Within hours of Justice Antonin Scalia's passing, top Republicans announced plans to block ANY of President Obama's nominees for the Supreme Court. They think we should wait until after the election for the next president to choose who fills Scalia's seat.

Can you imagine Donald Trump or Ted Cruz picking the next justice? The thought is positively terrifying--to say nothing of the fact that landmark abortion and birth control cases will be decided this spring without President Obama's nominee on the court. President Obama needs to be able to do his job and appoint a replacement. The stakes are too high for anything else. 

Republicans are watching to see how the country reacts to their declaration. Before their ideas take hold, we need to speak out loudly, and show them in no uncertain terms that the only acceptable way forward is for them to do their jobs and consider the current president's nominee.