Subject: How We Stop Alito
Dear KAthryn,
Momentum is building. We don’t know whether Alito’s defeat will come from a filibuster, a Senate floor vote, or the nominee’s withdrawal. But we have a strategy — working at the grassroots, on the airwaves, and in the Senate — that paves the way for any of these options to defend the fundamental rights and liberties of all Americans.
Visit http://www.SaveTheCourt.org/Strategy to read it.
As you know, senators’ reactions to Alito shifted dramatically after PFAW members and activists helped make a major story of the nominee’s 1985 job application bragging of his devotion to right-wing orthodoxy. “Everything is on the table for me,” said one alarmed senator. Another was so disturbed by one of the revelations about Alito — when Alito appeared to disagree with the Supreme Court case that established the fundamental democratic principal “one man, one vote” — that the senator said, “If he really believes that [this] is a questionable decision” then “you’ll find a lot of people, including me, willing to do whatever they can to keep him off the court.”
People For the American Way’s research team had documented Alito’s radical legal views when the Right first called for his nomination. Our legal team’s analysis of his record has shown senators that Alito worked to implement his agenda during his 15 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. We must build on these accomplishments while senators are in their states during the Congressional recess.
Learn how to achieve all-out opposition in the Senate to block Alito’s nomination. Focusing on the pivotal senators whose values and interests are most threatened by Alito, we will mobilize grassroots activists in each key state to make sure senators know their constituents are counting on them. We will work to sway national opinion through the media, and facilitate your activism together with hundreds of thousands of others through the internet.
We’ve already put our plans in motion — you are critical to their success. Over the next days and weeks we’ll be updating you on our progress and letting you know how you can help.
The first step you can take is participating in our weekly phonebanks to mobilize grassroots opposition to Alito. ….
…Sincerely,
Ralph G. Neas
President