Move On: Join a Citizen Filibuster: Santa Ana and Other Places

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Mon, 23 May 2005 14:41:27 -0700 (PDT)

Join a Citizen Filibuster near Santa Ana Tuesday.

Action alert on the filibuster:

 

 

> Join a Citizen Filibuster near Santa Ana Tuesday.

>

> Dear MoveOn member,

>

> Since we launched our emergency petition yesterday, more than

> 250,000 people have joined the call -- absolutely amazing. Now

> we need to take that energy into town squares, parks and outside

> courthouses across America -- to show that Americans nation-wide

> are opposed to this power grab and to one-party rule.

>

> Tomorrow (Tuesday) at noon, MoveOn members in your area have

> organized a " Citizen Filibuster, " a 24-hour speak-a-thon to

> protest Republican leaders' plan to break Senate rules and seize

> absolute power over judicial appointments. This is an emergency

> moment: this national Citizens' Filibuster, happening in more

> than 100 communities from coast to coast, is key to our plan.

> Your local event still needs speakers and attendees: will you

> come out to the filibuster for a couple hours, to speak or

> support your fellow MoveOn members? Please click below to RSVP to

> attend or speak at the citizen filibuster near you.

>

>

> Citizen Filibuster

> Tuesday, May 24

> 24-Hours Starting at Noon

> US District Court

> 411 W 4th St

> Santa Ana, CA 92701

>

> http://www.moveonpac.org/event/citizenfilibusters

>

> Citizen Filibuster

> Tuesday, May 24

> 24-Hours Starting at Noon

> Corona Court House

> Main Street

> Corona, CA 92882

>

> http://www.moveonpac.org/event/citizenfilibusters

>

> During the 24-hour Citizen Filibuster, MoveOn members will speak

> or read out loud as a symbolic protest to alert the media and the

> public about what is going on before it is too late -- sending a

> message to senators before they vote. With just hours left, a

> flood of public outrage could help save the day. The citizen

> filibusters are one way to create a memorable event in your

> community -- something people will associate with this issue for

> years to come and understand that Republican leaders tried to

> abuse their power.

>

> If Republicans succeed, they'll have complete power to reshape

> the Supreme Court, appointing justices who oppose worker

> protections, women's rights, and environmental laws. This could

> be the most important decision the Senate makes this decade,

> because the impact of these lifetime appointments will be felt

> for a generation.

>

> Showing up to speak is easy. We've written a special Speaker's

> Guide for the citizen filibusters that includes a list of

> suggested reading material for the filibuster. Dig out your copy

> of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, a favorite

> history book -- anything you want to read and ideally something

> that celebrates our democracy. All you really need to do is sign

> up and then show up. We know you might have to take off work,

> school or find child care but this is one of those moments when

> we really need your help. Please make a commitment to speak at

> the citizen filibuster near you.

>

> http://www.moveonpac.org/event/citizenfilibusters

>

> We're following an inspiring example. At 11:00 a.m. on April 26,

> a group of students at Princeton University in New Jersey started

> a round-the-clock mock filibuster outside a campus building named

> for the family of Senator Frist. Through rain, exams and the dead

> of night their speeches continued for more than two weeks

> non-stop with visits by distinguished professors including a

> Nobel Prize-winning physicist, congressmen, senators and lots of

> students -- Democrats, Republicans and Independents.

>

> Let's make tomorrow's citizen filibusters a bold, strong

> statement of outrage over the Republican abuse of power.

>

> Thanks for all you do.

>

> --Tom, Eli, Jennifer, Wes and the MoveOn PAC Team

> Monday, May 23rd, 2005

>

> P.S. Check out the Filibuster for Democracy website started by

> the students at Princeton who organized the mock filibuster

> outside the Frist building on their campus.

>

> http://www.FilibusterFrist.com/

>

> Here are some key points to talk about if somebody asks you what

> is going on.

>

> * Constituents urge our senators to protect our system of

> checks and balances by voting against the so-called " nuclear

> option " -- which would break a two hundred year old Senate

> rule.

>

> * The " nuclear option " is an attempt to stack the courts with

> extremist judges. It's a power grab for one-party rule.

>

> * We know that absolute power corrupts and so we have to resist

> this attempt by some Senate Republicans to pander to their

> right-wing religious base and big corporate special

> interests.

>

> * The extremist judges some Republicans want to appoint would

> threaten bedrock protections that make America great -- the

> minimum wage and 40-hour week, women's rights and

> environmental laws like the Clean Air Act. They would also

> intervene in life and death family decisions (as in the Terri

> Schiavo case).

>

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> Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

>

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Mark Hull-Richter, U.S. Citizen & Patriot

U.S.A. - From democracy to kakistocracy in one fell coup.

http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0416-01.htm

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