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DESCRIPTION:Please join thousands of other Americans to protest and rally against the 
 extreme agenda of President Donald Trump, including his nomination of Neil 
 Gorsuch to the US Supreme Court. The People’s Filibuster will take place 
 in cities across the US and feature everyday Americans speaking on why they 
 object to the extreme agenda of the President and how the appointment of 
 Neil Gorsuch to the US Supreme Court would advance that agenda for decades 
 to come.\n\nJUDGE GORSUCH IS THE MOST EXTREME SUPREME COURT NOMINEE IN A 
 GENERATION, EVEN MORE EXTREME THAN JUSTICE SCALIA. \n\nHERE ARE THE 
 FACTS:\n\nOn Women’s Rights, Judge Gorsuch has a troubling history of 
 ruling against women and their families. In the infamous Hobby Lobby court 
 case, Gorsuch ruled that a boss can decide whether their employees can have 
 access to basic health care, including birth control. In another case, he 
 sided with an anti-choice politician who was trying to block access to 
 Planned Parenthood in the state of Utah. President Trump has repeatedly 
 promised to appoint justices who will overturn Roe v. Wade and he’s 
 confident that Gorsuch is his man.\n\nOn Civil Rights, Judge Gorsuch has 
 repeatedly ruled to give police forces and prosecutors more unchecked 
 power. In one instance, Gorsuch ruled in favor of an officer who allegedly 
 gave a nine-year-old boy a hairline fracture. Gorsuch is also a staunch 
 opponent of marriage equality, placing him far outside of the mainstream 
 and on the wrong side of history.\n\nOn Corporate Influence, Judge Gorsuch 
 has repeatedly ruled in favor of wealthy, powerful corporations and against 
 the interest of everyday people. In cases where workers alleged sex, race, 
 age, and other discrimination, Gorsuch has sided with the employer in eight 
 of the twelve cases.\n\nGorsuch is highly hostile to the work of groups 
 fighting for rights and justice. In an article for a conservative magazine, 
 Gorsuch criticized “the Left” for advancing too many constitutional 
 lawsuits and described marriage equality as part of the liberal social 
 agenda, saying, “American liberals have become addicted to the courtroom 
 … as the primary means of effecting their social agenda on everything 
 from gay marriage to assisted suicide to the use of vouchers for 
 private-school education.”\n\nJudge Gorsuch would help rig our economic 
 and political systems even worse against working families and our 
 communities. He would have overturned a Department of Labor fine against a 
 company whose failure to train a worker caused his death. Confirming him 
 would put the ability of working people to join together at work and have a 
 voice in a union at risk.\n\nNeil Gorsuch has a troubling record of siding 
 with the wealthy and powerful and against everyone else. He believes 
 corporations are people. He has supported a legal standard that would lead 
 to the end of contribution limits, something that would hand our elections 
 completely over to big donors and special interests. He has opposed 
 accountability for corporate bad actors. If given a lifetime appointment on 
 the Supreme Court, he’d weaken our democracy by making it harder for 
 everyday people to have their voices heard.\n\nFinally, Judge Gorsuch wants 
 to gut the government’s power to protect families and communities across 
 the nation. Gorsuch wants to slash the authority of agencies like the EPA, 
 Health and Human Services, and the FCC—threatening to affect the lives of 
 millions of Americans in everything from our health care, to environmental 
 quality, to our ability to access the internet. Even Justice Scalia, 
 arguably the most conservative Justice in modern history, strongly 
 disagreed with Gorsuch on these matters.\n\nJudge Gorsuch has promised to 
 “apply the law as it is, focusing backward.” But we know that means 
 backward with no regard for the march of history. Backward to a time when 
 rights were limited to only a privileged few. We can’t let him take us 
 backward.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/04/01/18797896.php
SUMMARY:People's Filibuster Opposing Gorsuch for Supreme Court
LOCATION:Justin Herman Plaza\nEnd of Market St
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/04/01/18797896.php
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