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John, we must expand the Supreme Court. And let me tell you, I didn’t come to this conclusion lightly.
The founders of our country created our judiciary system to act as a fair, impartial balance to the legislative and executive branches of our government.
But that is certainly not how it functions today.
For decades, dark-money groups, conservative legal groups, and their Republican cronies in Congress have engineered a Supreme Court that is stacked with their right-wing nominees of choice.
Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell gamed the system and kicked off one the most conservative eras of SCOTUS that our country has ever seen.
And now, our Supreme Court, which is supposed to be a neutral, fair arbiter of the Constitution and our legal system, is full of ultra-conservative justices who have a myriad of conflicts of interest and hyper-partisan positions (that they don’t even keep a secret!).
And when decisions — like the fate of President Biden’s student debt cancellation, the continued attempts to strip away reproductive rights, and the unfair redistricting of Congressional seats across the country — are at the mercy of a Republican-stacked Supreme Court, we have to act.
That’s why I’ve authored legislation to expand the number of Supreme Court justices, and support legislation to impose term limits and restore balance to the court. And I’m working on more.
Congress must take action. Adding additional justices to the Supreme Court is nothing new historically, and doing this will help restore legitimacy and ensure our nation’s highest court doesn’t continue to be used to advance a partisan agenda at odds with the interests of the American people.
In short, McConnell and Trump stacked the court, and now we must unstack it.
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Thank you for taking the time to read this, John. This is about honoring our Constitution and protecting our democracy.
— Adam
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