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Take Back the Court will tell the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court why we must expand the Supreme Court without delay.
There has never been a more important time to voice your support for taking back our Supreme Court.
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John,
Last week, I invited the members of this community to join me in sharing why Supreme Court reform matters with the Biden Administration’s Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court — and you delivered.
Next week, the Commission will receive our testimony, which will include quotes from members of our email community from all over the country who recognize that adding seats to the Court is the only reform that meets the urgency of our current democratic crisis.
Will you add your name to our pledge today to voice your support for Court expansion? This movement needs to send the strongest possible message to the Presidential Commission: the American people want to save our democracy — and expanding the Court is the first vital step.
Share your support for Court expansion now so that President Biden and his Commission know that people like you are expecting our leaders to take action.
Take Back the Court’s testimony to the Commission argues two essential points: The first is that Court expansion is not merely a good idea but an urgent need that our elected leaders must act on immediately — if they don’t, we risk deep harm to our fellow citizens and the loss of our democracy itself. The second is that while Court expansion is unlikely to be the last Court reform we need, it is certainly the first we must accomplish if we are to have any hope of enacting other important reforms.
American democracy is in grave danger of collapsing under sustained, methodical assault from the far-right actors who seek to impose minority rule on the nation. This extreme political faction’s illegitimate, undemocratic grip on the Supreme Court is among its most powerful weapons — and one it wields ruthlessly. To put it simply, the right-wing supermajority on the Court threatens the rights and well-being of every one of us. Like it or not, those who value democracy are in a race against those who are trying to dismantle it.
The Judiciary Act of 2021, introduced earlier this year in both chambers of Congress, would immediately rebalance the Supreme Court and diffuse the threat the Court poses to American democracy and to the rights and wellbeing of its citizens.
It’s time for our elected officials to take action — and for you to make it clear where you stand.
The more people sign on to our call to expand the Supreme Court the more difficult it will become for decision-makers in DC to ignore the threat of this Court.
Add your name to join our call to President Biden’s Commission to come out in support of Court expansion today.
We can do big things. We just have to be willing to do them. If we aren’t, our fellow Americans will have to live with the consequences for decades to come.
Thank you for joining me in this fight today and every day,
Aaron Belkin
President, Take Back the Court
