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Supporter,

It sounds like a chapter out of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” but it’s true. In
Nebraska, a 19-year-old has just been sentenced to jail for accessing
abortion care. This, after the state demanded the release of private
Facebook conversations between the woman and her mother (while her mother
is awaiting sentencing). Violations of our fundamental rights to privacy
and bodily autonomy are becoming increasingly commonplace as right-wing
lawmakers stack our courts with their allies while criminalizing access to
reproductive health care.

The fallout from the conservative Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe
v. Wade is only beginning.

This month, the Senate takes its annual summer break, but we can’t rest
until we restore our fundamental rights, like reproductive freedom, by
taking back our courts from the Far Right. The Senate adjourned with 70
judicial vacancies. That’s 70 openings where judges could be making a
difference every single day in millions of Americans’ lives and preventing
travesties like the one above from taking place.

[ [link removed] ]Please join our fight for fair courts by adding your name to tell
Senators: WE NEED YOU TO PRIORITIZE CONFIRMING FAIR-MINDED JUDGES AS SOON
AS YOU RETURN FROM BREAK! >>

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For decades, the Far Right has used its power and influence to stack the
federal court system with judges who undermine our basic liberties like
our rights over our own bodies, the freedom to vote, and fundamental
equality for LGBTQ+ individuals and other minorities.

Nebraska’s prosecution of a teenager and her mother for obtaining an
abortion is just the latest example of how this pipeline of extreme
right-wing judicial activism threatens our fundamental rights and
liberties.

The decision sets a terrifying precedent for all people who seek an
abortion, and for people who simply help those considering abortions. We
must take action to end the Far Right’s attacks on our freedoms.

[ [link removed] ]We urge you to join us by adding your name to tell senators: WE NEED
FAIR-MINDED JUDGES ON OUR COURTS NOW! >>

Thanks to the support of people like you, we’ve already confirmed a total
of 140 judges committed to equal rights, including Justice Ketanji Brown
Jackson to the Supreme Court. She joins 103 district or trial court
judges, and 36 judges on the crucial federal courts of appeals. But
President Biden, who had been ahead of the previous three presidents for
the number of judges confirmed at this point in their presidencies, has
now fallen behind Trump and Bush.

We cannot let up on the pressure. There are 70 critical judicial seats
open and many more life-changing decisions to come. We must take action
right now to demand that the Senate confirm nominees who will protect our
basic human rights.

Only a tiny fraction of court cases ever make it to the Supreme Court
(less than 1%!), which makes lower federal courts an extremely important
buffer protecting our rights from ruthless right-wing lawmakers and their
allies. The need to fill these vacant seats with judges who will uphold
and protect our constitutional rights is vital!

[ [link removed] ]Can I
count on you to add your name to our petition to tell Senators: WE NEED
FAIR-MINDED JUDGES IN OUR COURTS AS SOON AS THE SENATE IS BACK IN
SESSION >>

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As always, thank you for being in this fight with us.

Svante Myrick
President
People For the American Way

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