<div dir="ltr"><div>On Monday, there are going to be actions around the country at Senators' offices, demanding that the Senate debate and vote on the nomination of Judge Garland to the Supreme Court. </div><div><br></div><div>Senator Kirk doesn't have an office here. But there is an action in Chicago, and there is a train, so I'm going. </div><div><br></div><div>I figured, why not take a petition with me, to represent people who can't be there in person. </div><div><br></div><div>See below. </div><div><br></div>===<div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature">Robert Naiman<br>Policy Director<br>Just Foreign Policy<br><a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">www.justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Robert Naiman, Just Foreign Policy</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@justforeignpolicy.org">info@justforeignpolicy.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 1:30 PM<br>Subject: Mark Kirk: Press for Vote on Skokie's Judge Garland for Supreme Court<br>To: <a href="mailto:naiman.uiuc@gmail.com">naiman.uiuc@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"> <b>Demand Senator Kirk press for debate & vote on the Garland nomination.</b> </span></p>
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<p>President Obama has nominated Skokie native Merrick Garland, now Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. [1] Judge Garland was the valedictorian of his class at Niles West High School. [2] But so far, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican Senate Judiciary chair Chuck Grassley have insisted that the Senate will not vote on Judge Garland's nomination. <br>
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Illinois Republican Senator Mark Kirk has said that he will meet with Judge Garland. [3] But as Judge Garland's home state Republican Senator, we in Illinois need Mark Kirk to do more. <b>We need Mark Kirk to press his own Republican leaders for a debate and vote on Judge Garland's nomination. <br>
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Urge Mark Kirk to press Republican leaders for a debate and vote on Judge Garland's nomination by signing our petition at MoveOn: <br>
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<a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Rc3FaJBqqQ3opy5HxYx6%2FnLfs1Yv%2FxRE" target="_blank"> http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/mark-kirk-scotus-debate-and-vote</a></b><br>
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The actions of the Supreme Court impact all Americans, but they also impact people in other countries. In February, the Supreme Court voted to block the administration’s effort to combat global warming by regulating emissions from coal-fired power plants. [1] In June 2014, the Supreme Court refused to review a lower court ruling in favor of "vulture funds" whose effect was that Argentina had to pay “holdout” creditors who refused to participate in debt restructuring agreements that Argentina reached with the majority of its bondholders. [2] <br>
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I'll be delivering this petition to Senator Kirk's office in Chicago on Monday. <b>Will you help me deliver a strong message to Senator Kirk?</b><br>
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<b>Urge Mark Kirk to press Senate leaders for a vote on Judge Garland by signing and sharing our petition:</b><br>
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<b><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=loBb73vWQLVp6Gg3P5yeUVOCMN1IZUl8" target="_blank">http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/mark-kirk-scotus-debate-and-vote</a></b><br>
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Thanks for all you do to help make U.S. foreign policy more just,<br>
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Robert Naiman<br>
Just Foreign Policy<br>
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</a>References:<br>
1. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/us/politics/obama-supreme-court-nominee.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/us/politics/obama-supreme-court-nominee.html</a><br>
2. <a href="http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/supreme-court-nominees-prom-date-canoeing-misadventure-more/" target="_blank">http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/supreme-court-nominees-prom-date-canoeing-misadventure-more/</a><br>
3. <a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/republicans-scotus-nom-flake-inhofe-kirk-ayotte" target="_blank">http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/republicans-scotus-nom-flake-inhofe-kirk-ayotte</a><br>
4. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/us/politics/supreme-court-blocks-obama-epa-coal-emissions-regulations.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/us/politics/supreme-court-blocks-obama-epa-coal-emissions-regulations.html</a><br>
5. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/23/opinion/the-debt-vultures-fell-swoop.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/23/opinion/the-debt-vultures-fell-swoop.html</a></p>
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