Invitation: Supreme Court Briefing with Sen. Harry Reid

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Over the next few weeks you're going to be hearing a lot about the Supreme Court and the effort to fill the seat that has opened up.

Here in Washington these fights can sometimes become a back and forth between insiders speaking a language that means little to most Americans.

But we have to remember that there's much more at stake here than partisan advantage from one day to the next. The Supreme Court is the ultimate guardian of our freedoms, and will shape the kind of society we live in.

A woman who wants to make her own decisions about her health care, parents who rely on environmental protections to keep their children healthy, and all Americans who rely on civil rights and equal opportunity -- every one of us will be affected by the court's actions.

That's why every single one of us has a responsibility to be informed and engaged in the process of shaping our highest court.

Our leader in the Senate, Harry Reid, will meet with the president early this week. Then, tomorrow at 4:30 PM Eastern time, he will report back to you about how the nomination process will unfold, what's at stake, and how you can shape the outcome.

You can RSVP for the Supreme Court conference call briefing with Senator Harry Reid here:

http://www.democrats.org/supremecourtcall

Whether ordinary Americans have their voice heard will be up to President Bush. He has an opportunity to build consensus with Senators from both parties and choose a nominee that ordinary Americans trust to protect our rights and liberties and uphold the law.

Whatever path he chooses, the work we have been doing -- and will continue to do -- will help put our country on the right path. Your volunteer time, your donations, and your outreach into your community build our party's capacity for fight effectively for the rights and interests of ordinary people.

You have done more than anyone imagined over the past few months to build our party for the long term.

In the coming weeks, as a lifetime appointment is made to the court, we will all have to take responsibility for putting our country on the right path for the long term.

We will demand that ordinary people have their voice heard on this nominee -- and as this process unfolds we will make sure that they do.

Thank you.

Governor Howard Dean, M.D.

P.S. -- Be sure to join us for the conference call with Democratic Senate Leader Harry Reid: http://www.democrats.org/supremecourtcall

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1. Conference call is 4:30 PM Eastern time today

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