Dear Supporter,
News broke today that Trump nominees Brett Talley and Jeff Mateer are NOT moving forward for a lifetime judicial seat. Talley was unanimously rated “not qualified” by the American Bar Association and Mateer spoke at an anti-LGBTQ conference where speakers advocated for the death penalty for being gay. We got this win because of the hard work of PFAW members like you and other activists who signed petitions and called their senators repeatedly to stop Talley and Mateer’s nominations.
Now we need to build on this victory by demanding that the Senate stop considering ANY new judicial nominees this year. Any nominee not confirmed by the end of the year goes back to the White House and will have to be re-nominated in January and be considered by a Senate that is even more closely divided because of the win in Alabama last night. Republicans will have only a 51-49 advantage, which gives us even more leverage to stop Trump’s extreme nominees next year.
The White House concession that they could not get someone as extreme and unqualified as Talley and Mateer confirmed, shows the power of activists and organizers to resist Trump’s efforts to pack the courts with extreme and unqualified nominees.
Thank you for all that you do.
Katie O'Connell, Digital Communications Coordinator
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