It’s the most unrepresentative institution in the United States government. A socially conservative court of partisan justices determined to enact a partisan agenda — as evidenced by the leaked draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade.

 

It’s the result of Mitch McConnell withholding a justice when Barack Obama was president, and then forcing through a Trump-nominated justice as voters were electing Joe Biden. And then Justices lying under oath about Roe v. Wade. The court has been packed by Republicans. Congress must unpack it. And the Judiciary Act of 2022 is how we can make that happen.

 

Rep. Hank Johnson introduced the Judiciary Act and has been shoulder-to-shoulder with me, leading the fight in Congress to hold the Supreme Court accountable. Will you make a contribution so that he can keep his focus on this important work?

Let’s be honest. The Supreme Court has lost its credibility as a neutral arbiter of the law. Sadly, most Americans now view the court as they must in the wake of this draft opinion: not a conservative legal court but merely a partisan one.

 

As a result of these actions by McConnell and Trump, the court is now in a position to force on America a policy regarding abortion that America does not agree with, that puts women’s health at risk and is disastrous for the country. But that’s not all — any court that will throw out decades of settled law to eliminate a woman’s right to choose is willing to do the same to eliminate other rights inherent in the constitution, like same sex marriage and more.

 

The House has done its job to protect reproductive freedom. We passed the Women’s Health Protection Act to codify Roe v. Wade as the law of the land. Now the Senate must abolish the filibuster and codify Roe v. Wade into law.

 

But we need to go further than that. As the danger is broad and implicates so many other rights, so must the remedy be broad. We must correct the Supreme Court’s dangerous imbalance, and support those who champion judicial accountability. Donate now to help my colleague Hank return to Congress and continue our work toward restoring judicial legitimacy by unstacking the court.

Our nation is at a crossroads, and we need to do everything we can to ensure the rights of the American people are protected.

 

Thanks for standing with me today,

 

— Adam