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John,

I’m running for re-election in Rhode Island for the United States Senate. I’m hoping you’ll split a $10 donation between my campaign and Blue Amp Action – and here’s why.

It’s been clear for a long time that the Supreme Court has a corruption problem. I recently published a law review article highlighting how this captured Supreme Court often simply makes up false facts to arrive at decisions that ultimately benefit partisan Republican special interests.

Take Citizens United v. FEC as an example. Remember when the Federalist Society justices said that all the unlimited political spending they were unleashing would be “transparent”? Well, we’ve seen dark money in politics prove them wrong several billion times over.

Our system is designed to leave fact-finding to the lower courts that hear testimony, make credibility determinations, and review evidence. The Supreme Court is then supposed to defer to – and not alter – factual records in its decisions. Think about it: if the Highest Court in the Land makes up phony facts, there is nowhere else the parties can appeal to.

The captured Roberts Court has done a lot of this phony fact-finding in big decisions that have fundamentally changed life in America. The Dobbs decision that ended a fundamental freedom for women is another one that was built on made-up history. How are the American people supposed to trust a Court that makes up its own rules to concoct decisions that suit right-wing special interests?

I won’t give up my fight to improve transparency and accountability at the Supreme Court, but I need your help. Split a contribution today to send me back to the Senate so I can protect American democracy and make sure our Court is giving Americans the fair shake they deserve.

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About BlueAmp Action:

We cannot sugarcoat the current situation. Right-wing authoritarianism, defeated by a worldwide coalition during WWII, was only in hibernation. Over the past decade it has infected democratic societies--including ours. It is as simple as it is terrifying: What we do now will define the future of our country and world. 

We at Blue Amp Action are dedicated to liberal, open societies, where reason and science are applied to solve our problems; where civil rights--including voting rights!--are protected for all. We fight for these values every day. Speaking up on our platforms, raising the voices and the political prospects of liberal pols and pundits. 

And savvy grassroots activists like you know, just like we do, that we can’t stop watching the people we help elect: after the elections, we have to keep organizing support for the policies we like and pushing back against the ones we don’t.

When the public tunes out between elections and the only people our elected officials hear from are the paid lobbyists of wealthy corporations, our government stops being accountable to the needs of ordinary families.

Democracy never sleeps, and neither can we.

So we ask that you support our work, so we can continue to engage in this fight every moment of every day. So our kids grow up in democracy, not dystopia.

Thank you for your support for all we do! Please follow Cliff Schecter on Twitter @cliffschecter, or subscribe to The Takedown with Cliff Schecter on YouTube, to keep up to date with this battle for the heart and soul of our country.

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