We cats are lucky enough to have two Democratic Senators, so we weren't quite sure how we could contribute to the grassroots save-SCOTUS movement. But we've seen some good advice tweeted around by a young whippersnapper from Indivisible, so we're willing to share the following:
1. Unless you're a big donor or a celebrity, don't bother lobbying a Senator who doesn't represent you.
2. You generally don't need to bother with House members (they don't vote on Supreme Court nominations), but if you live in a red state it would be good if you can get every Democratic member of your Congressional delegation to put out a statement of opposition.
3. Petitions, even with lots of signatures, aren't really effective unless you gather and deliver them locally.
4. Use social media more to organize than to make noise. Senators will simply dismiss the noise.
5. If you have Republican Senators to lobby, try to do so in person rather by phone, email, letter or tweet. (Do people still write letters?)
6. Do something local like an anti-Kavanaugh rally or event that will get media coverage and make your Republican Senator look as bad and out of touch as he or she is. Senators don't like to be embarrassed.
7. Indivisible dude didn't mention this, but a political maven we admire did: Tell everyone you know that this Kavanaugh creep will gut the ACA's mandated insurance exemption for pre-existing conditions. Because he will. No one's going to change sides on the abortion issue, but everybody worries about not getting coverage for things like asthma, diabetes, cancer, pregnancy and COPD.
P.S. Despite the advice in Item #1, please feel free to contact our Senator and Minority Leader, Chuck Schumer, and tell him it's time to play super-serious hardball. We're already going to scold him for failing to instruct the Morning Joes that the American people did not vote for a conservative court in 2000. (Or in 2016, either.) We cats HISS.
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