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Hi,
The Supreme Court's far right majority just keeps on handing down extremist decisions that throw out decades of precedent. Their latest outrage: they just undermined the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate carbon emissions. Their decision also opens the door for a wider attack on the federal government's ability to regulate big corporations.
We're in an extreme climate crisis—just a few weeks ago, atmospheric carbon dioxide reached the highest level on record—and the Supreme Court is siding with polluters against legal protections for people and planet.1
As America reels from their decisions overturning Roe v. Wade, eroding the separation of church and state, and throwing out century-old gun laws, it's clearer than ever: Congress must expand the Supreme Court. Will you add your name in this urgent moment?
The court was already on a roll of denying that federal agencies have standing to protect the American people. The EPA ruling is the most absurd and repugnant ruling yet. The Supreme Court has effectively denied the EPA's right to carry out its original mandate set out in the Clean Air Act of 1970: to regulate air pollution and protect human life.2
The radical right Supreme Court is sabotaging our national institutions and our global future. Fortunately, Congress has the power to add seats to the Supreme Court and rebalance an institution that’s been packed with right-wing jurists backed by corporate funders such as the Koch Brothers.
There's not a moment to lose: Congress must pass legislation to rebalance the Supreme Court now, before Republicans have the chance to secure a Congressional majority in the midterms.
Since last Thursday alone, Demand Progress has mobilized more than 80,000 messages to Congress urging them to expand the Supreme Court. We've mobilized more than 200,000 messages to Congress on this since the beginning of the year.
It's obvious to everyone now that this court is out of control and must be stopped. Expanding the Supreme Court is constitutional, it's happened before, and it's crucial to stopping the radical right takeover of our courts and our country!
Sign the petition: Urge Congress to expand the Supreme Court and help address the climate crisis!
Thanks for taking action,
Izzi and the team at Demand Progress
Sources:
1. The New York Times, "Carbon Dioxide Levels Are Highest in Human History," June 3, 2022.
2. The New York Times, "The EPA case is a crucial moment in the G.O.P. drive to tilt courts against climate action," June 30, 2022.
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