To: Sen. Martha McSally (AZ-2)
Senator Flake: Do Your Job and Allow a Nomination!
Hi,
I just signed a petition to The United States Senate which says "Senator Flake, do your constitutional duty on behalf of the people of Arizona. Confirm a highly qualified Supreme Court nominee.
I just signed a petition to The United States Senate which says "Senator Flake, do your constitutional duty on behalf of the people of Arizona. Confirm a highly qualified Supreme Court nominee.
Why is this important?
It is the president's constitutional authority to nominate justices to the Supreme Court. And it is the Senate's constitutional role to "advise and consent."
Nowhere in the Constitution is the Senate asked to play partisan games of endless, senseless obstructionism. Outrageously, just hours after the news of Justice Antonin Scalia's death, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that President Obama should not have the opportunity to appoint a justice to the high court.
Leaving the seat vacant would create uncertainty, cause real harm to countless Americans, and abdicate the Senate's job under our Constitution to give fair consideration to Supreme Court nominees. The Senate must heed its constitutional responsibility to advise and consent to a highly qualified Supreme Court nominee.
That's why we're asking Arizona Senator Jeff Flake to do his duty as a member of the U.S. Senate and allow the President to nominate a replacement for Justice Scalia.
Nowhere in the Constitution is the Senate asked to play partisan games of endless, senseless obstructionism. Outrageously, just hours after the news of Justice Antonin Scalia's death, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that President Obama should not have the opportunity to appoint a justice to the high court.
Leaving the seat vacant would create uncertainty, cause real harm to countless Americans, and abdicate the Senate's job under our Constitution to give fair consideration to Supreme Court nominees. The Senate must heed its constitutional responsibility to advise and consent to a highly qualified Supreme Court nominee.
That's why we're asking Arizona Senator Jeff Flake to do his duty as a member of the U.S. Senate and allow the President to nominate a replacement for Justice Scalia.