Dear MoveOn member,
The MAGA Supreme Court just made what may be its most horrific and
terrifying decision yet, paving the way for a future president to take
bribes, engage in a military coup, and politically prosecute his political
rivals with impunity—and even outright order their assassination.^1
Yes, John, you read that right. In Trump v. United States, the
Supreme Court just set the stage for Donald Trump to be elected president
one last time and then become a dictator. This is the same way Hitler came
to power in Nazi Germany.^2 Vox calls it a "blueprint for dictatorship."^3
The 2024 election is all that's standing in the way.
As Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in her blistering dissenting opinion, the
Supreme Court majority just made the president "a king above the law." She
wrote, "[W]hen [the president] uses his official powers in any way, under
the majority's reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal
prosecution. Orders the Navy's Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political
rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes
a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune."^4
John, the Supreme Court has just put the future of American
democracy on the ballot. The 2024 election may well be our last chance to
stop America from becoming a fascist dictatorship under Donald Trump.
We absolutely MUST prevail in defeating Trump and electing Democrats to
Congress, which has the power to rein in the Supreme Court with new rules
governing it, legislation that reverses some of its worst decisions, an
ethics code with real teeth, and even court expansion to minimize the MAGA
justices' influence.
Please start a donation of $5 a month to help defeat Donald
Trump and elect Democrats to rein in his MAGA Supreme Court.
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If Trump wins the election outright—or comes close enough for the Supreme
Court to decide in his favor—he will be emboldened never to leave the
White House.^5
He will, thanks to this decision, be unconstrained by the checks and
balances that constrained him in his first term. And keep in mind, Trump
barely left the White House before.^6 Now, he has vowed to turn the
government against his political enemies in a second term.^7
Trump has done and said all these things, and instead of writing it off as
bluster, we should believe him. Our only hope for preserving the rule of
law, for reining in the Supreme Court, and for saving our democracy is to
resoundingly defeat Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans at the ballot box.
Please donate $5 a month to help defeat Donald Trump and
MAGA Republicans so we can rein in his MAGA Supreme Court.
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Thanks to this horrifying decision, if Trump becomes president, he will
now be immune from prosecution for nearly everything he does, even if he
overtly and deliberately breaks the law in the process.
Now that the Supreme Court has abdicated their responsibility to the
Constitution, it is entirely up to us, the voters, to save our freedoms
and our democracy.
That's why we're pulling out all the stops. We cannot afford to make ANY
cuts, or scale back one bit, in light of the stakes.
* We're launching a major sustained campaign to combat Trump's lies and
propaganda, and now, responding to them on TikTok, where, according to
the Pew Research Center, one-third of people under 30 are getting
their news.
* We're fighting to expose Project 2025—the right's nearly 1,000-page
blueprint for turning America into a fascist police state, by
executive order and without an act of Congress, if Trump is reelected.
* And we're running a massive effort to connect with 1.5 million "surge"
voters—Democratic-leaning voters who don't regularly vote—in
battleground states, who will make the difference between winning and
losing this November. We're contacting these surge voters through
postcards, targeted ads, text messages, phone-banking, and more to
connect with them about the terrible policies that Trump plans to
implement, hear their concerns, and turn them out to vote.
Will you chip in $5 a month to help defeat Donald Trump and
MAGA Republicans?
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MoveOn will never stop fighting for the future of America as a democracy.
But if Trump wins, let's be real: He is very likely to turn the government
against Democrats and progressives, including progressive organizations
like MoveOn, in new and unprecedented ways. And thanks to this corrupt
Supreme Court, he'll do so with total impunity, knowing he cannot be
prosecuted for doing so, even if he breaks the law in the process.
That's the kind of dark future that the Supreme Court has made possible
and that Donald Trump is embracing in his actions and words—and why we
must win this election.
The best way to avoid a nightmare scenario is to defeat Trump and MAGA
Republicans resoundingly. $5 a month, or whatever you can
afford, will help us save democracy.
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Thanks for all you do.
–Alexis, Gabi, Mohammad, Kelsey, and the rest of the team
P.S. This isn't the only terrifying Supreme Court decision of the term.
The court's decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Secretary of Commerce
overturned a 40-year precedent, taking away expert federal agencies'
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 now in
serious danger of being overturned.
We cannot let Trump reach the White House again under a Supreme Court
ready to give him blanket immunity and the legal cover to destroy our
nation's protections. We have the power to put a stop to this
off-the-rails Supreme Court MAGA majority, by electing Democrats willing
to finally rein them in, but we can do it only with your help.
Will you help power our game-changing election work today by donating
$5 a month?
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Sources:
1. "TRUMP v. UNITED STATES," U.S. Supreme Court, July 1, 2024
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2. "How Hitler Used Democracy to Take Power," Time, April 26, 2024
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3. "The Supreme Court's disastrous Trump immunity decision, explained,"
Vox, July 1, 2024
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4. "TRUMP v. UNITED STATES," U.S. Supreme Court, July 1, 2024
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5. "Biden says Trump wouldn't concede next time: 'Losers are never
graceful,'" Axios, March 4, 2024
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6. "Donald Trump almost didn't leave the White House. Because, of course."
CNN, September 12, 2022
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7. "Trump's Vows to Prosecute Rivals Put Rule of Law on the Ballot," The
New York Times, June 5, 2024
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