Minimal script: I’m calling from [zip code] and I want Senator [___] to vote against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh because his rulings/views on _______ (see suggestions below) are reprehensible/(out of step with the {21st century/majority of Americans}).
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Here are some points to use. Pick a different one everyday. Really. Every. single. day. We need to flood our senators’ offices with calls against this one.
- Roe v. Wade: Kavanaugh dissented in a ruling that stated an undocumented teenager had a legal right to obtain an abortion, writing that the D.C. Circuit Court majority decision bestowed “a new right for unlawful immigrant minors in U.S. Government detention to obtain immediate abortion on demand.”
- Roe v. Wade: He gave a speech in 2017 to the American Enterprise Institute in which he said he agreed with Justice Rehnquist’s dissent in Roe v. Wade.
- Untouchable Trump: In a 2009 article in the Minnesota Law ReviewKavanaugh argued for a law that would exempt a sitting president from criminal prosecution and investigation, including prosecutorial questioning.
- OK with semi-automatic weapons: In 2011, he authored a dissent in a case that upheld a semi-automatic weapons ban in D.C., arguing that the assault weapons ban was unconstitutional.
- Anti-environmental: He has sided against the Environmental Protection Agency in many cases involving Obama-era regulations, ranging from the banning of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) (which he opposed) to rules on harmful emissions that cross state lines (which he rejected).
- Not a net neutrality fan: He has argued against Net Neutrality.
- Not a fan of protecting consumers: He claims that the Consumer Financial Protections Bureau is unconstitutional and has said independent agencies circumvent executive powers.
- Not a fan of Americans accessing healthcare: Kavanaugh argued in his dissent in a 2011 case pertaining to the ACA that the president can choose to ignore laws that he or she finds unconstitutional, even if the courts have ruled that the laws are constitutional.
- Thinks corporations are more important than individuals: In a 2015 dissent in Priests for Life v HHS, Kavanaugh argued that employers should be able to deny employees coverage for contraceptive care if it violates their religious beliefs.
