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Tuesday, January 25, 2005

What we need to block radical right-wing extremists
You already know that protections of the public health, safety, civil rights, and the environment are all at stake from the corporate-backed, radical right-wing extremists to whom Bush wants to give lifetime appointments on the federal courts. Sen. Frist, the religious right, and the corporate machine desperate to install as many conservative judges as possible are all rallying to attack the filibuster -- the technical rules of cloture that allow a minority of Senators to block developments on major issues unless a supermajority ends the filibuster. These radical extremists don't have the kind of widespread support in the Senate that would overcome a filibuster, and the radical and corporate-backed wings of the GOP are therefore doing everything they can to overturn this 200-year tradition.

People for the American Way is trying to rally support for the continued use of the filibuster to prevent a narrow majority from ramming through these extremists. PFAW is making available this petition to urge the Senate, and your Senators in particular, to do the right thing.

Posted by Robert Shull, 12:52:33 PM

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