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  Demand Justice · [email protected]
December 31, 2019 at 5:39 PM

This donation supports every progressive cause

It all comes down to the courts We’ll keep this simple, friend: Demand Justice needs contributions from people like you to help us fight back in 2020. Our opponents have corporate law firms and Facebook funding their work to put far-right judges on the federal bench. We don…
  Brian Fallon, demandjustice.org · [email protected]
December 27, 2019 at 7:27 PM

Take a look at our 2020 playbook

We know what it takes to reclaim the court Team — In 2019, we grew our movement to reclaim the courts — there were two questions about the courts in the presidential debates this fall, and we’ve seen support for court reform continue to grow — but we still need your help to …
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
December 20, 2019 at 4:03 AM

We did it! Again!

Thank you, team. Thank you, team. Because of you, tonight’s debate moderators asked about the courts — for the second time in the past three nationally-televised debates. We are so proud of this movement and grateful for every single person who has asked a candidate about th…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
December 19, 2019 at 12:41 AM

BREAKING NEWS: A Trump judge just put the ACA at risk

Health care under attack in the courts Big news, team: A court just below the Supreme Court has ruled that the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate is unconstitutional — setting the table for a potential future decision striking down the entire law. This is an attack on…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
December 17, 2019 at 11:29 PM

Donald Trump Impeachment Rally >> TOMORROW

Let’s stand up for justice and make history IMPORTANT UPDATE — This could permanently reshape our courts and our country: The House of Representatives will vote on whether to impeach Donald Trump tomorrow. Donald Trump’s presidency has been a disaster for civil rights, h…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
December 12, 2019 at 10:14 PM

DEADLINE: Submit your question about the courts TODAY

December Democratic Debate questions are due today Hi there — The next time the Democratic candidates debate, we need them to talk about the courts. Candidates have spent hours discussing health care, the economy, climate change, workers’ rights, immigrants’ rights, and cr…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
December 9, 2019 at 8:41 PM

Trump wants to put an NRA mouthpiece on the federal bench

That’s why we’re teaming up with Giffords to stop him. Hey team, Another radical Trump judicial nominee is remarkably close to being confirmed by the Senate. Lawrence VanDyke is a gun zealot who has spent his career parroting the NRA’s most unpopular, extreme positions, like…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
December 3, 2019 at 10:17 PM

No peace for Brett Kavanaugh’s defenders

Call out his corporate sponsors from BigLaw and Silicon Valley Team — If you still believe Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, read this: You know about the Federalist Society — the group that hand-picked Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, defended him in spite of multiple cred…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
December 1, 2019 at 4:45 PM

Donald Trump is not above the law

It’s time for Congress to impeach and remove him We’re proud to have you on our side as we fight corruption, special interests, and extremists from taking over our government, team. Most of the time, we do that by focusing on judges. But judges are only as progressive, as et…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
November 27, 2019 at 1:16 PM

Facebook will keep funding the conservative court takeover

Show Mark Zuckerberg that you aren’t going anywhere Important campaign update for you, team: Facebook has been facing enormous backlash — from people like you and from their own employees — for sponsoring a Federalist Society dinner in honor of Brett Kavanaugh earlier this…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
November 21, 2019 at 7:39 PM

Let’s talk about The Federalist Society & Facebook.

They’re sponsoring Brett Kavanaugh’s comeback tour. Hey — Facebook is bankrolling Brett Kavanaugh’s comeback tour. You may remember that last year their chief policy person showed up to support Brett Kavanaugh even after Dr. Blasey Ford testified that he sexually assaulted…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
November 15, 2019 at 4:27 PM

Brett Kavanaugh wants a comeback tour

And Facebook is paying for it. Hey — Last night, Brett Kavanaugh was the speaker of honor at an event for the Federalist Society, the right-wing organization spearheading the Republican and corporate takeover of our courts. Last year, they told Trump to nominate Kavanaugh a…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
November 14, 2019 at 10:41 PM

Republican senators just confirmed ANOTHER extreme Trump judge

Menashi may have helped Trump cover up impeachable offenses BREAKING: Republican senators just rammed through another one of Trump’s radical judges to the federal bench. Even though Steven Menashi flatly refused to answer questions during his confirmation process over whethe…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
November 12, 2019 at 5:34 PM

NOPE.

Neil Gorsuch shouldn’t get to decide DREAMers’ futures. Hello — This morning, the Supreme Court heard a case that could ultimately decide whether DREAMers will be able to safely stay in the United States — the only home most of them have ever known. Their lives are in the …
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
November 7, 2019 at 4:36 PM

BREAKING NEWS: A dangerous Trump nominee just got one step closer to the federal bench.

Steven Menashi is hiding important information. Important update — Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee just advanced Steven Menashi’s nomination to a lifetime appointment on the federal courts in spite of his refusal to answer questions about his involvement in Do…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
October 31, 2019 at 5:53 PM

It’s working: We’re stopping Trump’s court takeover!

Senate Republicans don't have the votes to get Steven Menashi out of committee. Big news, team: The Senate Judiciary Committee just postponed a vote on Steven Menashi, a far-right Trump nominee for the federal bench who refuses to answer questions about his role as a White…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
October 24, 2019 at 9:34 PM

Susan Collins is scared

We’re not backing down. Friend— Our ads are working, and Susan Collins is feeling the heat. Just last week, she sent a fundraising email saying she was “under attack” by people calling out her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. Our ads are getting results and Mainers are rea…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
October 16, 2019 at 9:50 PM

We got a shoutout at last night’s debate

This is big news, friend. Hey, We did it: The Democratic presidential candidates were asked during a debate if they would add justices to the Supreme Court! A serious debate question about court reform was unimaginable earlier this year. But thanks to people like you showing…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
October 15, 2019 at 12:27 PM

Dems need to consider these lawyers for the Supreme Court >>

These 32 people should be on the next Democratic president’s Supreme Court shortlist. Hello — Big news: Today we’re writing a whole new playbook for selecting progressive justices — one that’s long overdue. Here's the backstory: For decades, the GOP has worked to create an …
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
October 12, 2019 at 3:16 PM

Do you trust an illegitimate justice with your rights, team?

Gorsuch is in a stolen seat, but we have a plan Hello — We try not to panic over everything that happens at the Supreme Court (even though it’s mostly very bad!), but the agenda for this term is legitimately terrifying. Right off the bat, Neil Gorsuch — an illegitimate just…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
October 7, 2019 at 8:54 PM

Put Susan Collins on notice

We launched a new tv ad this week... It’s time to show Susan Collins that there are consequences for giving a Supreme Court seat to a far-right judge with multiple credible accusations of sexual assault against him, team. Susan Collins showed her true colors when she not on…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
October 2, 2019 at 4:51 PM

12:30 PM. Sunday. The Supreme Court Steps.

Let’s take back the Supreme Court. Friend — We all know that Brett Kavanaugh has been credibly accused of multiple cases of sexual assault. We know that, somehow, up to $200,000 in personal debt disappeared the year before he was nominated to the Supreme Court. And we know …
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
September 27, 2019 at 4:34 PM

The other impeachment

Brett Kavanaugh repeatedly lied under oath, and Demand Justice is taking action. Team — One year ago today, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford bravely shared her story in front of a panel of Senators (many of them hostile and, on the Republican side, all of them men) and on TVs and …
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
September 25, 2019 at 8:15 PM

TOMORROW: Trump Impeachment Now Rally!

Friend — Since taking office, Donald Trump has lied thousands of times, used the office of the president to enrich himself, and rewritten the rules to push his harmful agenda -- and these are just a few of the unethical things he’s done. Now that House Democrats have of…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
September 21, 2019 at 5:34 PM

Kavanaugh is just one piece of the courts puzzle.

We’re making sure Kavanaugh does not get away with lying to America while under oath. Friend — If you’re reading this email, you probably agree: Brett Kavanaugh cannot remain on the Supreme Court. Already this week, thousands of you signed our petition telling the House o…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
September 19, 2019 at 6:20 PM

It’s time to impeach Kavanaugh

Sexual abusers shouldn’t be on the Supreme Court. Hi there — Ever since Brett Kavanaugh became a household name, we’ve known that he isn’t fit to serve on the Supreme Court. And, sure enough, this week the New York Times published new evidence that the FBI turned away multi…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
September 16, 2019 at 4:41 PM

Join the fight to impeach Kavanaugh

The first step to removing Kavanaugh from the Supreme Court is for the House to open impeachment investigations. Team — Brett Kavanaugh doesn’t belong on the Supreme Court. Over the weekend, news broke that further corroborated Deborah Ramirez’s sexual assault accusation…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
September 12, 2019 at 6:40 PM

We can’t believe we have to say this

Tell your Senators: Brown v. Board is not up for debate. Hi there — We never thought we’d have to come out and say that the unanimous Supreme Court ruling that ended school segregation 65 years ago was absolutely correctly decided and shouldn’t be subject to reconsideration……
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
September 10, 2019 at 1:42 PM

No ethnonationalist judges. Period.

Stop Trump’s nominee to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals IMPORTANT UPDATE — Last night, Donald Trump threatened our civil rights by formally nominating Steven Menashi — an advocate of ethnonationalism and a White House lawyer — to a lifetime seat on the federal court.…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
September 6, 2019 at 12:12 AM

Kavanaugh's sham confirmation hearings, one year later

Republicans stole the Supreme Court and handed it to special interests Friend — One year ago this week, Republicans rammed Brett Kavanaugh through a series of sham Senate confirmation hearings. They doubled down on their fraudulent and hostile takeover of the Supreme Cour…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
August 28, 2019 at 6:01 PM

On October 6, we reclaim the Supreme Court

Friend -- The Supreme Court belongs to the people, not to corrupt politicians or corporations. So we’re partnering with Women’s March, Center for Popular Democracy Action, and many other allies on Sunday, October 6 in Washington, DC to #ReclaimtheCourt from the…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
August 22, 2019 at 5:28 PM

Elizabeth Warren boosted our op-ed. Will you?

Friend -- We’re launching a campaign calling for a simple, but revolutionary principle to restore balance to our courts: no corporate lawyers for the federal bench during the next Democratic administration. We laid out our plan with an op-ed in The Atlantic, and Senator Wa…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
August 8, 2019 at 6:16 PM

NEW: Critical first step in Kavanaugh investigation

Friend -- You have joined us in demanding accountability for Brett Kavanaugh’s sham confirmation process, and now, we have big news: House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler has taken the critical first step in launching an investigation! Republicans hid …
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
August 5, 2019 at 8:51 PM

We're just getting started

Friend -- Thanks for joining us in the fight to take back the courts in 2019 and beyond. Progressives have made it clearer than ever that we are ready to fight to protect the courts like we fight for so many other issues every day. In our first year alone, we showed what can…
  Demand Justice · [email protected]
August 5, 2019 at 8:44 PM

We're just getting started

Friend -- Thanks for joining us in the fight to take back the courts in 2019 and beyond. Progressives have made it clearer than ever that we are ready to fight to protect the courts like we fight for so many other issues every day. We've shown what can be a…