Civil War? Activist Hope To Organize 80,000 to Protest Filibuster

Posted on November 1, 2005

While some over at Confirm Them already have doubts, most conservatives are happy with this pick, and are ready to fight for it.

Senate Democrats and Republicans — along with interest groups both for and against Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s Supreme Court nomination — fell into formation yesterday to begin the battle they’ve been expecting for more than a decade.
“This one is going to be Armageddon,” said Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Majority Leader Bill Frist, Tennessee Republican, acknowledged that the fight will be tough, but predicted confirmation before the end of the year.Washington Times

Via WND

Seeing the distinct possibility that the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court could be filibustered by Senate Democrats, Conservative activists are already mobilizing Americans who support the nominee to fight the procedural blocking of a vote on President Bush’s latest high-court pick.

Twin brothers and conservative activists Paul and Rob Schenck say they have a comprehensive plan to mobilize more than 80,000 Christian conservative activists as well as a coalition of interest groups to fight any attempted filibuster of Alito.

Rev. Rob Schenck is president of the National Clergy Council, and Dr. Paul Schenck is executive director of the Pro-Life Action Center.

Democrats in the U.S. Senate blocked a vote on several Bush nominees for lower-court appointments when the Republican leadership could not muster the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster. Ultimately, fourteen senators from both parties struck a deal to support some of the nominees but reject others.

Many activists have encouraged the GOP leadership in the Senate to use what they call the “constitutional option” to basically change the rules in the Senate to nullify the filibuster.

Meanwhile the ACLJ has a petition to confirm Alito:

Supreme Court Confirmation Battle
Whether or not the Senate confirms the President’s nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court of the United States may actually be up to people like you and me. We must stand together and let our voices be heard! The opposition is strong, so we must urge the Senate Judiciary Committee to do its work well - to strongly approve Judge Alito and pass his nomination on quickly to the full Senate for a vote. Please read the form carefully and declare your membership with the ACLJ by signing the Petition to Support Judge Samuel Alito below.

Petition to Support Judge Samuel Alito

To All Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee

The President has made a wise choice in his nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court of the United States. This new Justice will certainly honor the integrity of the Constitution and strive to defend it. We urge you to give your highest commendation to this nominee and quickly pass the nomination on to the Senate for a full up-or-down vote.

SIGN THE PETITION SUPPORTING THE CONFIRMATION OF ALITO TO SUPREME COURT

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3 Responses to “Civil War? Activist Hope To Organize 80,000 to Protest Filibuster”

phil on November 1st, 2005 11:22 am

Jay,
Reports out of Iraq indicate that 7 more US soldiers were killed yesterday and there was a huge bombing in Basra today where at least 20 were killed. In addition, reports from administration insiders describe an indictment of Rove as “imminent.” The GOP congress has decided to give Exxon Mobil (who already has $27 billion in cash) another $2.5 Billion of our tax dollars as part of the energy bill while paying for Katrina reconstruction by cutting school lunches for 40,000 children and cutting your grandmother’s health insurance. Better pick up the pace of you postings on Alito to keep your compliant readers focused on that rather than the series of disasters facing themselves, the administration and our country. Keep it up, Jay, and good luck!!!
Stop on November 1st, 2005 2:03 pm

Yeah, because those conservative protests always turn out such strong numbers…
loboinok on November 2nd, 2005 4:43 am

“Reports out of Iraq indicate that 7 more US soldiers were killed yesterday and there was a huge bombing in Basra today where at least 20 were killed.”

Its called war, phil! Google it and you’ll discover how it works.

“…focused on that rather than the series of disasters facing themselves, the administration and our country.”

There are no disasters phil… these are just things the Republicans came up with to keep the lefties busy and out of our hair while we take care of business.