No confirmation before inauguration

Through this illegitimate process, Republicans have sought to confirm a judge whose views would pull the Supreme Court further toward right-wing extremism and turn the clock back on justice and freedom by decades.

Dear MoveOn member,

On Monday, Republican senators will ram through a final vote to confirm right-wing judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat on the Supreme Court.

This is unconscionable. The GOP is forcing this vote eight days before Election Day, when more than 50 million Americans will have already cast their votes, when Republican senators have refused to spend any time or energy to pass the HEROES Act to provide the necessary economic and health relief for people suffering during the pandemic, and when the impeached president has already shown a total disregard for the Constitution.

Through this illegitimate process, Republicans have sought to confirm a judge whose views would pull the Supreme Court further toward right-wing extremism and turn the clock back on justice and freedom by decades. A lifelong ultraconservative who is pro-corporations and anti-voters, Barrett has shown herself to be more than willing to be that judge, to attack and dismantle fundamental rights.

Here are five things we learned from the hearings—and from Barrett's own published commentary—that Americans must know as we cast our votes over the next 10 days; take action to kick Trump, McConnell, and their cronies out of office; and prepare to rebalance the judicial system under a new president:

1. She'd fulfill Trump's wish to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
   
   
2. She'd be the death knell for the rights guaranteed under Roe v. Wade.
   
   
3. She'd seek to end marriage equality.
   
   
4. She'd be a decisive vote against voting rights.
   
   
5. Her pro-corporate history would give huge corporations even more power and individuals even less when it comes to climate, privacy, and consumer rights.

We need to meet this right-wing power grab with a people-powered movement to return power to the people, which is why we need to do everything possible to get out the vote, fuel a blue wave that will flip the White House and Senate, and send a clear message rejecting Republican politics and empowering Democrats to pursue a progressive agenda across all three branches of government. Can we count on you to become a MoveOn Vote Mobilizer and help organize your friends, family, colleagues, classmates, and community members?

On Thursday, MoveOn members helped deliver 3.2 million petition signatures to Republican senators, calling on them to wait until after the inauguration to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat. We joined with Daily Kos, the Leadership Conference, and the #OurCourt coalition for this delivery outside, at the same time as Republicans in the Senate Judiciary Committee broke committee rules to advance Barrett to the full Senate for confirmation—without a single Democrat present.

Republicans have used every bit of power they have to ram this right-wing extremist nominee through this illegitimate process. We need to make sure they lose. They need to know that we understand what this vote is—and that if we can't convince them to hit the brakes on this attack on health care, abortion rights, marriage equality, checks on corporate power, and democracy itself, we'll make sure they pay for it at the ballot box.

Sign up today to get out the vote with MoveOn. We'll help you identify ways you can help your friends and family in key states make sure they have a plan to vote, their votes are counted, and their voices are heard.

Let's do everything we can to ensure our senators know we will hold them accountable if they don't stop Trump and McConnell from stealing this Supreme Court seat.

Thanks for all you do.

–Jenn, Casey, Oscar, Justin, and the rest of the team

P.S. Watch MoveOn Executive Director Rahna Epting deliver an impassioned speech at Thursday's rally and petition delivery, just steps from the U.S. Capitol and the Supreme Court.

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