Just hours after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death was announced on Friday, the leaders of three of the left’s most potent advocacy groups, Demand Justice, Naral Pro-Choice America and Indivisible, were on a call with 1,000 progressive activists and strategists to begin to unfurl a plan they hoped they would not have to use.
Demand Justice, a relatively new group led by the longtime Democratic aide Brian Fallon to match the powerful conservative legal apparatus, quickly pledged to spend $10 million “to fight to ensure no justice is confirmed before the January inauguration.”
At the same time, a coalition of President Trump’s conservative allies said Saturday that it was preparing for an intense confrontation over Justice Ginsburg’s seat, and was gearing up for a lobbying and public relations blitz.
The message: Move quickly to replace her.
Sunday, September 20, 2020
SCOTUS: The Lobbying Has Begun
Michael D. Shear (CMC `89) and Nicholas Fandos at NYT:
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