If this is accurate, check out the organic protest that are scheduled for Sunday. Some excerpts below.
WHAT IS THIS GUIDE FOR?
This is a guide to support and empower people who are ready to fight back this weekend when President Trump names a SCOTUS nominee and attempts to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat before the inauguration. We will be having a distributed day of action this Sunday, Sept 27 at 2pm local time. This guide will provide a roadmap for taking action, and ensure your actions align with actions across the country so that together, we can be a powerful united force for justice.
SLOGANS FOR ACTION ART
Slogans are a simplified version of your message. Having unified slogans helps us make our demands clear. Slogans are the words that we use on our action art. These slogans should be used in ALL CAPS on action art. For more information on how to make art for your action
see the action visuals section below, or check out the action art
toolkit.
- NO CONFIRMATION BEFORE INAUGURATION
- LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE
- OUR FUTURE, OUR JUSTICE
- I DON’T WANT YOUR NOMINEE. I WANT _____________ [fill in the blank to personalize]
- JUSTICE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR
- RACIAL JUSTICE
- ECONOMIC RELIEF
- A GREEN NEW DEAL
- MEDICARE FOR ALL
- COVID TESTING
- COVID RELIEF
- REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
SAMPLE SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT
Social media is a powerful organizing tool. You should post on social media leading up to your action, to recruit people to attend, as well as post during the action and directly after. See the
call to action section for more info about posting on social media after the action.
Here is sample language to use on social media:
Protect our democracy and our communities. No confirmation before inauguration.
We’re less than 30 days out from the election. Honor democracy and RBG. Let the people decide who will be the nominee.
It’s time for the Senate to pass economic relief, not ram through a Supreme Court nominee.
#RuthBaderGinsburg leaves a legacy on the Supreme Court that is etched into the fabric of our democracy. We must fight to protect it by ensuring that there’s no confirmation before the inauguration .
Health care for people with preexisting conditions is on the line. Right now there is a case at the Supreme Court that may end the entire Affordable Care Act, which would kick millions off their insurance in the middle of a pandemic. If he is able to pick another justice that could put health care at risk for all of us.
One more conservative justice on the Supreme Court would lock in a conservative supermajority for decades to come. Everything -- including abortion rights, gun violence prevention, LGBTQ+ rights, economic justice, and voting rights -- would be at risk. Progressives are ready to rally and fight back to protect our rights and our democracy.
Senate leadership should be focused on addressing the COVID-19 crisis, not fast-tracking a Supreme Court nominee. No confirmation until inauguration — period. #LetThePeopleDecide
If Trump confirms a replacement for #RBG, there’s no telling what damage they could do to reproductive freedom or healthcare access. To protect our rights, we need to make sure there’s no confirmation until after the inauguration.
Our most fundamental freedoms are at stake. Another conservative justice threatens access to reproductive freedom, healthcare, and equality. The people should pick the next president, and the next president should choose the nominee.
What’s at stake if senate leadership replaces #RBG with a radical new justice who could serve on the Supreme Court for decades? EVERYTHING. We have to fight this nomination with all that we’ve got, because we’re fighting for our freedom.
Primary Hashtag (use this on all your social media posts): #LetThePeopleDecide
Additional Hashtags: #OurCourts #OurFutureOurJustice #ProtectTheCourts #PeopleOverPolitics
Sample graphics:
TALKING POINTS
These are for the speakers at your action to use to craft their speeches, and for writing a press release or sharing more info to your base to encourage people to come support your action.
- With voting already underway, it should be left up to the American people to decide who gets to nominate the next Supreme Court justice.
- No nomination should advance or be voted on before the 2021 Inauguration.
- Senate leadership needs to prioritize economic relief for the millions of people who are suffering after having lost their jobs and are struggling to pay rent and feed their families, not play politics with a rushed Supreme Court nomination process.
- The Supreme Court makes rulings that shape all of our lives—everything from abortion to segregation, transgender rights to climate change, big money in politics to healthcare. It is unacceptable and unjust to try to rush through a nomination less than 40 days from the election.
- We must rise up to demand that US Senators stand on the right side of history and let the people decide on the next Supreme Court Justice of this country. We must demand no nomination before inauguration. It’s our future and we should get to choose our justice.
- DO lead with values
- DO name the violation of those values and/or culprits
- DO focus on an irresistable vision of the future
- DO name your audience/s and think about what moves them, this is another great way to localize your rally
- DON’T use/repeat the opposition’s language or frames.
- DON’T lead with data. You can include it, but numbers shouldn’t be the lead