Stop GOP Attempt to Block Obama's Most Progressive Nominee

CREDO Alert:

There is no doubt about it. Focus on the Family is out to get pro-choice and pro-Constitution Office of Legal Counsel nominee Dawn Johnsen.

Dawn Johnsen is a former legal director of NARAL Pro-Choice America. She has been a fierce and outspoken critic of John Yoo and the Bush administration's unconstitutional policies. As one of President Obama's most progressive nominees, she could soon take over John Yoo's former base of power: the Office of Legal Counsel. But not if the rightwing Focus on the Family is successful in blocking her confirmation.

Although many Americans have never heard of it, the Office of Legal Counsel is a powerful part of the executive branch. The OLC was the source of the infamous torture memos and other legal justifications for unconstitutional activities of the Bush administration.

Not surprisingly, the radical right has targeted her and is pulling out all the stops to get Republicans and centrist Democrats to support a filibuster of her nomination.

We can't let the right wing successfully blackball pro-choice, pro-Constitution advocates.

Tell your senators: Stop the Focus on the Family filibuster, and vote to confirm Dawn Johnsen

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