Tell the Senate: Fill ALL judicial vacancies before Trump takes office

When Trump last took office, Sen. Mitch McConnell handed him a massive backlog of judicial vacancies to fill with far-right extremists for lifetime appointments.

Since then, federal courts dominated by Republican-appointed, far-right judges have eviscerated environmental safeguards, gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and devastated the right to reproductive healthcare.

That can’t happen again. The Senate’s pro-environment majority must ensure that judicial vacancies are filled before January 20, 2025. But it’ll take grassroots pressure from LCV members to make that happen.

We’ve set a goal to deliver 8,000 petition signatures this week. Please take action right now to help us reach our goal >>

Friend — For environmental laws and democratic safeguards to be effective, we need judges who will protect them from continuous attacks by the Trump administration. And with a MAGA supermajority in control of the Supreme Court, the stakes for clean air and clean water, our climate future, and our fundamental rights have never been higher.

For the sake of our environment, our communities’ health, and our democracy, we simply cannot afford to hand more lifetime judicial appointments to Donald Trump. To protect our environment and democracy, senators must prioritize confirming the backlog of highly qualified judicial nominees. The future of our nation and planet is at stake.

There isn’t much time between now and the end of the pro-environment Senate majority on January 3, 2025, which means we need senators to spend as much time as possible in session confirming President Biden’s exceptional judges. Making that happen will depend on grassroots pressure from people like you, Friend.

We’ve set a goal to deliver 8,000 petition signatures today. Take action NOW to tell your senators: they MUST act quickly and prioritize filling all outstanding judicial vacancies before Trump takes office >>

Judicial appointments are often the longest-lasting legacies of each presidential administration. Federal judges serve for life — some serve for 50 years or more. When Donald Trump last took office in 2017, then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell handed him a vacant Supreme Court seat on top of dozens of other lifetime appointments he’d blocked President Obama from filling. Two more Supreme Court seats later followed.

Since then, Trump appointees have gone on to eviscerate environmental safeguards, gut the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and devastate the right to access abortion. We can’t let that happen again — the Senate’s pro-environment, pro-democracy majority must fill all judicial vacancies before January 3, 2025.

Please, help us reach our 8,000 petition signature goal today. It only takes a moment to add your name and tell your senators to confirm judicial vacancies with pro-environment, pro-democracy judges without delay >>

These confirmations have a direct impact on the future of climate action, voting rights, clean water, and the fundamental rights and freedoms of everyone in this country. Thank you for fighting alongside us on this critical issue, Friend.

Onward, 

Doug Lindner
Senior Director of Judiciary & Democracy
League of Conservation Voters