END THE FILIBUSTER. APPOINT JUDGES. PROTECT VOTING RIGHTS.

END THE FILIBUSTER HARRY REID. APPOINT JUDGES. PROTECT VOTING RIGHTS.

 

If you want to read my full essay about this,  then go there. The short version is that Obama's time to create a legacy is running out. The repeal of important and vital sections for the Voting Rights Act means that he needs to act on his best possible legacy: appointment of decent judges who won't be obtuse on the issue of whether racism is still real in the deep south, among other things. If he loses the senate in 2014, even this legacy will end. We urge that the president put every bit of pressure he can on Harry Reid to change the filibuster rules. We need more judges appointed by the president in order to fight the coming Voter Suppression War. Please sign this petition urging an end to the filibuster which has slowed presidential nominees to a crawl.

Or an excerpt from my longer piece here.

"This brings us as to why we need as many judges in the federal court system as possible. The truth of the matter is that the Senate leadership has to change the filibuster — even if its only a narrow change that just changes it for presidential appointments and judicial seats — in order to fight for the voting rights of blacks, Latinos, seniors and pretty much every other voting demographic of the Democratic Party. It really should have been done earlier. You might even want to eliminate the filibuster for everything or at least make Charles Grassley speak for 80 hours straight in order to do things. How about getting 60 votes to stop everything? Use your discretion and common sense Harry."

 

Sign the petition.  End the Filibuster Harry Reid. Appoint judges. Protect Voting Rights.

 

Related: Also sign the Daily Kos petition urging Harry Reid to make the real filibuster a talking filibuster. Sort of related: Yes this would affect my case against Gidas Flowers and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC). Somewhat related: You can read a summary about my complaints against the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) here. You can read the complete statement against the somewhat shoddy work of Catherine Leete and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) here.