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Nationally, we’ve just hit more than 210,000 COVID-19-related deaths in this country. Nearly 1,500 of those deaths were Iowans: our friends, our family, and our neighbors. Our state’s hospitalization count is the highest it has ever been. The recent outbreak of COVID-19 on Capitol Hill and in the White House highlights the urgency of getting the pandemic under control, and must take priority over this rushed process to put Judge Amy Coney Barrett onto the Court.
Tell your senators: Don't move forward with or consider a new Supreme Court justice before inauguration.
If Senators insist on moving forward, we need them to know that Judge Barrett is not the right person for this position. Survivors want and deserve a Supreme Court that works for all of us, yet a previous ruling from Judge Barrett made it easier for students who are held accountable for sexual assault to sue their schools for sex discrimination. She suggested that a school’s commitment to taking sexual misconduct seriously is evidence of sex discrimination against the people who caused harm—something IowaCASA finds deeply problematic.
It is not fair to the thousands of survivors IowaCASA and our programs work with each day to consider confirmation of Judge Barrett.
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Dear Senator,
I am writing to you as your constituent to demand that you commit to waiting until inauguration day before considering or confirming a new Supreme Court justice to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Nationally, we’ve just hit more than 200,00 COVID-19-related deaths in this country. Nearly 1,500 of those deaths were Iowans: our friends, our family, and our neighbors. Our state’s hospitalization count is the highest it has been in 5 months. The recent outbreak of COVID-19 on Capitol Hill and in the White House highlights the urgency of getting the pandemic under control, and must take priority over this rushed process to put Judge Amy Coney Barrett onto the Court.
We want a Supreme Court that is just and fair—and we need it. Our nation is reeling from a global pandemic. We are fighting against state-sanctioned violence and unjust policing. And we need a nominee who will provide equal justice under the law, not a justice who will only jeopardize racial justice, health care access, and so many more issues. There is too much at stake to rush through a Supreme Court nominee now.
Please don’t consider or move forward with a new Supreme Court justice before the inauguration.
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