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Save the Supreme Court Rally - Thursday
Where:
Trenton, State House, on the Steps
When:
THIS THURSDAY, July, 21st, 2005
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Who:
National Organization for Women of
New Jersey
NARAL Pro-choice New Jersey,
Planned Parenthood of New
Jersey,
Women’s Fund of New Jersey
Why:
In protest of Supreme Court Anti-Choice
Nominee John
G. Roberts
Details:
President Bush’s
nominee to replace Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is a disturbing one.
Judge John G. Roberts was only appointed to the DC Circuit Court in
2003, less than 2 years ago. Before that, he served as a clerk for
Justice Rehnquist. His record, in the little time that we have had to
research it, is disturbing:
·
As Principal Deputy Solicitor General
during the first Bush administration, Roberts played an active role in
efforts to limit abortion. Roberts argued in a brief before the U.S.
Supreme Court that
“[w]e continue to believe
that Roe was wrongly decided and should be overruled.
[T]he Court's conclusion in Roe that there is a fundamental right to an
abortion ...
finds no support in the
text, structure, or history of the Constitution."
(1991)
·
as deputy solicitor general for the
Bush Sr. administration, helped craft a policy that
barred
doctors and clinics receiving federal funds from discussing the
possibility of abortion with their patients.
At only 50 years old,
Roberts would be affecting United States Law for the next 3 to 4
decades, and his staunch conservative stance warns us that a Supreme
Court under his influence would take a drastic turn backwards in civil
liberties. It is crucial that we are present on Thursday to voice our
support for a comprehensive, determined, and thorough review of Judge
John Roberts in the confirmation process. Please consider being there
on Thursday. If there was ever a day to take off work, ever a day to
show the power of the pro-choice community, ever a day to demand the
preservation of civil liberties,
that day has come.
TAKE ACTION:
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FORWARD this email
to as many people as you can.
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Bring 5 people
with you to the rally on Thursday
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Sign Up
to NOW-New
Jersey’s Supreme Court Watch
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Send a letter
to Senators Corzine and Lautenberg
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Write a letter to your editor about the importance of the Supreme
Court, educating your local community by local media.
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