New Yorkers: Call Senator Schumer and Tell Him You’re Disappointed He Isn’t Fighting to Confirm ALL Judicial Nominees

The final session of Congress is in full swing and we’ve been putting the pressure on Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Senate Democrats to do everything they can to clear the decks and confirm all judicial nominees to ensure that those lifetime appointments are filled by pro-democracy judges before Trump returns to the White House.

And it seemed that Schumer listened, keeping Senate Democrats working late several nights in a row to get through procedural votes, despite Senate Republicans slowing down the process at every turn. 

Schumer should be fighting to fill ALL judicial vacancies, even if it means working more late nights, weekends, and after the holidays to get around Republican obstruction. But instead he caved to those obstruction efforts, agreeing to leave four critical seats on federal circuit courts open for Trump to fill next year in exchange for a smoother confirmation process for outstanding district court judges.

This is the opposite of the tone we need Schumer to set as we head into a Trump presidency. Even if these circuit court nominees didn’t yet have the votes needed to be confirmed, Schumer should be leaning on Senate Democrats to stay united in support of every Biden-nominated judge and using Senate Republican absences to his advantage to confirm judges when he has a majority in Washington.

Ultimately, we want him to fight for our democracy even when it’s difficult, not to cut deals that give Trump more power just because it’s easier. 

Fill out this form right now and we’ll connect you to Senator Schumer. Tell him that you’re disappointed that he accepted a deal that will allow Trump to fill four critical vacancies next year instead of filling them with pro-democracy judges now. Let him know that you expect him to fight back against Republican obstruction efforts, not reward them.