Merkley asking you to sign his petition: Tell Senate to oppose nominees other than Garland

[Amaryllis]

Jeff Merkley sent this email to constituents today. See link to his petition below:

This week, President Trump is expected to announce his pick for the Supreme Court. This is the seat that Mitch McConnell and team have stolen from President Obama. I won't be complicit in this theft.

There is only one person in America who is a legitimate selection: Judge Merrick Garland.

Sign my petition and tell the Senate to oppose any other nomination from Donald Trump to the Supreme Court.
http://www.jeffmerkley.com/petition/oppose-trump-scotus-nominee/e/

This scheme to pack the court began nearly a year ago by refusing to even hold a hearing on President Obama's nominee. We need to fight this Constitution-shredding gambit with everything we've got.

Think about what is at stake: legal abortion, marriage equality, voting rights, the dark money corruption of our "We the People" government, and so much more.

Our democracy and our values are under threat. Join the resistance. We must not let this court-packing scheme work. Sign my petition, and let's fight together.

Jeff

[JoeOtterbein]

1. Smart move!

[fun n serious]

2. Thats my senator

Signed!

[MurrayDelph]

10. Mine, too

n/t

[fun n serious]

11. Awesome!

We need to work together and campaign against Dennis Richardson when that time comes

[riversedge]

3. REC

[WheelWalker]

4. Jeff's position is righteous in the extreme.

He's moved me to another donation.

[madokie]

5. Its a done deal

[nkpolitics1212]

6. Jeff D-OR supported Bernie in 2016

He is positioning himself in the 2020 Democratic ticket.

[Warren DeMontague]

7. Unfortunately the beltway seems to forget the West Coast exists. But Merkley is a good Senator.

I strongly doubt he's jockeying for anything beyond the Senate, at least for the time being.

One other thing Merkley has led on is marijuana legalization, which is popular both with the general voting public and many Democratic Party leaders on the West Coast, although Eastern Seaboard hand-wringers like Debbie Wasserman Schultz still support throwing pot smokers in prison.

[KittyWampus]

8. He's on MSNBC evening talk shows and is always clear spoken and seems really

like the great neighbor next door.

[Amaryllis]

9. He is wonderful. What you see is what you get. All the progressives in Oregon love him. I always

tell his staff when I call how fortunate I feel to have such a great senator.