The Senate will vote THIS WEEK on stopping the EPA’s global warming power grab. Call Senator Kirk today and tell him to VOTE YES on the McConnell Amendment– the only real amendment to stop the EPA.

Call Senator Mark Kirk at 202-224-2854.

The regulations will cost the economy trillions but do nothing to improve the environment. It will …take 60 votes, and Senator Kirk could hold the key to success.

CALL HERE: Tell Your Representatives to Cosponsor Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2011—The Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2011 has been introduced in both houses. In the House, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) has introduced it as H.R. 549. In the Senate, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has introduced it as S. 202.

Four Republicans not yet committed to stop EPA’s power grab. Must convince them before vote today: Mark Kirk, Scott Brown, Olympia Snowe, and Susan Collins. Call them on 202-224-3121 or email here: http://bit.ly/fCrNIn

The nomination process for Elena Kagan to become an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court has been set back as the Senate Judiciary Committee decided to put off the vote until July 20. This is good news, since it gives us more time to let our voices be heard. Remember, the decisions she makes will be far reaching and have a direct impact on not only your life, but on the lives of your children and grandchildren.

President Obama’s decision to nominate Kagan, and thus add a progressive to the Supreme Court, could be considered a stealth move. Having never served as a judge, she has no paper trail indicating her judicial philosophy or leanings. In fact, even after the Senate hearings, an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll showed that 57% of Americans had either no idea who Elena Kagan was or were not sure what to think of her.The press and Senate, however, seemed enamored with her humor. While having a sense of humor is an admirable attribute, it does not qualify one for the Supreme Court.
Along with her sense of humor, here are some things that we do know about her:

1. Kagan did admit that she would be a judicial activist. This is important because she studied at the feet of Judge Abner Mikva, a known liberal judicial activist, and Justice Thurgood Marshall. Marshall is noted as saying, “you do what you think is right and let the law catch up.”
2. She called Israeli activist Judge Aharon Barak “my judicial hero” and stated that he was the judge that “in my lifetime whom I think best represents and has best advanced the values of democracy and human rights, of the rule of law and of justice.” Barak wrote in his book, The Judge in a Democracy, “a good judge is a judge who, within the bounds of legitimate possibilities, makes law that, more than other law he is authorized to make, best bridges the gap between law and society and best protects the Constitution and its values.”
3. She worked for the Clinton administration, where she advocated against guns and for partial birth abortion.
4. She now works for the Obama administration as Solicitor General. Here she filed briefs against Arizona immigration laws, and has shown hostility toward the Second Amendment.
5. As dean of Harvard’s Law School, she condemned military recruiting policy as “moral injustice of the first order”, and banned US military recruiters from the campus. She signed two amicus briefs seeking to strike down the Solomon amendment; the Supreme Court later unanimously upheld the law in 2006.
6. She has stated under oath that she “has no view of natural rights”. This could be taken to mean that she believes that our rights come from our Constitution and not that the Constitution is there to protect our unalienable, God-given human rights. In other words, she apparently believes that our rights come from the government; carried out, this would mean that rights can be taken away by our government.
7. She believes that the courts, as well as the Supreme Court, should look to courts’ international law and the laws and precedents of other countries in examining our own Constitution and determining the outcome of cases. When asked by Senator Chuck Grassley if judges should “look to foreign law for ‘good ideas?’” Kagan responded, “I am in favor of good ideas wherever we can get them.” Senator Grassley then asked if she would “rely on or cite international foreign law when deciding cases” if she were confirmed. She responded, “It depends. There are some cases in which the citation of foreign law or international law might be appropriate.” This also implies picking and choosing laws that are contrary to the U.S. Constitution to support an agenda.
8. While Elena Kagan was dean, Harvard Law School added International Law as a required class, but U.S. Constitutional Law became an elective class.

There are two actions to be taken to help stop nomination. First, we need to call our Senators to let them know we do not want Elena Kagan confirmed. Second, we can call the Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and ask them to vote no. If all Republican members vote no, the nomination can be stopped. The Republican members of the Judiciary Committee are:

• Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
• Orin Hatch (R-UT)
• Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
• Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
• Lindsay Graham (R-SC)
• John Cornyn (R-TX)
• Tom Coburn (R-OK)

Call the Senate switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask for the Senator’s office.
We can make a difference!