美國參議院  必須停止 最高法院  終身任命  - 包括法官布雷特卡瓦諾。

我們的政府體制建立在權力分立的基礎上 - 行政，立法和司法部門是平等的。參議院應該是立法機關的“審議機構”，擁有對總統任命“建議和同意”的唯一權力。

無論誰佔領白宮，參議員 - 以及公眾 - 應該在同意終身任命最高法院之前充分了解所有利害關係。今天向你的參議員發送消息>>

我們處於前所未有的境地。特朗普總統是司法部調查涉嫌腐敗我們的選舉的一個主題。調查產生的問題可能是最高法院的頭。

但是現在，參議院領導人想要通過特朗普的選擇，終身任命最高法院，讓一名法官最終可以統治涉及他的多項調查。所有人都無法獲得卡瓦諾法官的完整記錄。

等到有關調查和他的記錄的更多公開信息將允許參議員更充分地評估總統決定選擇特定被提名人在高等法院終身席位的基礎。

這是關於對法治的信任。如果特朗普找到了自己的方式，並且在得到我們需要的所有答案之前衝過Kavanaugh的確認，那麼可能會破壞公眾對公平的最高法院的信心。

參議院必須對Kavanaugh的確認 - 沒有聽證會，沒有選票 - 以及任何其他終身的最高法院任命罷工，直到關於被提名人的記錄完整記錄，參議院有Mueller調查的全部結果可能的非法競選活動。

只有參議院才有權對確認過程施加壓力 - 我們必須要求他們使用它。今天致你的參議員的一封信：在特朗普終身最高法院的任命中拒絕同意。

參議院應該履行其職責，只有在其判決得到充分通知時才能進行。它尚未同意將Brett Kavanaugh任命給最高法院 - 以及在特朗普總統的重大調查得到解決之前提出的任何其他終身最高法院提名。

特別顧問羅伯特·穆勒正在調查俄羅斯對2016年大選的攻擊以及是否涉及特朗普競選活動。他已經帶來了近三十多份起訴書，五項認罪，以及陪審團主持特朗普競選活動的保羅·馬納福特的陪審團定罪。總統由他的前律師邁克爾科恩在聯邦法院任命，負責協調和指導與選舉有關的罪行。

在所有這些事件中，唐納德特朗普經常將調查視為非法行為 - 要求官員將個人忠誠置於公共職責之上。但是，最高法院可能必須完全獨立於公眾的看法，而且必須完全獨立於總統，這可能必須解決穆勒調查中出現的憲法問題。

參議院不得在未解決這些嚴重問題的情況下終身任命最高法院。今天就向你的參議員發送信息。

共同事業沒有輕易做出這個決定 - 我們已經工作了將近50年來維護我們民主的核心價值觀，並保護公眾對政府誠信的信任。而且，我們曾多次反對政治化和破壞我們司法確認程序的政客。

參議院有義務對被提名人提供“建議和同意”，這是一個審議過程 - 不是匆忙或定時最大化參議員對重選的政治影響力的過程。

在這些特殊情況下 - 包括被提名人的相關專業文件的不完整記錄，以及司法部對特朗普的不完整調查以及涉嫌腐敗選舉程序 - 我們必須敦促參議院暫停確認程序，直至完整記錄所有記錄。利害關係是公開的。

請今天給你的參議員發一條消息，並敦促他們在最高法院的確認程序上踩剎車 - 在我們知道事實之前不會舉行聽證會，也不會投票。

民主是有彈性的，但我們必須始終保持警惕，堅持其承諾。

謝謝你所做的一切，

Karen Hobert Flynn，總裁

公共議提團隊 附：你可以在這裡閱讀我們發給所有參議員的信。

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Friends:

The U.S. Senate must put the brakes on lifetime appointments to the Supreme Court  including Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

Our system of government is built on the separation of powers  where the executive, legislative, and judicial branches are co-equal. The Senate, which is supposed to the legislature’s “deliberative body,” has the sole power to “advise and consent” on presidential appointments. 

No matter who occupies the White House, senators  and the public  should be fully informed with all that’s at stake before consenting to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. Send a message to your senators today >>

We are in an unprecedented situation. President Trump is a subject of investigation by the Department of Justice related to alleged corruption of our elections. Matters arising from the investigation could be headed the Supreme Court. 

But right now, Senate leadership wants to rush through Trump’s pick for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, seating a judge who may eventually rule on the multiple investigations involving him. And all without having access to Judge Kavanaugh’s complete record. 

Waiting until there is more public information about the investigations and his record will allow senators to evaluate more fully the basis of the president’s decision to choose a specific nominee for a lifetime seat on the high court.

This is about trust in the rule of law. If Trump gets his way, and rushes Kavanaugh’s confirmation through before we get all the answers we need, it could undermine the public’s confidence in a fair Supreme Court.

The Senate must hit the brakes on Kavanaugh’s confirmation  no hearings, no votes  as well as any other lifetime Supreme Court appointments until the full record is laid bare about the nominee’s record, and the Senate has the full results of the Mueller investigation into possible illegal campaign activity.

Only the Senate has the power to put brakes on the confirmation process  and we must demand they use it. Send a letter to your senators today: Withhold Consent on Trump’s Lifetime Supreme Court Appointment.

The Senate should live up to its duty to only proceed when its judgment is fully informed. It cannot yet provide consent on the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court  and any other lifetime Supreme Court nomination made before the major investigations of President Trump are resolved. 

Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating Russia’s attack on the 2016 election and whether the Trump campaign was involved. He’s already brought nearly 3 dozen indictments, 5 guilty pleas, and a jury conviction of Paul Manafort, who chaired Trump’s campaign. The President has been named in federal court by his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, as coordinating and directing election-related crimes. 

Throughout all this, Donald Trump has routinely attacked the investigation as illegitimate  demanding that officials put personal loyalty to him above their public duties. But the Supreme Court, which may have to resolve constitutional questions that arise from the Mueller probe, must be completely independent, in public perception and in fact, from the President.

The Senate must not move forward on a lifetime Supreme Court appointment without resolving these serious issues. Send a message to your senators today.

Common Cause doesn’t come to this decision lightly  we’ve worked for nearly 50 years to uphold the core values of our democracy, and protect public trust in the integrity of government. And, we’ve fought many times against politicians who have politicized and damaged our judicial confirmation process.

The Senate’s duty to provide “advice and consent” on nominees is meant to be a deliberative process  not one that is rushed or timed to maximize political leverage on Senators up for re-election. 

In these extraordinary circumstances  including an incomplete record of the nominee’s relevant professional documents, and incomplete DOJ investigations into Trump and alleged corruption of the electoral process  we must urge the Senate to put the confirmation process on hold until a complete record of all that’s at stake is made public.

Please send a message to your senators today, and urge them to hit the brakes on the Supreme Court confirmation process  no hearings, no votes until we know the facts.

Democracy is resilient, but it takes our constant vigilance to uphold its promise.

Thanks for all you do,

Karen Hobert Flynn, President
and the team at Common Cause

P.S. You can read the letter we’ve sent to all Senators here.