Dear MoveOn member,
It's being called "one of the most momentous decisions of our lifetime."1
No, we're not talking about the Donald Trump immunity case, although that will have far-reaching ramifications. We're referring to the Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Secretary of Commerce, which overturned a 40-year precedent—the Chevron doctrine—that gave expert federal agencies the ability to implement critical health, safety, and consumer protections.
Air pollution. Food safety. Monopolies and corporate power. Regulations we depend on to be able to live our lives in safety and comfort are in danger of being overturned.2
The Loper decision is a gift to corporate America and the billionaires who have been bribing Supreme Court justices. The court is illegitimate, and we cannot depend on it to protect our rights.
Congress has the power to rein in the Supreme Court. Congress can pass new rules governing the court, including establishing an ethics code with real teeth or even expanding the court to minimize the MAGA justices' influence. A razor-thin margin separates Democrats and Republicans in Congress, and MoveOn's proven election program will make the difference in ensuring Democrats control Congress—if we have the funds to see it through.
What the MAGA Supreme Court majority said in Loper is that if any part of a law is left to interpretation, agencies, including the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency, no longer have the leeway to make that decision.3 So now, for example, when the EPA tries to rein in pollution with an emissions rule under the Clean Air Act, a corporation can just sue and have the rule knocked out.
This is why Harlan Crow spent millions courting Justice Clarence Thomas.4 This is why corporations paid Justice John Roberts' wife millions to "consult."5 This is what the luxury gifts to Justice Samuel Alito bought.6
The Loper decision is the tool Trump can use to ensure he achieves "the largest regulation cut in history" he promised FOUR times in Thursday's debate.7
We cannot let Trump reach the White House again under a Supreme Court ready to give him such blanket legal cover to destroy our nation's protections. But we also have the power to put a stop to this off-the-rails Supreme Court MAGA majority, by electing a Congress willing to finally rein them in.
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John, with the polls tied not only for the presidential race but also in critical congressional races nationwide, we need to ramp up our outreach program immediately. And at the end of the summer, we need to move from the outreach phase of our election program into "vote tripling."
Vote tripling is based on relational organizing—the idea that people are much more likely to listen to their friends and social networks than anonymous ads and outreach. MoveOn has taken relational organizing and super-powered it by providing an easy way to reach out to friends and family, talk to them about the issues they care about the most, and help them make a plan to get to the polls. Not only did MoveOn's vote tripling result in 50,000 unlikely voters casting a ballot in 2020 in key states and districts, it's been proven to be as much as five times more effective than other methods!
As a MoveOn member, you know that our rights are on the line this year. You know we must do everything possible to stop a MAGA takeover. And you know that MoveOn was built for this work—for more than a quarter of a century, we've been the ones pounding the pavement and doing whatever is necessary to get voters to the polls. We will succeed in November—if you step up for us right now.
Thanks for all you do.
–Alexis, Mohammad, Kelsey, Ankur, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "What the Chevron decision means for health policy," The Washington Post, July 1, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/194365?t=5&akid=396211%2E40999114%2Ez_UjdW
2. "What it means for the Supreme Court to throw out Chevron decision, undercutting federal regulators," AP News, June 28, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/194366?t=7&akid=396211%2E40999114%2Ez_UjdW
3. Ibid.
4. "Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition." ProPublica, May 4, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/172229?t=9&akid=396211%2E40999114%2Ez_UjdW
5. "Chief Justice John Roberts' Wife Made Over $10 Million As Legal Consultant, Report Says," Forbes, April 28, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/194367?t=11&akid=396211%2E40999114%2Ez_UjdW
6. "Samuel Alito did not declare gifts from billionaire with case before US supreme court," The Guardian, June 21, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/194368?t=13&akid=396211%2E40999114%2Ez_UjdW
7. "READ: Biden-Trump debate transcript," CNN, June 28, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/194369?t=15&akid=396211%2E40999114%2Ez_UjdW
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