Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn tell a real sob story about how those hateful libruls don’t like their judges “just because they’re conservatives!”
Uh, no.
More like just because they are fascists, liars, racists, bigots, misogynists and zealots who were clearly chosen because they will put personal, radical ideology above following the law.
What Mitch is really counting on is that, in the flood of despicable judges he is ramming through the confirmation process, no one (other than our Democratic Senators) will take the time or effort to focus on any one judge individually.
But there is now a tool to help us do just that — a set of one-page, quick-read, down and dirty Fact Sheets reporting the ugly (and in a normal world disqualifying) facts about individual judges.
Find these Fact Sheets (plus much more background info) at Ratf*ckingTheCourts.com.
From the About page:
Trump and the Senate GOP are using the judicial confirmation process as a political tool — filling lifetime appointments with unfit and unqualified radical conservatives whose records prove they will not protect our rights.
An excellent explainer can be found here: What Trump Has Done to the Courts, Explained. See also this report from the Alliance for Justice.
Americans deserve fair, impartial, independent and non-partisan judges and justices who will safeguard the rights of all — not unqualified, smug political hacks, closed-mined ideologues, self-righteous zealots, liars, predatory corporatists, abusive bullies, hate group leaders, racists, bigots and misogynists. Which the Trump judges are.
As of January 2020, 85% of Trump's judicial nominees confirmed by the GOP Senate are white and 75% are male. Some Trump judges have never even tried a case. Most are members of the ultra-conservative Federalist Society or have been selected and groomed by the Federalist Society to pervert our justice system and enact a fascist agenda that fundamentally undermines democracy and human dignity, especially for vulnerable Americans. They are using the courts to execute a wildly unpopular, minority agenda that they could not accomplish at the ballot box.
Republicans blatantly abused or ignored the rules of the Senate to hold vacancies open for years, contemptuously blocked President Obama's nominees, and rammed through (with less than two hours of debate allowed per nominee) an unprecedented number of Trump judges with the express, stated purpose of packing the courts. They don't deny it. They laugh and brag about it. Ratfucking the courts.
From the Action page:
The Fact Sheets under the Blog tab list the ugly details about the unfit, biased judges corruptly rammed through the judicial confirmation process by Trump and Moscow Mitch as they pack the courts.
The Fact Sheets are one page, quick to read and easy to share. The post on each judge also includes extensive background information if you want to know more.
It's not enough to say these judges are bad. To persuade, we must share the specific facts of their own records.
Trump and McConnell are counting on the resumes of their hand-picked extremist judges going generally unnoticed. The opposite needs to happen - we need to shine a light on them. Download Fact Sheets and post them, share them, tweet them, mail them or hand them out. Force accountability on every GOP senator who voted to confirm these judges. The American people deserve answers from these senators about their votes.
Who needs to see this information? Friends. Neighbors. Colleagues. Lawyers. Law students. Law student organizations. Job placement officers at law schools. Women's professional organizations. Law firm hiring partners. Diversity officers at any corporation or State Bar Association...
Force accountability on the GOP senators who confirmed these unfit judges.
Demand answers from them.
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Some Fact Sheets below (I’m not sure how to make them display any bigger — easier to read at Ratf*ckingTheCourts.com). Square format for posting on Instagram.