until a new president is installed”.
TELL Senators Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters
- Rushing people onto the Supreme Court just before a Presidential election or during the lame duck session undermines democracy’s principle of respecting the will of the people;
- Judge Ruth Bader Ginsberg has been a voice for voters rights, women’s rights and equality for countless others who face discrimination. That voice must be preserved;
- Do not appoint someone to the U.S. Supreme Court until the next President is installed in January 2021.
The Coalition is a project of the Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network (MUUSJN), a 501 (c)3 non-profit organization that works with 26 UU congregations and progressive faith and secular allies for justice. Click HERE to support our movement.
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