As the coronavirus pandemic magnifies the need for a strong national safety net to protect the health and well-being of Americans, Alliance for Justice worked with People For the American Way to release a new joint report, “Shredding the Social Safety Net: The Republican Plot to Use the Federal Courts to Destroy Public Health, Safety and Other Protections.” The report details a key strategy in the right wing’s long-running mission to turn back the clock on social safety net programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act — as well as protections for workers, consumers, and the environment. That strategy has become focused on appointing highly ideologically conservative judges to the federal bench, to accomplish through their rulings what Republicans have found too unpalatable to pass legislatively: the destruction of decades of progress in assuring critical legal rights and protections for public health and safety. This public health crisis has made it clear that now more than ever we need systems in place to protect our healthcare, workers, and consumers - and that means we must protect our courts. | |
