Friend — In the final days of their latest session, the Supreme Court's right-wing majority dropped their decisions on three life-altering cases affecting discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community, affirmative action in higher education, and student debt relief.
We cannot allow the Supreme Court's assault on Americans' basic rights and liberties to go unanswered. We need your help to escalate our campaign for fair courts and judges. That’s why I’m excited to share that, for the next week only, your gift can be matched to go 2x as far to power our campaigns. Can we count on you to make a matched gift before the July 21st deadline?
Why do these cases matter? In just a few days, the Supreme Court’s right-wing majority decided to:
- Strike down affirmative action efforts in higher education, reversing access to higher education to communities of color and harming our entire society by severely limiting our ability to benefit from the contributions of students from all backgrounds.
- Grant license to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people, setting a harmful precedent for all minority groups and putting the LGBTQ community at risk of exacerbated prejudice.
- Cancel student loan relief for over 40 million lower-income borrowers, disproportionately affecting Latino and Black borrowers, many of whom would have had their entire student debt relieved.
The radical right-wing majority’s rulings in these cases are direct attacks on the rights of millions of us around the country. They are an affront to what ties Americans together: the freedom to be who we are and pursue our individual versions of life and liberty.
While we are outraged by these outcomes, we can’t say we are surprised. The Trump administration, fueled by the Far Right, made it their priority to stack the courts in their favor with judges who are not here to protect us.
With your support, we’ve already helped confirm nearly 140 fair-minded judges during the Biden administration but there are still almost 90 vacancies across the federal judiciary at the district and circuit court levels.
Fair judges like Rachel Bloomekatz, nominee for the Sixth Circuit, are up for consideration. Rachel is a public interest lawyer and award-winning litigator. She has devoted her career to advancing voting rights, workers’ and consumers’ rights, gun safety, public health, and civil rights. We are confident that her confirmation will make a difference in the lives of people throughout America and in the fight to strengthen our democracy.
Together, we will achieve a world where courts work for us, not against us.
I’m so glad to be in this fight with you.
— Zach
Zach VanHouten
Director of Digital Membership
People For the American Way
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