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Oppose Todd Blanche's Nomination for AG and Oppose Policy Change for Prisoner Placement!

The Senate Judiciary Committee will soon vote on the nomination of Todd Blanche to serve as Attorney General, a position he is totally unqualified for.

We need to call Senator Durbin who serves in his capacity as a member of the Judiciary Committee to say:

Todd Blanche is absolutely unfit to be Attorney General and must not be confirmed.
We also need to express outrage about the policy change published last month at the Federal Bureau of Prisons that now allows the attorney general to “designate or redesignate the place of a prisoner’s imprisonment.”

This has never been under the DOJ’s control before and it shouldn’t be now. Blanche is using this move to try to cover up the fact that he illegally moved Gislaine Maxwell to a low security prison last year, but it could be used for more improper redesignations in the future.

Tell Senator Durbin that you want the Committee to ensure that this power returns to the Bureau of Prisons.

Call the Capitol Switchboard at: 202-224-3121 and ask for Senator Durbin's office. Tell him you are a constituent and use the above information about opposing the nomination of Todd Blanche and not allowing the Attorney General to be able to move prisoners from place to place (as was done with Gislaine Maxwell).

Tell him that you want federal officials, especially the Attorney General, who will follow and uphold the Constitution and the rule of law.

In Illinois, contact Senator Dick Durbin at 202-224-2152.

Oppose Latest Nominees to Lifetime Appointments as Federal Judges: Call Your Senators Now!

Three of President Trump’s federal judicial nominees are about to be voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee and await confirmation to lifetime appointments by the full Senate.

These nominees lack demographic diversity, and many are aligned with right-wing efforts that undermine civil rights, press freedom, access to justice, and corporate accountability. They are:

Benjamin Flowers, nominated to the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: Solicitor General of Ohio who has consistently fought to restrict access to abortion and led several challenges to the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Michael Martin, nominated to the Eastern District of Michigan: Martin's tenure as the Criminal Chief at the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan continues to be riddled with politically motivated attacks, including the firings of two seasoned Assistant United States Attorneys, who simply enforced FACE Act violations.

Call the Capitol Switchboard at: 202-224-3121 and ask for each of your Senator’s offices. Tell them you are a constituent and that you oppose the federal judicial nominations of the above 3 nominees and you want them to vote NO when they come up for confirmation on the Senate floor. Tell them that you want nominees who will uphold civil rights, press freedom, access to justice, and corporate accountability. These nominees will not.

In Illinois, contact Senator Tammy Duckworth at 202-224-2854; contact Senator Dick Durbin at 202-224-2152.

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