Leaked New York Times memos
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Dear MoveOn member,
As a candidate, Donald Trump promised that Roe v. Wade would be "automatically" overturned because "I am putting pro-life justices on the Court."1 Leaked memos released yesterday by The New York Times prove that Trump is following through on that promise.
In a 2003 email, Kavanaugh said, "I am not sure that all legal scholars refer to Roe as the settled law of the land at the Supreme Court level since [the] Court can always overrule its precedent, and three current Justices on the Court would do so."2
This email from Kavanaugh's time in the Bush White House directly and unequivocally contradicts Kavanaugh's statements that Roe is "settled law"—which he made in an attempt to sway the crucial votes of pro-choice Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins.
Senator Collins has said she will oppose any nominee who shows "hostility" toward Roe v. Wade. These leaked memos show that Kavanaugh is clearly hostile and believes the Supreme Court can overturn it. According to our best intelligence from Capitol Hill, if Sen. Collins opposes Kavanaugh, it will open the floodgates for other senators to come out in opposition—and stop Kavanaugh from being confirmed.
We're hearing that Sen. Collins could make up her mind as early as this weekend—which is why we're pulling out all the stops now—and why we need your help today. Can you rush an emergency donation of $3 right now?
This is a generational fight, which is why we have mounted a massive, rapid-response campaign:
- In the past 72 hours alone, MoveOn members have made tens of thousands calls to Senate offices demanding that their senators vote no on Kavanaugh. As the hearings continue in the days and weeks to come, we will push even more calls to offices of critical senators whose votes are key to stopping Kavanaugh.
- On Wednesday night, MoveOn and allies hosted a fiery rally outside of the Capitol to show our opposition to Kavanaugh—one of an ongoing string of nightly protests to show senators, the Trump administration, and the media the energy and power of the #StopKavanaugh movement.
- MoveOn's Video Lab team is working overtime to create powerful videos showing the consequences of Kavanaugh's confirmation, which have already racked up millions of views.
- Mobilizations in Maine and Alaska are planned for this weekend, to share critical stories of constituents in Susan Collins' and Lisa Murkowski's states, before they make what will be crucial deciding votes on Kavanaugh.
- And with the yesterday's news, we're quickly trying to buy space in Maine's largest newspaper to run ads exposing Kavanaugh's hostility to Roe v. Wade this weekend!
This is an uphill battle, but yesterday's news is a game changer, and we are confident that these tactics will have a real impact on the outcome of this confirmation process. But we need MoveOn members like you, Alfred, to make it happen.
These new documents show that Kavanaugh lied about his views on Roe v. Wade in order to force through his confirmation. The documents also indicate that he misled the Senate in 2006 about his prior knowledge of Bush's warrantless wiretapping program. This should be more than enough to doom the nomination of a justice to the Supreme Court. But that is only the tip of the iceberg with Kavanaugh.
We know that he will side with corporations over workers. We know that he will support the NRA while disregarding victims of gun violence. We know that he believes a president is above the law. We know that he was involved with the Bush-era torture programs and now refuses to give answers on his support for torture. And we now know—for sure, more than ever before—that he will rule to gut or repeal Roe v. Wade.
We absolutely cannot let Kavanaugh be confirmed to the Court.
Thanks for all you do.
–MoveOn's Stop Brett Kavanaugh Team
Sources:
1. "Trump makes clear Roe v. Wade is on the chopping block," The Washington Post, July 2, 2018
https://act.moveon.org/go/49537?t=5&akid=215774%2E38417624%2EQjiJpp
2. "Leaked Kavanaugh Documents Discuss Abortion and Affirmative Action,"
The New York Times, September 6, 2018
https://act.moveon.org/go/49537?t=5&akid=215774%2E38417624%2EQjiJpp
https://act.moveon.org/go/49538?t=7&akid=215774%2E38417624%2EQjiJpp
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