Emergency Petition to Save our Courts

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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!

At least give it a look guys. Thanks.