As the United States Supreme Courtbegins its new term, and with the first presidential candidates’ debatescheduled for tomorrow night, the Alliance for Justice is urging the moderatorsof the debates to press the candidates for answers about the kinds of peoplethey would nominate to the Court.
“Under Chief Justice John Roberts,the percentage of cases in which decisions are reached by a vote of 5 to 4 isthe highest in history,” AFJ President Nan Aron wrote in the letter,sent to moderators Jim Lehrer, Martha Raddatz, Candy Crowley and Bob Schiefferon Oct. 1. “So even if he fills only onevacancy, the next president may change the direction of the court, and America,for generations.”
But we can’t do it alone. We’d like your help. Please join us in asking the debatemoderators to ask the candidates about the Supreme Court.
At the end of this post, we’ve includedthe email addresses and Twitter handles of the moderators for the threepresidential and one vice presidential debate. Please send each a nice note; and a nice tweet. Explain why the direction of the SupremeCourt is important to you, and ask them to ask the candidates about who theywould put on the court.
The stakes couldn’t be higher. As Nan Aron points out:
“The term underway now may well see theculmination of a 40-year campaign on behalf of big business to put itsinterests ahead of those of labor and consumers. Over several terms the court majority has putthe thumb of big business on the scales of justice, repeatedly voting to rollback protections for workers and consumers. Over and over, these were 5to 4 votes.”
There’smore about our letter to the debate moderators, and the stakes, in our press release.
How to contactthe debate moderators:
First presidential debate, Oct 3: JimLehrer: Jlehrer@newshour.org;@newshour
Vice presidential debate, Oct 11: MarthaRaddatz: Martha.raddatz@abcnews.com@martharaddatz
Second presidential debate, Oct. 16:Candy Crowley: candy.crowley@turner.com;@crowleyCNN
Third presidential debate, Oct. 22: BobSchieffer: bsc@cbsnews.com; @bobschieffer
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