Friend,

Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee began holding hearings about the
egregious ethics violations of Supreme Court justices, including Clarence
Thomas and John Roberts.(1)

But neither Justice Thomas nor Justice Roberts will have to sit before the
Senate and answer for their corruption. Why? Because Senator Dianne
Feinstein is still not back in the Senate.

Without Sen. Feinstein, the Judiciary Committee chair has almost no power
-- he can’t subpoena Justices Thomas or Roberts, and he can’t move new
ethics rules for the Supreme Court forward for a vote.(2)

The Supreme Court is in an ethics crisis, and this may be the last chance
we have to reform the Court for years to come. Sen. Feinstein should not
be holding up the process.

[ [link removed] ]Senator Dianne Feinstein needs to hear from as many Courage California
members as possible that we want her to step down and allow the Senate
Judiciary Committee to do its job. Please click here to call her today.

[ [link removed] ]CALL NOW

The revelations about the Supreme Court over the past few weeks have been
disheartening, to say the least.

We learned that a group affiliated with billionaire Harlan Crow had
business before the Supreme Court at the same time that Justice Thomas was
accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gifts from him.(3) We
learned that Thomas has been lying on his tax returns in order to cover up
the sources of some of his income.(4)

We also learned that Chief Justice John Roberts’ wife earned $10.3 million
in commissions from law firms that then argued cases in front of Justice
Roberts himself.(5)

Friend, if you or I conducted business this way, we’d surely lose
our jobs and would possibly be convicted of a crime. But due to Sen.
Feinstein’s absence, Justices Thomas and Roberts can’t even be subpoenaed.

If Democrats lose control of the Senate next year, there is no chance
Republicans will rein in this rogue Supreme Court. Sen. Feinstein must
step aside and let the Judiciary Committee establish real ethics rules and
hold Justices Thomas and Roberts accountable. The New York Times, The
Sacramento Bee, and even the head of the Senate Judiciary Committee
himself has asked her to step down, but she needs to hear from us, her
constituents. This is incredibly important. Will you call today?

[ [link removed] ]Call Senator Feinstein now!

[ [link removed] ]SUPPORT THIS CAMPAIGN

Yours in the fight for functioning democracy,

Irene, along with Annie, Angela, Isidra, Lindsay, Mai, and Scottie (and
the rest of the Courage team)

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