John, The Supreme Court is actively undoing decades of progress to prevent discrimination. In a recent op-ed published in The Hill, Free Speech For People Chairman and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements argues that the Supreme Court’s ruling in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis not only greenlights discrimination against members of the LGBTQ+ community, but opens the door to legalizing discrimination against historically marginalized groups: “The court’s willful failure to distinguish discriminatory conduct from speech is not just a blow to LGBTQ rights and dignity…[the decision] makes free speech a potential license for businesses and individuals to disregard legal protections for disadvantaged groups — and virtually any other state or federal law that advances a value with which they disagree.” The right-wing majority on the Supreme Court is acting as a political, rather than legal, body, threatening our country’s most deeply held values. To restore nonpartisan balance to the Supreme Court, we must expand it. Justice Gorsuch’s reasoning in the majority opinion in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, Clements states, would permit widespread discrimination under the guise of “free speech” across all “expressive” settings, including the arts, education, technology, law, science and hospitality. Along with this same majority’s end of term cases banning affirmative action and invalidating student debt relief, all on the anniversary of their decision eliminating reproductive freedom, this case continues their implementation of the agenda of their far-right constituents, including Federalist Society and dark money leader Leonard Leo, who have spent decades remaking the courts in favor of the interests of the powerful, wealthy, white, male, Christian, heterosexual groups. Saying this Court is actively harming our country by stripping away our basic rights and freedoms isn’t enough. President Biden and Congress have the power to address this partisan takeover, and that starts with expanding the Court. Tell Congress: Pass the Judiciary Act and expand the Supreme Court. In solidarity,
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