INSIDE: over 200 of President Biden's judicial nominees have been confirmed, Supreme Court majority makes it easier to weaken Black electoral power, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito flies flags aligned with insurrectionists, Trump's plans for his first 100 days, and more!
People For the American Way
May 2024
The American Way


Spotlight


With the confirmation of Angela Martinez to the District Court of Arizona last week, the nation has reached an important milestone: This is the 200th confirmation of a lifetime judicial nominee since President Biden took office. It is cause for celebration of what has been achieved, along with determination to keep moving forward.

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As news broke yesterday about former President Trump being found guilty on 34 felony counts related to falsifying business records to aid his 2016 campaign, cheers for the fundamental principle that no one is above the law erupted across the nation. At the same time, as we celebrate this step towards accountability and justice, we must not lose sight of the dangers that lie ahead of us.

Trump and his MAGA allies are preparing a complete and total government takeover through their Project 2025 campaign – one that will weaponize federal agencies; purge civil servants who are “disloyal” to Trump and the MAGA agenda; advance Christian nationalist threats to the separation of church and state; give Trump the dictatorial powers he seeks should he become president; impose a brutal crackdown on immigration; jeopardize or upend many of our cherished rights and freedoms; and more!

These are the stakes on the ballot this November – it’s the 2020 MAGA agenda on steroids.

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This Month


The Supreme Court issued its decision in the racial gerrymandering case of Alexander v. South Carolina Conference of the NAACP. The 6-3 decision by the conservative majority weakened Black people’s ability to fully participate in our democracy.

The majority opinion in this voting rights case was written by Justice Samuel Alito, who has publicly signaled support for violently reversing election results, twice displaying flags at his home that are closely associated with election-denying insurrectionists. It shows just how corrupt the majority has become. It is a stain not just on Alito, but also on Chief Justice John Roberts, who purports to care about the integrity of the Court he leads.

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The New York Times reported last week that an “Appeal to Heaven” flag was flown over Justice Samuel Alito’s beach house last summer. Like the upside-down American flag flown at the Alitos’ home in the days following the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, the Appeal to Heaven flag was carried by insurrectionists who believed that fighting to keep Donald Trump in office was a righteous cause.

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This edition of Trumptastrophe brings into focus the failed promises and disastrous policies of Trump’s first 100 days in office while also highlighting the frightening plans in Project 2025 – the right-wing plot to undermine and weaponize the federal government should Trump win reelection in November.

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