Friend,

It’s bad enough that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, whose wife
played a role in the January 6 insurrection, has refused to recuse himself
in related cases. This week, he actually downplayed the deadly riot during
the oral arguments.(1)

It’s just the latest example of how Justice Thomas flouts what meager
guidelines exist for the nation’s highest court when it comes to recusal.
And he’s not the only one.

Every single conservative justice on this court has raised ethical flags –
all while upending our basic constitutional rights on everything from
reproductive freedom to preventing school shootings.(2,3)

But we have the power to fight back. We may not elect Supreme Court
Justices, but we do elect members of Congress. That’s why we’re coming
together to demand that Congress stop the Court’s relentless power grab.
On Wednesday, April 24, join Courage California and a coalition of
advocates for a Stop the Power Grab community event!

[ [link removed] ]Click here to RSVP for this special event on Wednesday, April 24 at
5:00PM PT, so we can make our collective voice heard about the need to
rein in the MAGA supermajority of the Supreme Court!

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There’s no real legal reasoning with this court dominated by
Trump-appointed justices. The MAGA supermajority is all about enacting a
partisan agenda to satisfy an extreme right wing, even if it means
throwing out decades of precedent on bodily autonomy, gun safety, and
environmental protection.

Justices like Thomas and Samuel Alito also have no qualms about living a
life of luxury on the dimes of the ultrarich, then going on to rule in
their favor.(4)

Thomas, for instance, is poised to reverse his old position and help undo
the “Chevron doctrine,” a legal principle that has long helped safeguard
the environment and workers. Destroying Chevron has been a long-standing
goal of Harlan Crowe, Thomas’s billionaire benefactor.(5)

These justices are appointed for life, but we can hold them accountable.
We can come together and demand that Congress -- which has clear oversight
over the court -- do its job and rein in the extreme MAGA supermajority.

[ [link removed] ]Sign up for a virtual Community Kickoff Wednesday, April 24 at 5:00 PM
PT, to find out how we can rein in the out-of-control Supreme Court.

Yours in the fight for justice,

–Irene, Annie, Angela, Isidra, Mario, Marvin, Alyssa, Jen, and Lindsay
(the Courage team)

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