A quick timeline:

July 1
The Supreme Court issues its profoundly misguided ruling in Donald Trump’s
immunity case, in effect giving U.S. presidents sweeping power to break the law
with impunity — the kind of power heretofore associated with foreign despots,
dictators, and kings.

July 25
Public Citizen announces a bold new initiative to win a constitutional amendment
that would overturn the Supreme Court’s absurd immunity ruling and restore the
foundational principle that no one — not Donald Trump, not any president — is
above the law.

July 29
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris both call for substantive
reform regarding the Supreme Court, including an amendment.

August
Throughout this month, we’ve been emailing updates about the campaign for a
constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s dangerous immunity
ruling. And we’re already seeing progress, with extensive media coverage in
major outlets like:
ABC News
CBS News
CNN
Forbes
Fox News
The Guardian
Los Angeles Times
NBC News
The New York Times
Newsweek
Politico
Time Magazine
USA Today
The Wall Street Journal
The Washington Post

The American people have a choice to make — a choice that could not be more
critical.

Do we consent to be subjects of a de facto king?

Or do we fight to overturn the Supreme Court’s absurd immunity ruling and to
restore the foundational principle that no one — not Donald Trump, not any
president — is above the law?

It’s obvious: We have to overturn this ruling.

And the most surefire way to do that is with a constitutional amendment.

Now, winning a constitutional amendment will not be easy.

It is not supposed to be easy.

But does that mean we should just roll over and let our country devolve into a
dictatorship?

Hell.

No.

We know something about “not easy” here at Public Citizen. Just to give you one
example we’re sort of famous for: Today, nobody would buy — and no company would
try to sell — a new car without airbags. That was us. We battled Detroit for
decades. And we didn’t stop until we won.

These are the initial steps in our just-launched campaign for a constitutional
amendment that would overturn the Supreme’s Court’s disastrous ruling in Donald
Trump’s immunity case:

* Through our unparalleled lobbying expertise and by mobilizing Public
Citizen’s 500,000 supporters, we will keep the pressure on members of
Congress — in the House and Senate alike — to push the amendment through the
legislative process.

* We will work with our allies in the Not Above the Law coalition to support an
amendment and to activate their supporters. (Public Citizen helped found the
Not Above the Law coalition — a diverse, nationwide group of over 100 partner
organizations — back in 2017 in recognition that holding Trump accountable
would require a coordinated, sustained movement.)

* Calling on our 50-plus years of success engaging the media in vital causes,
we will continue generating press focus — across traditional print and
broadcast journalism as well as leading social media platforms — on how
extreme the ruling is and how an amendment is key to counteracting it.

We said above that winning a constitutional amendment will not be, and is not
supposed to be, easy.

One way that plays out comes down to this: democracy can’t be saved with good
ideas, hard work, and a never-give-up attitude alone.

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