Hi,
BREAKING: The Supreme Court just issued a major anti-union decision that
“risks erosion of the right to strike,” according to dissenting Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson.^1
The Court’s ruling today in Glacier v. Teamsters creates a new precedent
that unions are responsible for financial damages incurred by an employer
during a strike. This could profoundly limit workers’ ability to exercise
their right to strike.^2
This far-right Supreme Court has undermined our reproductive rights,
environment protections, and now our most basic labor rights. Setting term
limits for justices would help fix this corrupt Court. Under their current
lifetime appointments, justices have been free to push their own extremist
agendas without any accountability.
Congress has the power to end these lifetime terms and make the court the
balanced, accountable institution it was meant to be.
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"Make no mistake — this ruling has everything to do with giving companies
more power to hobble workers if any attempt is made to fight back against
a growing system of corruption,” explained Teamsters Union President Sean
O’Brien in a statement on the decision. He added that, despite the ruling,
“The Teamsters will strike any employer, when necessary, no matter their
size or the depth of their pockets. Unions will never be broken by this
Court or any other.”^3
The right-wing Supreme Court also severely undermined unions in the 2018
case Janus v AFSCME, which gutted public sector unions. In both Janus and
today’s decisions, the Court ignored decades of precedent and simply
implemented their own extremist agenda.
Congress must take action now to rein in this unaccountable Supreme Court.
The TERM Act would set Supreme Court appointments at 18 years, and would
ensure that each newly elected President is able to appoint two Justices.
With each President able to select two justices, appointments would become
predictable events, not embarrassing partisan spectacles.^4
Lifetime appointments have put us in a position where our democracy and
basic rights depend on the health of a few Justices who have been serving
for decades. It’s time for Congress to pass Supreme Court term limits and
restore legitimacy and independence to the nation's highest court.
[ [link removed] ]Add your name: Congress must pass term limits for the Supreme Court
Thanks for taking action,
Joey and the team at Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. Supreme Court of the United States, “Justice Jackson, dissenting,”
[ [link removed] ]June 1, 2023.
2. NBC, “In blow to unions, Supreme Court rules company can pursue strike
damage claim,” [ [link removed] ]June 1, 2023.
3. Teamsters, “O'Brien: SCOTUS Attacks All U.S. Workers,” [ [link removed] ]June 1,
2023.
4. In These Times, “The Supreme Court Needs Term Limits. Clarence Thomas
Is Proof,” [ [link removed] ]June 1, 2023.
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