1. 30 January 2006

    949 days ago

    Tell Your Senators to Oppose Alito Nomination to the Supreme Court

    It seems to not have yet been voted on, so go send a note to your senators to support the filibuster.

    Kjell Olsen949 days ago

  2. 18 January 2006

    961 days ago

    James Boyce: Filibust.

    Why is it when you remove yourself from Washington, when your eyes reopen to the world around you, only then can you see what is so clear to the rest of us?

    We can win the house, senate, and executive. But If we lose the judicial, it’s gone for 20+ years. So why isn’t anyone fighting?

    If not now, when?

    Kjell Olsen961 days ago

  3. 11 January 2006

    My dear senators

    968 days ago

    Dear Mr. Dayton/Mr. Coleman:

    I’m a sophomore in college at the University of Minnesota Morris and attended minneapolis public schools K-12. I worked for both the 2000 Dayton senate campaign and Wellstone’s 2002, and I called myself a democrat until I recently got fed up with the democrats spineless concession to Bush’s tyrannical reign.

    I don’t want to seem over-dramatic, but I’m really fed up with the actions of my government over the past five years, and deeply want for government to right itself and purge its radical corruption. We’re going the complete opposite direction that any democracy should be, and frankly, I’m a bit scared.

    I want to make absolutely sure that you will not vote to confirm Alito as a Supreme court justice. Why? Because Alito considers his ‘gospel’ to be that of the Unitary Executive Theory, otherwise known as “President or King (what’s the difference?).”

    I don’t think that our congress should be a puppet body, just as our judicial system shouldn’t be full of judges who praise the absolute power of the executive branch.

    Bush officials say that “there is no way to say how [alito] would rule” regarding unchecked presidential power. I’d say the fact that he helped pioneer the theory as an aide in the Reagan Justice Dept (a theory that goes against every principle our country was founded on and many of us hold dear), and exclaimed it in numerous speeches make for damn good testimony.

    Don’t let the worthless spectacle that has become of senate confirmation hearings inform you on Alito’s judicial philosophy. The fact that he lends any credence to the idea of unitary executive abolishes any article of faith you could have in him.

    I was embarrassed to see what our government is coming to yesterday, when Alito said “It

  4. 08 December 2005

    1002 days ago

    Alito's America

    Don’t let it happen.

    via Kjell Olsen1002 days ago

  5. 03 November 2005

    1037 days ago

    Crib Sheet: Alito the Right-Wing Activist

    Why Alito shouldn’t be confirmed.

    via Kjell Olsen1037 days ago

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