Take action against the nuclear option.

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http://www.democrats.org/specialreports/nuclear_option/index.html

Senate Democrats are standing up to protect your voice in Congress and to keep our judiciary fair and independent. They are protecting our rights by stopping a handful of Bush nominees with records that put them far outside of the mainstream. But Republicans aren't satisfied with the 95 percent of Bush nominees who have been confirmed.

So they plan to eliminate the filibuster, a 200-year-old Senate tradition that protects the voice of Americans represented by the minority party. They want to push through every single Bush nominee, no matter what their records look like. It's a grab for complete control over every branch of our government, the destruction of the checks and balances that make our democracy strong.

Democrats and Republicans agree: the nuclear option is a bad idea (video) - http://www.democrats.org/agree/

Gov. Howard Dean speaks about the nuclear option (MP3) - http://a9.g.akamai.net/7/9/8082/v001/democratic1.download.akamai.com/8082/audio/misc/20050502_deannuclear.mp3

Mario Cuomo's radio address about the nuclear option (MP3) - http://a9.g.akamai.net/7/9/8082/v001/democratic1.download.akamai.com/8082/audio/addresses/20050429_cuomo.mp3

Take Action
Join the fight today! Use our talking points below to help spread the word.

Sign Our Petition
Join the more than one million people who are standing up to the Republican power grab. Sign our petition today! - http://www.democrats.org/action/200503150001.html?psc=sr

Write a Letter to the Editor
Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper calling on your Senator to oppose the GOP abuse of power. Write your letter here! - http://www.democrats.org/action/200504070001.html?psc=sr

Call Your Senators
Call your Senators today to tell them you support a fair and independent judiciary and that you oppose the nuclear option. Tell us about your call! - http://www.democrats.org/action/200505030001.html?psc=sr

more at http://www.democrats.org/specialreports/nuclear_option/index.html

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1. I'm In... I also have a site that needs help and letter sent

www.defenders.org

HELP....Keep Our Courts Independent


However, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tennessee) seems intent on eliminating a vital check and balance that has helped preserve the independence of the judiciary: the ability of senators to filibuster lifetime appointments of extreme ideologues to our federal courts. Even Sen. Frist and the proposal's other proponents call it the "nuclear option" as they know its success would so poison the U.S. Senate. Reaching agreement on any major legislation thereafter would be nearly impossible. For more than 200 years, the filibuster has played a critical role in checking the power of both the right and the left in Congress.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

Go to the DEN Action Center at http://www.denaction.org and send a fax to your U.S. senators urging them to oppose the "nuclear option." Tell them our founding fathers established the judicial branch of government to rise above partisan politics and operate independently to enforce the laws and Constitution of the United States. Thanks for helping to protect the powers of the legislative branch of our government

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2. Post in GD has sunk like a stone

Please give it your support.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3630436&mesg_id=3630436