HOW MANY SCANDALS CAN ONE SUPREME COURT CREATE?

Daily Action
Written By Barbara Isaacman

QUICK READ: Elections have consequences. Had Trump not suppressed Stormy Daniels’ story, he might have lost the election. The three SCOTUS appointments would have been Democrats, ensuring that its Democratic supermajority would have summarily rejected Trump’s absurd claim of absolute immunity and that its reputation would not have been destroyed. 



CONTENTS:

BACKGROUND

Had Trump not suppressed Stormy Daniels’ story, he might have lost the election, and SCOTUS would have a Democratic, not a MAGA, supermajority that would have protected reproductive freedom and other civil rights, the First, Second, and Fourteenth Amendments wouldn’t be turned on their heads, and Trump’s absurd claim of absolute immunity would have been summarily rejected.

Instead, SCOTUS is undergoing an unprecedented corruption crisis:

  • Overwhelming evidence of Thomas’ and other MAGA Justices’ receipt of unreported gifts from billionaire donors with business before the Court; 

  • Thomas’ and Alito’s refusal to recuse themselves, as required by federal law, from cases involving Trump, the 2020 election, and the insurrection, despite ties to the election denier movement;

  •  Its decision to slow-walk Trump’s absurd claim of absolute immunity so he wouldn’t be held accountable before the election;

  • Roberts’ deafening silence while public trust in the Court has spiraled downward.  

SCOTUS’ refusal to police itself demands that Congress act:

ACTION One: Call the Senate.

Script for Oregon Senators

SEN. MERKLEY: Portland office: 503-326-3386 | D.C. office: 202-224-3753

My name is [--] and I'm a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

SCOTUS’ refusal to police itself demands that Congress hold hearings exposing the corruption and ethical violations of Justices Thomas, Alito, and others. Thank you for cosponsoring S.369 (the SCERT Act) and S.3096 (the Biennial Appointments and Term Limits Act), but much more is required. As your constituent, I expect you to also co-sponsor and push for a floor vote on the Senate version of HR.8098 (the Judicial Ethics Enforcement Act) and the Supreme Court Offices of Ethics and Investigations, which would create stronger ethics and transparency rules, and S.1616 (rebalancing the Court with 4 additional justices), which, along with term limits, would curb MAGA Justices’ continued subversive behavior, and to educate the American public about the important role the President and Senators play in Supreme Court appointments.

SEN. WYDEN:

Portland office: 503-326-7525 | D.C. office: 202-224-5244

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

As your constituent, I demand that you speak out about the normal SCOTUS’ refusal to police itself demands that Congress hold hearings exposing the corruption and ethical violations of Justices Thomas, Alito, and others. Thank you for cosponsoring S.369 (the SCERT Act), but much more is required. As your constituent, I expect you to educate the American public about the important role the President and Senators play in Supreme Court appointments, and to also co-sponsor and push for a floor vote on a Senate version of both HR.8098 (the Judicial Ethics Enforcement Act), and the Supreme Court Offices of Ethics and Investigations, which would create stronger ethics and transparency rules, and on S.3096 (creating term limits) and S.1616 (rebalancing the Court with 4 additional justices) and S.3096 (creating term limits), which would curb MAGA Justices’ continued subversive behavior.

Script for Republican Senators

D.C switchboard: 202-224-3121

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], [state], [zip code].

SCOTUS’ refusal to police itself demands that Congress both hold hearings exposing the corruption and ethical violations of Justices Thomas, Alito, and others and pass legislation strengthening ethics and transparency rules. As your constituent, I expect you to participate in this process, since the constitutional principle of “separation of powers” goes hand in hand with the related constitutional principle of “checks and balances,” and developing effective rules governing ethics and corruption is plainly in congressional purview.

ACTION TWO: Call the House.

Script for Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)

Oregon office: 503-469-6010 | DC office: 202-225-0855

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

SCOTUS’ refusal to police itself demands that Congress hold hearings exposing the corruption and ethical violations of Justices Thomas, Alito, and others. As your constituent, I expect you to educate the American public about the important role the President and Senators play in Supreme Court appointments, and to also co-sponsor and push for a floor vote on HR.926 (the SCERT Act), HR.8098 (the Judicial Ethics Enforcement Act), and the Supreme Court Offices of Ethics and Investigations Act, which would create stronger ethics and transparency rules, and on HR.3422 (rebalancing the Court with 4 additional justices) and a House version of S.3096 (creating term limits), which would curb MAGA Justices’ continued subversive behavior.

Script for Cliff Bentz (OR-02)

Medford office: 541-776-4646 | DC office: 202-225-6730

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

SCOTUS’ refusal to police itself demands that Congress both hold hearings exposing the corruption and ethical violations of Justices Thomas, Alito, and others and pass legislation strengthening ethics and transparency rules. As your constituent, I expect you to participate in this process, since the constitutional principle of “separation of powers” goes hand in hand with the related constitutional principle of “checks and balances,” and developing effective rules governing ethics and corruption is plainly in congressional purview.

Script for Earl Blumenauer (OR-03)

Oregon office: 503-231-2300 | DC office: 202-225-4811

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

SCOTUS’ refusal to police itself demands that Congress hold hearings exposing the corruption and ethical violations of Justices Thomas, Alito, and others. Thank you for cosponsoring HR.926 (the SCERT Act), but much more is required. As your constituent, I expect you to educate the American public about the important role the President and Senators play in Supreme Court appointments, and to also co-sponsor and push for a floor vote on HR.8098 (the Judicial Ethics Enforcement Act), and the Supreme Court Offices of Ethics and Investigations Act, which would create stronger ethics and transparency rules, and on HR.3422 (rebalancing the Court with 4 additional justices) and a House version of S.3096 (creating term limits), which would curb MAGA Justices’ continued subversive behavior.

Script for Val Hoyle (OR-04)

Eugene office: 541-465-6732 | DC office: 202-225-6416

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

SCOTUS’ refusal to police itself demands that Congress hold hearings exposing the corruption and ethical violations of Justices Thomas, Alito, and others. Thank you for cosponsoring HR.926 (the SCERT Act), but much more is required. As your constituent, I expect you to educate the American public about the important role the President and Senators play in Supreme Court appointments, and to also co-sponsor and push for a floor vote on HR.8098 (the Judicial Ethics Enforcement Act), and the Supreme Court Offices of Ethics and Investigations Act, which would create stronger ethics and transparency rules, and on HR.3422 (rebalancing the Court with 4 additional justices) and a House version of S.3096 (creating term limits), which would curb MAGA Justices’ continued subversive behavior.

SCRIPT FOR LORI CHAVEZ-DEREMER (OR-05)

Salem office: 503-588-9100 | DC office: 202-225-5711

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

SCOTUS’ refusal to police itself demands that Congress both hold hearings exposing the corruption and ethical violations of Justices Thomas, Alito, and others and pass legislation strengthening ethics and transparency rules. As your constituent, I expect you to participate in this process, since the constitutional principle of “separation of powers” goes hand in hand with the related constitutional principle of “checks and balances,” and developing effective rules governing ethics and corruption is plainly in congressional purview.

Script for Andrea Salinas (OR-06)

Salem office: 503-385-0906 | DC office: 202-225-5643

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

SCOTUS’ refusal to police itself demands that Congress hold hearings exposing the corruption and ethical violations of Justices Thomas, Alito, and others. As your constituent, I expect you to educate the American public about the important role the President and Senators play in Supreme Court appointments, and to also co-sponsor and push for a floor vote on HR.926 (the SCERT Act), HR.8098 (the Judicial Ethics Enforcement Act), and the Supreme Court Offices of Ethics and Investigations Act, which would create stronger ethics and transparency rules, and on HR.3422 (rebalancing the Court with 4 additional justices) and a House version of S.3096 (creating term limits), which would curb MAGA Justices’ continued subversive behavior.

ACTION THREE: Good Trouble.

Below are opportunities to fight for our democracy. As John Lewis said, go make some “good trouble.”

  • PARTICIPATE IN LETTER WRITING AND CANVASSING WITH INDIVISIBLE OREGON. RSVP here.

  • ATTEND FRIDAY’S AT 4 AND MORE - ONLINE LETTERS AND POSTCARD WRITING  EVERY FRIDAY - RSVP Here

  • FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE SUPREME COURT ABOUT BOTH JUSTICES’ CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND BLATANT DISREGARD FOR THE RULE OF LAW. To download the complaint and the instructions for filling it out, click here.

  • MEET JANELLE BYNUM RUNNING TO TAKE BACK DISTRICT FIVE ON JUNE 26 @ 7PM. To register, click here.

FURTHER READING

Barbara Isaacman
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