I just signed a petition that could impact the next forty years of Supreme Court rulings.  Right now there are a handful of Republican Senators that could decide whether there is real debate over President Bush’s Supreme Court nominees or those nominees are rubber stamped – they need to hear from you.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) is considering the radical elimination of the 200-year-old filibuster in order to pave an easy path for controversial nominees to the Supreme Court.  Frist’s effort is called the “nuclear option,” and there are some Republicans who may think it goes too far.  Tell these Senators you think it does.  Sign the petition now at http://pfaw.kintera.org/SaveTheFilibuster .

• Sen. Ted Stevens and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)

• Sen. John McCain (Arizona)

• Sen. Richard Lugar (Indiana)

• Sen. Charles Grassley (Iowa)

• Sen. Pat Roberts (Kansas)

• Sen. Olympia Snowe and Sen. Susan Collins (Maine)

• Sen. Thad Cochran (Mississippi)

• Sen. Chuck Hagel (Nebraska)

• Sen. John Sununu (New Hampshire)

• Sen. Pete Domenici (New Mexico)

• Sen. Mike DeWine and Sen. George Voinovich (Ohio)

• Sen. Gordon Smith (Oregon)

• Sen. Arlen Specter (Pennsylvania)

• Sen. Lincoln Chafee (Rhode Island)

• Sen. John Warner (Virginia)

Contact Sander Bellman