Thread by @CABlueBlaze

“We are deeply disturbed by the 20-yr track record that places Judge Alito on the far right of the judicial spectrum, esp when it comes to women’s & #civilrights. If #SamuelAlito is confirmed…many of our fundamental rights will be at great risk, & could well be lost entirely.”⬇️

https://twitter.com/vanowchapter/status/1602891350722109440

2/Prophetic: “Dear Senator, NOW is strongly opposed to the elevation of Judge #SamuelAlito to the #SupremeCourt of the United States, and with every passing day, more information appears that re-confirms our opposition. We urge you to review his record, writings…

3/“…and judicial philosophy, and join us in opposing his nomination.Not only is NOW disappointed that President Bush has proposed to replace Justice Sandra Day O’Connor with yet another white male ultra-conservative, but we are deeply disturbed by the twenty-year track record…

4/“…that places Judge #Alito on the far right of the judicial spectrum, especially when it comes to women’s and #civilrights. If Samuel Alito is confirmed by the U.S. Senate, many of our fundamental #rights will be at great risk, and could well be lost entirely…

5/“A bedrock principle for @NationalNOW is full Constitutional rights for #women and at the heart of that #equality is self determination for #women when they deal with their reproductive health care and childbearing decisions.” #ERANow

6/“When applying for a position in the #Reagan administration in 1985, #Alito stated he was “particularly proud“ of his work, on cases arguing “that the #Constitution does not protect a right to an #abortion.“

7/“A memo released later shows that #Alito told his boss that two pending cases provided in “opportunity to advance the goals of overruling, #Roe v. Wade and, in the meantime, of mitigating its effects.” These are not the actions of someone simply trying to please his boss…

8/“…but proud convictions that we have no reason to believe have altered in the past two decades. Also troubling is his proud touting of his membership in a conservative @Princeton alumni group that complained about the admission of #women and the number of #minority students…

9/“…on the elite college campus. How will Judge #Alito deal with educational opportunity and #TitleIX? How will Judge Alito deal with #payequity and #workplace policies as well as #affirmativeaction and job benefit issues that disproportionately affect #women?” #ERANow

10/“How will Judge #Alito deal with challenges to federal legislation guaranteeing #disabilityrights, #lesbian and #gayrights,and freedom from domestic and #sexualviolence?We believe he will rule on the side of narrowing our #freedoms and barring our redress in court…” #LGBTQIA

11/“Please consider all of these issues as you review #SamuelAlito‘s fitness to serve on our highest court in the land.Based on his record, he will not come down on the side of #fairness and #equality for all. We ask that you #vote against his nomination.”
-Kim Gandy, (2005)

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