Hi John, 

Welcome to the latest New PA Project Education Fund (NPPEF) newsletter!

Your voice matters, and we’re here to ensure you have the information and resources needed to shape Pennsylvania’s future.
 
Thank you for doing your part to stay informed and engaged!

Panelists Kadida Kenner (left), founding CEO of New Pennsylvania Project and Keith Thirion (right), interim co-president, vice-president of Strategy at Alliance for Justice

Last night, Why Courts Matter - Pennsylvania and affiliated organization New Pennsylvania Project hosted Why Courts Matter: 101. The virtual town hall touched on how courts impact your life and provided general civic education regarding the structure of the federal courts, judicial selection, and the true meaning of judicial independence.

On Thursday, January 30th at 6:30-8:00PM, New Pennsylvania Project will host their second virtual town hall on the importance of our state and federal courts.
 
The event’s goal is to ensure that our communities are fully informed about the importance of having fair and independent state and federal courts, so that voters are compelled to vote and protect the courts' independence.  

Pennsylvania is one of only seven states in the entire country that votes for all of our judges and justices in partisan elections.

November 2025, voters in PA will have the power to elect judges or remove judges and justices for the bench in nonpartisan retention election voting. 

Three PA Supreme Court Justices will likely be on the ballot for retention voting next Fall. 

#CourtsMatter #YourVoiceYourPowerYourVote

Super voters vote twice a year, every year!

Important Links:

PA Department of State Website

Return Your Ballot

Track Your Ballot
Find Your Polling Place

Voter Hotlines:

Voter Protection Hotline: 1-866-OUR-VOTE

DOS PA Voter Hotline: 1-877-VOTESPA

Spanish/English Hotline: 1-866-VE-Y-VOTA

Asian Languages Hotline: 1-888-API-VOTE

Arabic/English Hotline: 1-844-YALLA-US

Previewing the 2024 Supreme Court Term
"In the face of growing calls for Supreme Court reform, the court will hear cases in the coming months providing them the ability to widen the fissures in the rule of law they created in recent terms that will further weaken Americans’ civil rights, voting rights, and the freedom from being preyed upon by monied and powerful private interests."

What can be done about this Supreme Court’s very worst decisions?

"Amending the Constitution is virtually impossible, and it is literally impossible if either major political party opposes an amendment. Even if some of these reforms can be enacted through ordinary legislation, moreover, the Court’s Republican majority would probably just strike them down anyway."

The Constitutional Law Theory That Could Upend American Elections
"The theory argues that state legislatures have special authority to set federal election rules, free from interference from other parts of the state government. Despite running contrary to precedent and history, the Supreme Court appears dangerously close to adopting it — with potentially disastrous ramifications for democracy."

U.S. Senate GOP wants mass deportations to 'start early' next year
"Carrying out mass deportations of 1 million people would cost about $88 billion a year for arrests, detainment and removal, he said. About 13 million people are living in the United States illegally."

How the US Supreme Court Undermined Democracy in 2024
"The U.S. Supreme Court wrapped one of its most consequential terms in modern history, handing down decisions that redefined the limits of presidential power and upended the wide latitude given to federal agencies to interpret laws. On the democracy front, the Court issued a decision raising the standardfor racial gerrymandering claims against potentially discriminatory electoral maps, and another reinterpreting an obstruction law that could impact hundreds of cases against Jan. 6 rioters."

U.S. House passes defense bill barring trans medical coverage for service members' kids
"The U.S. House handily approved the annual defense policy bill Wednesday, despite late opposition from Democrats over a provision that bans military health insurance coverage for service members’ children seeking transgender care."

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