I cannot describe the sadness, combined with rage and disgust, I have felt since hearing the news of RBG's death and the McConnell response, which was truly appalling. It is particularly hard for those of us who tonight have been wishing our friends, family, and neighbors Shana Tovah and a "sweet, prosperous, and happy New Year." I have lived through so many changes to the ways in which women experience the world--and have lived through the revolting backlashes of those whose view of women is that they are not people but, rather, objects to use, abuse, and control. All I can say is that if we do not take this fight straight into the faces of the despicable people for whom RBG's death is an "opportunity" then we are not honoring her memory. Rest, dear Ruth: you have deserved it. The rest of us? We need to get to work.
I sent a campaign donation to Amy McGrath, the fighter pilot who is running against McConnell in Kentucky. I sent her an email saying how much we both had benefited from what RBG did for women's rights - I broke the glass ceiling and she broke the sound barrier. We must to everything womanly possible to keep those rights!
Linda Mitchell I could not have better expressed my sadness of the death of RBG, or my utter contempt and hatred for McConnell. I, like you, have lived through many changes in the ways women are treated in this world, as well as the rights that GLBT people have gained. It scares me to think many of the rights that RBG championed are now in danger.
Her parting gift: She told us what to do. Call and politely ask these Senators to keep the seat open until January 20, 2021: Lisa Murkowski: (202) 224-6665
Thank you! I just spent 15 minutes calling all of these senators. Maybe I should call the rest of the Republicans, too! It felt good to do something. 💪🏼⚖️
Call Cory Gardner first. Remind him that before RGB died, he stated that he was opposed to filling a Supreme Court seat within 2 months of a presidential election. Ask him to reaffirm that commitment now. Say the same to Lisa Murkowski, who will probably do what she said anyway. When you call Collins, praise her for saying that the next President should make the pick, and ask her to follow through on that statement.
Future generations are depending on us. Thank you an example of a simple way to make a difference. Screen shot with names redacted posted on the only social media I have, Instagram. Very small following but I urged folks to call and pass it on.
Thank you so much, I have shared this and my friends have shared it. I was posting it every five minutes at the vigils online, last night. I've shared it in messenger as well. Invaluable, many thanks.
Although I knew that Justice Ginsburg’s health was precarious, I was not prepared to feel so saddened by her death. Last night, I was numb. This morning, reading your obituary, I have tears pouring down my face. Such a life. Such character. How much we owe her. How she went to battle for us. Personally, I owe her my marriage. I owe her an existential sense of hope and well being. I am 72 years old and I vow I will try my best to walk in her footsteps and not let her down. Thank you Justice Ruth B Ginsburg for the good you have done. May you rest in piece.
I had the same reaction: numbness last night, and tears only upon reading Heather's tribute this morning. May RBG's memory be a blessing and an inspiration to continue her battle for justice and women's rights and for all the liberal causes she advanced over her long...but not long enough...life.
I have another thought on the best way to honor Justice Ginsburg.
On Aug. 18, 1920 the 19th Amendment was ratified after Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the Amendment. Passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote was the capstone of a long and difficult struggle that began in the mid-1800s. Achieving passage and ratification required decades of activism and protest commencing with the first public demand for women’s suffrage at the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. Even following the Amendment’s first introduction to Congress in 1878, several generations of women supporters lectured, wrote, marched, lobbied, and practiced civil disobedience to achieve what many considered a radical change to the US Constitution.
Alice Stokes Paul (January 11, 1885 – July 9, 1977) was an American suffragist and feminist who was one of the main leaders who fought for the 19th Amendment. In 1923, following its ratification, she continued the fight for full Constitutional recognition of equal rights for women with the drafting, proposal, and presentation to Congress of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). One hundred years after ratification of the 19th Amendment women are still waiting for formal ratification of the ERA.
In the early 1940s, both the Democratic Party and Republican Party added passage of the ERA to their party platforms. Yet it failed to pass Congress until its Congressional approval by first the Senate and then the House on March 22, 1972. Twenty-two states quickly ratified the Amendment leaving it short of the required 38 ratifying states needed. Eight ratifications followed in 1973, three in 1974, and one in 1975. In 1977, Indiana became the 35th state to ratify the ERA. As the original 1979 deadline for ratification approached the ERA remained three states short of the 38 required. Following an organized march on Washington by over 100,000 women, Congress passed a ratification extension to June 30, 1982, when it remained three states shy of ratification.
It has been reintroduced in every Congressional session since 1982. In March of 2017, Nevada became the 36th state to ratify the original ERA. Illinois followed in April 2018. On Jan. 27th, 2020 Virginia became the 38th state necessary to reach the required ratification threshold. Shortly thereafter on Feb. 13, 2020, the House passed HJ Res 79, the joint resolution to remove the original time limit assigned to the ERA. HJ Res 79 now awaits a vote in the US Senate.
Justice Ginsburg is a Women’s Rights icon. Her battles on behalf of the elimination of discriminatory laws on the basis of sex will be an important part of her legacy. Let’s honor that legacy by the Senate introducing and passing HJ 79 extending the ratification deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment and rename the Amendment the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Equal Rights Amendment. I can think of no more fitting tribute to her legacy than this.
For over two hundred and fifty days, Mitch McConnell stonewalled a president's nominee for SCOTUS. Tonight he did not wait two hours. Her tiny, frail body was not yet cold, yet he moved at warp speed to replace her. The hypocrisy is sickening. Shame, shame, shame! Thank you RBG, thank you HCR.
Did that last night as soon as I heard about Moscow Mitch's "condolences".
Someone posted the names everyone on the committee (judicial?) that will be considering her replacement. I need to find it & start contacting all of them. Diane Feinstein & Kamala Harris are on the committee.
I cried when I heard of Justice Ginsburg's death. She was the light for all those seeking the promise of this country of equality and justice regardless of gender, sexual preference, skin pigmentation, and religion. This is the fight that we all must continues through our voices and our vote. Dr Richardson, thank you for this tribute.
I really wanted to only speak of Justice Ginsburg, but as usual, the senior senator from my state is stirring the pot as we say in Kentucky. I was appalled and ashamed that instead of speaking words of tribute to Justice Ginsburg, Mr. McConnell has to show he values party over country. I have sent an email to his office (his voice mail is always conveniently full) about my disgust over his apparent lack of respect to the memory of Justice Ginsburg and to her family in his response. (Please don't ask me why Kentuckians keep voting for him. I am weary of explaining that I have never voted for him. He is a consummate politician knowing what flaming arrows to shoot at his opponent and twisting the face to his advantage. ). I also reminded him of his words in 2016. However, the hearing on the Affordable Care Act explains his rush.
Rest in peace, Justice Ginsburg. Just know there are those who will continue your fight for justice and equality. Those who oppose those concepts will not win.
I meant to say "twisting the facts to his advantage". (I didn't sleep well last night). However, twisting his face to his advantage conjures up the image of two-faced so I guess it works
Thank you Rebecca for those words. Also a Kentuckian who has never voted for McConnell and who really can't explain either why people that I know despise him still vote for him. I learned the news while attending a zoom Rosh Hashana service, someone posted a notice in the messages and across the board I could see the faces of people drop.
Thank you Heather. when i heard about RBG's death i immediately thought about you and what your newsletter would say. This is a beautiful tribute for an amazing woman. We can worry about the fallout in another post.
I immediately sent a text to my four daughters. We are grieving together from four different states. We owe so much to RBG. Bless her for trying so hard just to stay alive for the last four years.
This is a lovely tribute, HCR, to an amazing woman....from one amazing woman to another.
Marie Mennonna, these were my thoughts, as well. The newsletter was the first thing I thought of this morning when I woke up. I couldn't wait to read it!
“She rarely slept.” Like you! My older brother, Tom, turned me onto your letters. Upon this sad news tonight, many of us in my family were texting our panic at the prospect of Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump’s machine replacing our stalwart for justice, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, with a conservative judge. Tom, like you, focused on the gift of Justice Ginsburg’s life, her service to our nation and her incredible legacy.
Not a surprise that Heather picked that out. But it’s not a virtue! Let’s all get good sleep to sustain energy for moving society along in the direction we’d like it to be. Uphill battle!
What I was thinking was, she kept fighting and working for her husband, her children, her clients and our country! And Dr Richardson fights for our country tirelessly as well! And I think I feel badly that I do sleep! Too much! We have so much work to do.
We sure do have too much work to do. It’s hard to maintain a balance between perseverance and self care. But burnout is counterproductive! So many of say, what would we do without HCR! It’s good when she kayaks and goes for walks.
We can also take inspiration from RBG’s workout routine, planks and push ups! 🏋️♀️
Not just a conservative replacement—that I could probably live with. But the potential replacement will be a man, not as well qualified, who believes in the 1950s, women I. The place and God knows what else. Tom Cotton maybe? 🤢🤮
Justice Ginsburg's memorial should read "she made them take their foot of our necks" and that speaks not only for women! The battle now, in the time remaining to Trump/McConnell, is to stop them being able to step on our necks again...now and far into the future. "No holds barred" must be the battle cry in the fight to stop them confirming and inaugurating a new SCOTUS member before Jan 20th. It must be made clear that any attempt to place an inappopriate person in RBG's seat will be met by massive and popular resistance and thereafter, should it be necessary, by impeachment or nomination of a 10th and 11th judge...as there is no constituional limit to the number of judges...just a tradition which seemingly only the Democrats respect. We can't let them bias the Supreme Court for evermore and thus destroy our freedom!
That's an extremely volatile issue here in Minneapolis (and elsewhere), where George Floyd was murdered via a policeman kneeling on his neck. I don't recommend using that RBG quote at this particular time.
Well done, HCR. Her work was my touchstone when I debated the ERA in the 70s. I am not a lawyer, and needed help articulating why the ERA was necessary. I stumbled into her work When visiting the law library during grad school. Her writing helped me see exactly why the 14th amendment did not protect women. Years later I was stunned to hear she’d been nominated for the Supreme Court, having no idea how important she had become. Thank you for summing up her career, and Sharing the immediate surge in tributes to help like-Minded candidates. Sad day for Americans.
Thank you for the history of Justice Ginsburg's journey. This is a wonderful memorial. May she rest in peace. May the rest of us get off of the couch, quit staring at our I-phones and
An amazing person from another group compiled a list of senator’s own words from 2016 to put on postcards and she has addresses. She has done the work. Please write to these senators!
Senator Mike Lee
361A Russel Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: "We think that the American people need a chance to weigh in on this issue, on who will fill that seat. They’ll have that chance this November and they outghta have that chance." So, it's 2020, and the shoe still fits. Please don't be a hypocrite: do the right thing by delaying SCOTUS nomination hearings until 2021.
Senator Lindsey Graham
290 Russel Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2018: "If an opening comes in the last year of President Trump's term, and the primary process has started, We'll wait to the next election." Those are your words, sir. Keep your word. SCOTUS nomination hearings should not start until 2021.
Senator Marco Rubio
284 Russel Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: “I don’t think we should be moving forward on a nominee in the last year of this president’s term. I would say that if it were a Republican President.” It’s 2020 & the same circumstances, so SAY IT: We shouldn’t be moving forward on a nominee in the last year of this president’s term. Please prove you are a man of your word. Don’t be a hypocrite.
Senator Ron Johnson
328 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
In 2016, you wrote: “ In a very unique moment in time, eight months before an election where the American public will decide the direction of the country, why not let the American people decide the direction of the Supreme Court...Let the American people decide.” So, it's 2020 and the shoe still fits, only it 45 days until the election, not 8 months. Please do the right thing, and hold the SCOTUS nomination hearings until 2021. Please, don't be a hypocrite.
Senator Cory Gardner
354 Russel Senate Office Bldg
Washington DC 20510
You in 2016: “Our next election is too soon and the stakes are too high; the American People deserve a role in this process as the next Supreme Court Justice will influence the direction of this country for years to come.” So, it’s 2020, and the shoe still fits. The American people still deserve a role in the SCOTUS nomination process, unless you plan on being a hypocrite. I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt, and trust you will do the right thing.
Senator John Barrasso
307 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: “The American people will soon decide our next president. That person should get to choose the next supreme Court Nominee. Give the people a voice and let them chart the course for the court and the country.” So, it’s now 2020, and the shoe still fits. The people still deserve a voice to chart the course for the court and country. Please don’t be a hypocrite: SCOTUS nominations must wait until 2021.
Senator Pat Toomey
248 Russel Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: “With the presidential election fewer than 8 months away, it is wise to give the American people a more direct voice in the selection and confirmation of the next justice.” So, it’s 2020, and the shoe still fits. Do the right thing and let the American people use their voice; don’t be a hypocrite.
Senator John Thune
US Senate SD-511
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: “Since the next presidential election is already underway, the next president should make this lifetime appointment to the supreme court.” Guess what? It’s 2020, and the shoe still fits.
Senator Chuck Grassley
135 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: “A lifetime appointment that could dramatically impact individual freedoms and change the direction of the court for at least a generation is too important to get bogged down in politics. The American people shouldn’t be denied a voice.” Guess what? It’s 2020, it’s still important and the American people still shouldn’t be denied a voice. Please don’t be a hypocrite & do the right thing.
Senator John Cornyn
517 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: “This is really about an important principle. It’s important to allow the voters, in choosing the next president of the United States, make that decision and make sure their voice is heard rather than just 100 members of the Senate.” So, it’s 2020, and the principles have not changed. Let the voters be heard. Please don’t be a hypocrite; do the right thing.
Senator Tom Cotton
124 Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: “In a few short months, we will have a new president and new senators who can consider the next justice with the full faith of the people…Why would we squelch the voice of the populace? Why would we deny the voters a chance to weight in?” So, it’s 2020. It’s 45 days until the presidential election, (days, not months). Don’t squelch our voices. Wait until after the election to confirm a new SCOTUS Justice.
Senator Steve Daines
320 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: The Senate should exercise its Constitutional powers by NOT confirming a new #SCOTUS Justice until Americans have their voices heard.” Well, it’s 2020, and Americans still need to have their voices heard. Don’t be a hypocrite: Do the right thing- No confirmation hearings until 2021.
Senator Rob Portman
448 Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: “I believe the American people should have a voice in this debate. This is a lifetime appointment that could reshape the Supreme Court for generations, and I believe the best thing for the country is to trust the American people to weigh in.” So, it’s 2020, and the shoe still fits- which means the best thing for the country is to let us weigh in! Don’t be a hypocrite: Do the right thing- No confirmation hearings until 2021.
Senator David Perdue
320 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: “I believe the decision to not hold hearing for a supreme court nominee this year is a wise course of action in the midst of a presidential election.” So, it’s 2020, and the shoe still fits. Be wise: you SHOULD NOT hold hearing for a SCOTUS nominee in the midst of this presidential election.
Senator Ted Cruz
404 Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: “It has been 80 years since a Supreme Court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. There is a long tradition that you don’t do this in an election year.” So, it’s 2020, and we don’t want to break from tradition. Don’t be a hypocrite: Let the people have a voice!
Senator Mitch McConnell
317 Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: “There hasn’t been a vacancy created in a presidential election year filled in 80 years… so this vacancy will not be filled this year. We will look forward to the American people deciding who they want to make this appointment through their own votes.” So, it’s 2020, and the shoe still fits. Unless you’re a hypocrite, you must let the American people decide, just like they did in 2016.
Don’t even think about replacing the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, just 45 days until our next presidential election. During the Merrick Garland Nomination you claimed there wasn’t sufficient time to vote, and that was eleven months prior to the election. You must remember it, after all, it was named, “The McConnell Rule.” Follow your own rules and hold the SCOTUS nomination hearings until 2021.
I also wrote a thank you to Senator Murkowki, because she already took a stand and said she would not support filling the vacancy before 2021. Senator Murkowki, 552 Hart Senate Office Bldg, Washington DC. 20510
THANK YOU for this! We have just printed and signed 16 letters. Can't think of a better use for those extra stamps we bought recently to help support the USPS. It feels good to be doing something - anything - to take action.
Thank you for giving us this valuable information! I just finished printing out my letters and make a bunch of contributions to senate candidates. None of those contributions went to people on this list.
A 4th grader last year dressed as RBG for storybook character parade. I approached her and said I love it! The notorious RBG! Her face lit up! You know who I am! She wants to be a lawyer like her mom and become a Supreme Court justice and help people. I have no doubt that little girl has a very different life because of RBG! And will do great things!
My brothers went to my lawyer and tried to have me taken off of my parents estate as the executrix. My lawyer suggested they get their own representation. I had no idea! Thanks RBG! The ways Her Honor touched my life and every American are immeasurable!
Thank you Heather for this! I’ve been devastated. What will happen to us now?
I cannot describe the sadness, combined with rage and disgust, I have felt since hearing the news of RBG's death and the McConnell response, which was truly appalling. It is particularly hard for those of us who tonight have been wishing our friends, family, and neighbors Shana Tovah and a "sweet, prosperous, and happy New Year." I have lived through so many changes to the ways in which women experience the world--and have lived through the revolting backlashes of those whose view of women is that they are not people but, rather, objects to use, abuse, and control. All I can say is that if we do not take this fight straight into the faces of the despicable people for whom RBG's death is an "opportunity" then we are not honoring her memory. Rest, dear Ruth: you have deserved it. The rest of us? We need to get to work.
I sent a campaign donation to Amy McGrath, the fighter pilot who is running against McConnell in Kentucky. I sent her an email saying how much we both had benefited from what RBG did for women's rights - I broke the glass ceiling and she broke the sound barrier. We must to everything womanly possible to keep those rights!
Linda Mitchell I could not have better expressed my sadness of the death of RBG, or my utter contempt and hatred for McConnell. I, like you, have lived through many changes in the ways women are treated in this world, as well as the rights that GLBT people have gained. It scares me to think many of the rights that RBG championed are now in danger.
Her parting gift: She told us what to do. Call and politely ask these Senators to keep the seat open until January 20, 2021: Lisa Murkowski: (202) 224-6665
Mitt Romney: (202) 224-5251
Susan Collins: (202) 224-2523
Martha McSally: (202) 224-2235
Cory Gardner: (202) 224-5941
Thank you! I just spent 15 minutes calling all of these senators. Maybe I should call the rest of the Republicans, too! It felt good to do something. 💪🏼⚖️
Call Cory Gardner first. Remind him that before RGB died, he stated that he was opposed to filling a Supreme Court seat within 2 months of a presidential election. Ask him to reaffirm that commitment now. Say the same to Lisa Murkowski, who will probably do what she said anyway. When you call Collins, praise her for saying that the next President should make the pick, and ask her to follow through on that statement.
You made it too easy to say no. I just called all of them and made the request. Good practice for staffing phone banks for the rest of the 44 days.
Thanks. I left messages for all those senators. If you call, make your message to Sen. McSally short lest it be cut off before you're done.
Future generations are depending on us. Thank you an example of a simple way to make a difference. Screen shot with names redacted posted on the only social media I have, Instagram. Very small following but I urged folks to call and pass it on.
Great idea. Will do and am passing on this suggestion
Thank you. Called them all
Done! I feel at least I have done what I can.
I just finished calling all of them.
I hope you don't mind if I cut and paste this for facebook. I will be calling. Thank you!
Please! Yes! Thank you!
thank you for their numbers!
Thank you so much, I have shared this and my friends have shared it. I was posting it every five minutes at the vigils online, last night. I've shared it in messenger as well. Invaluable, many thanks.
Done and thank you!!!!
Although I knew that Justice Ginsburg’s health was precarious, I was not prepared to feel so saddened by her death. Last night, I was numb. This morning, reading your obituary, I have tears pouring down my face. Such a life. Such character. How much we owe her. How she went to battle for us. Personally, I owe her my marriage. I owe her an existential sense of hope and well being. I am 72 years old and I vow I will try my best to walk in her footsteps and not let her down. Thank you Justice Ruth B Ginsburg for the good you have done. May you rest in piece.
I had the same reaction: numbness last night, and tears only upon reading Heather's tribute this morning. May RBG's memory be a blessing and an inspiration to continue her battle for justice and women's rights and for all the liberal causes she advanced over her long...but not long enough...life.
I have another thought on the best way to honor Justice Ginsburg.
On Aug. 18, 1920 the 19th Amendment was ratified after Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the Amendment. Passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote was the capstone of a long and difficult struggle that began in the mid-1800s. Achieving passage and ratification required decades of activism and protest commencing with the first public demand for women’s suffrage at the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. Even following the Amendment’s first introduction to Congress in 1878, several generations of women supporters lectured, wrote, marched, lobbied, and practiced civil disobedience to achieve what many considered a radical change to the US Constitution.
Alice Stokes Paul (January 11, 1885 – July 9, 1977) was an American suffragist and feminist who was one of the main leaders who fought for the 19th Amendment. In 1923, following its ratification, she continued the fight for full Constitutional recognition of equal rights for women with the drafting, proposal, and presentation to Congress of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). One hundred years after ratification of the 19th Amendment women are still waiting for formal ratification of the ERA.
In the early 1940s, both the Democratic Party and Republican Party added passage of the ERA to their party platforms. Yet it failed to pass Congress until its Congressional approval by first the Senate and then the House on March 22, 1972. Twenty-two states quickly ratified the Amendment leaving it short of the required 38 ratifying states needed. Eight ratifications followed in 1973, three in 1974, and one in 1975. In 1977, Indiana became the 35th state to ratify the ERA. As the original 1979 deadline for ratification approached the ERA remained three states short of the 38 required. Following an organized march on Washington by over 100,000 women, Congress passed a ratification extension to June 30, 1982, when it remained three states shy of ratification.
It has been reintroduced in every Congressional session since 1982. In March of 2017, Nevada became the 36th state to ratify the original ERA. Illinois followed in April 2018. On Jan. 27th, 2020 Virginia became the 38th state necessary to reach the required ratification threshold. Shortly thereafter on Feb. 13, 2020, the House passed HJ Res 79, the joint resolution to remove the original time limit assigned to the ERA. HJ Res 79 now awaits a vote in the US Senate.
Justice Ginsburg is a Women’s Rights icon. Her battles on behalf of the elimination of discriminatory laws on the basis of sex will be an important part of her legacy. Let’s honor that legacy by the Senate introducing and passing HJ 79 extending the ratification deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment and rename the Amendment the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Equal Rights Amendment. I can think of no more fitting tribute to her legacy than this.
She was truly a brilliant advocate for gender equality.
I am struck that RBG was confirmed 93-6. Just 27 years ago Senators, regardless of party, recognized she was a brilliant jurist. No litmus tests.
When and how did the Supreme Court become so politicized?
For over two hundred and fifty days, Mitch McConnell stonewalled a president's nominee for SCOTUS. Tonight he did not wait two hours. Her tiny, frail body was not yet cold, yet he moved at warp speed to replace her. The hypocrisy is sickening. Shame, shame, shame! Thank you RBG, thank you HCR.
Donate to Amy McGrath's campaign to unseat McConnell!
Did that last night as soon as I heard about Moscow Mitch's "condolences".
Someone posted the names everyone on the committee (judicial?) that will be considering her replacement. I need to find it & start contacting all of them. Diane Feinstein & Kamala Harris are on the committee.
Please share here if you find those names!
I googled Senate Judiciary Committee. This is the list
Lindsey Graham
Diane Feinstein
Chuck Grassley
Patrick Leahy
John Cornyn
Dick Durbin
Michael Lee
Sheldon Whitehouse
Ted Cruz
Amy Klobuchar
Ben Sasse
Christopher Coons
Joshua Hawley
Richard Blumenthal
Thom Tillis
Mazie Hirono
Joni Ernst
Cory Booker
Mike Crapo
Kamala Harris
John Kennedy
Marsha Blackburn
That site didn't have phone numbers, but it does have links to their website.
I posted Senate member contact info below. Going to post it again as a new comment.
What is the link to the site you used? Can delay here result in delay down the road?
I have been donating to her campaign since before the primaries and will do so again today.
Done.
I had the same thought. Will be donating TODAY.
Done!
done. thank you for this suggestion.
Unfortunately, shame is something the GOP, and McConnell in particular, are not remotely familiar with.
Keep our (women's) rights should be our clarion call in honor and memory of RBG!
I cried when I heard of Justice Ginsburg's death. She was the light for all those seeking the promise of this country of equality and justice regardless of gender, sexual preference, skin pigmentation, and religion. This is the fight that we all must continues through our voices and our vote. Dr Richardson, thank you for this tribute.
I really wanted to only speak of Justice Ginsburg, but as usual, the senior senator from my state is stirring the pot as we say in Kentucky. I was appalled and ashamed that instead of speaking words of tribute to Justice Ginsburg, Mr. McConnell has to show he values party over country. I have sent an email to his office (his voice mail is always conveniently full) about my disgust over his apparent lack of respect to the memory of Justice Ginsburg and to her family in his response. (Please don't ask me why Kentuckians keep voting for him. I am weary of explaining that I have never voted for him. He is a consummate politician knowing what flaming arrows to shoot at his opponent and twisting the face to his advantage. ). I also reminded him of his words in 2016. However, the hearing on the Affordable Care Act explains his rush.
Rest in peace, Justice Ginsburg. Just know there are those who will continue your fight for justice and equality. Those who oppose those concepts will not win.
I meant to say "twisting the facts to his advantage". (I didn't sleep well last night). However, twisting his face to his advantage conjures up the image of two-faced so I guess it works
Thank you Rebecca for those words. Also a Kentuckian who has never voted for McConnell and who really can't explain either why people that I know despise him still vote for him. I learned the news while attending a zoom Rosh Hashana service, someone posted a notice in the messages and across the board I could see the faces of people drop.
Thank you Heather. when i heard about RBG's death i immediately thought about you and what your newsletter would say. This is a beautiful tribute for an amazing woman. We can worry about the fallout in another post.
I immediately sent a text to my four daughters. We are grieving together from four different states. We owe so much to RBG. Bless her for trying so hard just to stay alive for the last four years.
This is a lovely tribute, HCR, to an amazing woman....from one amazing woman to another.
Rest in power indeed, RBG.
My 2 daughters both texted me as soon as they heard. I couldn’t agree with you more
Marie Mennonna, these were my thoughts, as well. The newsletter was the first thing I thought of this morning when I woke up. I couldn't wait to read it!
RBG was and will continue to be my hero. I have dreaded this day for a long time.
Be at peace, RBG. Your legacy will be a beacon for womankind and all who seek dignity, justice, and human rights.
“She rarely slept.” Like you! My older brother, Tom, turned me onto your letters. Upon this sad news tonight, many of us in my family were texting our panic at the prospect of Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump’s machine replacing our stalwart for justice, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, with a conservative judge. Tom, like you, focused on the gift of Justice Ginsburg’s life, her service to our nation and her incredible legacy.
She rarely slept. 🙏🏼
Not a surprise that Heather picked that out. But it’s not a virtue! Let’s all get good sleep to sustain energy for moving society along in the direction we’d like it to be. Uphill battle!
What I was thinking was, she kept fighting and working for her husband, her children, her clients and our country! And Dr Richardson fights for our country tirelessly as well! And I think I feel badly that I do sleep! Too much! We have so much work to do.
We sure do have too much work to do. It’s hard to maintain a balance between perseverance and self care. But burnout is counterproductive! So many of say, what would we do without HCR! It’s good when she kayaks and goes for walks.
We can also take inspiration from RBG’s workout routine, planks and push ups! 🏋️♀️
https://pin.it/6IFAIT1
https://www.rickysinghmd.com/the-rbg-workout/
https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/08/22/ruth-bader-ginsburg-exercise-routine.cnn
We can also give props to RBG’s personal trainer, Bryant Johnson:
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/rbg-ruth-bader-ginsburg-workout-personal-trainer-elena-kagan-stephen-breyer-214821
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I didn't sleep much last night either, having heard the news just before bed... Like so many others, I looked up to the inimitable RBG enormously!
Not just a conservative replacement—that I could probably live with. But the potential replacement will be a man, not as well qualified, who believes in the 1950s, women I. The place and God knows what else. Tom Cotton maybe? 🤢🤮
Oh Lord, he couldn’t be confirmed. Could he?
Justice Ginsburg's memorial should read "she made them take their foot of our necks" and that speaks not only for women! The battle now, in the time remaining to Trump/McConnell, is to stop them being able to step on our necks again...now and far into the future. "No holds barred" must be the battle cry in the fight to stop them confirming and inaugurating a new SCOTUS member before Jan 20th. It must be made clear that any attempt to place an inappopriate person in RBG's seat will be met by massive and popular resistance and thereafter, should it be necessary, by impeachment or nomination of a 10th and 11th judge...as there is no constituional limit to the number of judges...just a tradition which seemingly only the Democrats respect. We can't let them bias the Supreme Court for evermore and thus destroy our freedom!
That's an extremely volatile issue here in Minneapolis (and elsewhere), where George Floyd was murdered via a policeman kneeling on his neck. I don't recommend using that RBG quote at this particular time.
Sorry but i think that it is entirely appropriate as we could all be the next George Floyd should Trump etc get his way!
Hear, hear!
Well done, HCR. Her work was my touchstone when I debated the ERA in the 70s. I am not a lawyer, and needed help articulating why the ERA was necessary. I stumbled into her work When visiting the law library during grad school. Her writing helped me see exactly why the 14th amendment did not protect women. Years later I was stunned to hear she’d been nominated for the Supreme Court, having no idea how important she had become. Thank you for summing up her career, and Sharing the immediate surge in tributes to help like-Minded candidates. Sad day for Americans.
Thank you for the history of Justice Ginsburg's journey. This is a wonderful memorial. May she rest in peace. May the rest of us get off of the couch, quit staring at our I-phones and
get to work fighting for the democracy.
Carla Herkimer, this afternoon I will be text banking for 2020Victory and Michigan Democrats
And, now we get to work...
An amazing person from another group compiled a list of senator’s own words from 2016 to put on postcards and she has addresses. She has done the work. Please write to these senators!
Senator Mike Lee
361A Russel Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: "We think that the American people need a chance to weigh in on this issue, on who will fill that seat. They’ll have that chance this November and they outghta have that chance." So, it's 2020, and the shoe still fits. Please don't be a hypocrite: do the right thing by delaying SCOTUS nomination hearings until 2021.
Senator Lindsey Graham
290 Russel Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2018: "If an opening comes in the last year of President Trump's term, and the primary process has started, We'll wait to the next election." Those are your words, sir. Keep your word. SCOTUS nomination hearings should not start until 2021.
Senator Marco Rubio
284 Russel Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: “I don’t think we should be moving forward on a nominee in the last year of this president’s term. I would say that if it were a Republican President.” It’s 2020 & the same circumstances, so SAY IT: We shouldn’t be moving forward on a nominee in the last year of this president’s term. Please prove you are a man of your word. Don’t be a hypocrite.
Senator Ron Johnson
328 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
In 2016, you wrote: “ In a very unique moment in time, eight months before an election where the American public will decide the direction of the country, why not let the American people decide the direction of the Supreme Court...Let the American people decide.” So, it's 2020 and the shoe still fits, only it 45 days until the election, not 8 months. Please do the right thing, and hold the SCOTUS nomination hearings until 2021. Please, don't be a hypocrite.
Senator Cory Gardner
354 Russel Senate Office Bldg
Washington DC 20510
You in 2016: “Our next election is too soon and the stakes are too high; the American People deserve a role in this process as the next Supreme Court Justice will influence the direction of this country for years to come.” So, it’s 2020, and the shoe still fits. The American people still deserve a role in the SCOTUS nomination process, unless you plan on being a hypocrite. I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt, and trust you will do the right thing.
Senator John Barrasso
307 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: “The American people will soon decide our next president. That person should get to choose the next supreme Court Nominee. Give the people a voice and let them chart the course for the court and the country.” So, it’s now 2020, and the shoe still fits. The people still deserve a voice to chart the course for the court and country. Please don’t be a hypocrite: SCOTUS nominations must wait until 2021.
Senator Pat Toomey
248 Russel Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: “With the presidential election fewer than 8 months away, it is wise to give the American people a more direct voice in the selection and confirmation of the next justice.” So, it’s 2020, and the shoe still fits. Do the right thing and let the American people use their voice; don’t be a hypocrite.
Senator John Thune
US Senate SD-511
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: “Since the next presidential election is already underway, the next president should make this lifetime appointment to the supreme court.” Guess what? It’s 2020, and the shoe still fits.
Senator Chuck Grassley
135 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: “A lifetime appointment that could dramatically impact individual freedoms and change the direction of the court for at least a generation is too important to get bogged down in politics. The American people shouldn’t be denied a voice.” Guess what? It’s 2020, it’s still important and the American people still shouldn’t be denied a voice. Please don’t be a hypocrite & do the right thing.
Senator John Cornyn
517 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: “This is really about an important principle. It’s important to allow the voters, in choosing the next president of the United States, make that decision and make sure their voice is heard rather than just 100 members of the Senate.” So, it’s 2020, and the principles have not changed. Let the voters be heard. Please don’t be a hypocrite; do the right thing.
Senator Tom Cotton
124 Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: “In a few short months, we will have a new president and new senators who can consider the next justice with the full faith of the people…Why would we squelch the voice of the populace? Why would we deny the voters a chance to weight in?” So, it’s 2020. It’s 45 days until the presidential election, (days, not months). Don’t squelch our voices. Wait until after the election to confirm a new SCOTUS Justice.
Senator Steve Daines
320 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: The Senate should exercise its Constitutional powers by NOT confirming a new #SCOTUS Justice until Americans have their voices heard.” Well, it’s 2020, and Americans still need to have their voices heard. Don’t be a hypocrite: Do the right thing- No confirmation hearings until 2021.
Senator Rob Portman
448 Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: “I believe the American people should have a voice in this debate. This is a lifetime appointment that could reshape the Supreme Court for generations, and I believe the best thing for the country is to trust the American people to weigh in.” So, it’s 2020, and the shoe still fits- which means the best thing for the country is to let us weigh in! Don’t be a hypocrite: Do the right thing- No confirmation hearings until 2021.
Senator David Perdue
320 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: “I believe the decision to not hold hearing for a supreme court nominee this year is a wise course of action in the midst of a presidential election.” So, it’s 2020, and the shoe still fits. Be wise: you SHOULD NOT hold hearing for a SCOTUS nominee in the midst of this presidential election.
Senator Ted Cruz
404 Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: “It has been 80 years since a Supreme Court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. There is a long tradition that you don’t do this in an election year.” So, it’s 2020, and we don’t want to break from tradition. Don’t be a hypocrite: Let the people have a voice!
Senator Mitch McConnell
317 Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
You in 2016: “There hasn’t been a vacancy created in a presidential election year filled in 80 years… so this vacancy will not be filled this year. We will look forward to the American people deciding who they want to make this appointment through their own votes.” So, it’s 2020, and the shoe still fits. Unless you’re a hypocrite, you must let the American people decide, just like they did in 2016.
Don’t even think about replacing the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, just 45 days until our next presidential election. During the Merrick Garland Nomination you claimed there wasn’t sufficient time to vote, and that was eleven months prior to the election. You must remember it, after all, it was named, “The McConnell Rule.” Follow your own rules and hold the SCOTUS nomination hearings until 2021.
I also wrote a thank you to Senator Murkowki, because she already took a stand and said she would not support filling the vacancy before 2021. Senator Murkowki, 552 Hart Senate Office Bldg, Washington DC. 20510
Contact info for all Senators; handy for the next few months.
https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
When I write these legislators a card I mail it to their local office address.
I figure their home staff have a direct connection between them and their constituencies.
Each Senator’s page has at least one home site address. But
THANK YOU for this! We have just printed and signed 16 letters. Can't think of a better use for those extra stamps we bought recently to help support the USPS. It feels good to be doing something - anything - to take action.
Thank you for giving us this valuable information! I just finished printing out my letters and make a bunch of contributions to senate candidates. None of those contributions went to people on this list.
It's truly heartbreaking that we can't simply celebrate her life and mourn her passing.
A 4th grader last year dressed as RBG for storybook character parade. I approached her and said I love it! The notorious RBG! Her face lit up! You know who I am! She wants to be a lawyer like her mom and become a Supreme Court justice and help people. I have no doubt that little girl has a very different life because of RBG! And will do great things!
My brothers went to my lawyer and tried to have me taken off of my parents estate as the executrix. My lawyer suggested they get their own representation. I had no idea! Thanks RBG! The ways Her Honor touched my life and every American are immeasurable!
Thank you Heather for this! I’ve been devastated. What will happen to us now?
How shady! Clearly your parents knew whom to trust. Are you still speaking to your brothers?