We Must Secure Voting Rights for All Americans
The fundamental democratic right to vote is under fierce attack by the MAGA Supreme, its conservative allies in Congress and GOP-controlled state legislatures, who’ve unleashed a fierce campaign to disenfranchise people of color and Democratic leaning voters. We must neutralize these attacks and rebuild American democracy so our elections are free and fair for all citizens.
WE CANNOT LET THE MAGA SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WIN
Using ideology rather than reasoned analysis, the Supreme Court’s unelected 6 MAGA Justices, ignoring Americans’ wants and needs, have created a king with the power to destroy his enemies, eviscerated the federal agencies that protect Americans from corporate overreaching, and made us less safe. They’ve done so by inventing legal doctrines and by ignoring the words of our Constitution and of statutes they dislike—all to please their corporate masters, who reward them with lavish unreported gifts and loans. It is long past time to rein them in.
MAGA SUPREME COURT JUSTICES’ WAR ON OUR DEMOCRACY
Ironically, at the same time we’re preparing to celebrate our democracy, the Trump-created, corrupt, ethically challenged, anti-democratic, MAGA supermajority at the Supreme Court is spewing out opinions that mortally wound our government’s ability to operate smoothly and to protect our health, freedoms, and environment by precluding agency experts from creating and enforcing agency policies, that undermine the rule of law by granting Trump absolute immunity for crimes committed while President, and that interfere with the electoral process on Trump’s behalf. We and our Members of Congress must hold this power-grabbing Court accountable.
To Protect Reproductive Freedom, Congress Must Repeal the Comstock Act
It is long past time to dismantle the zombie Comstock Act before it can be used by a future Trump administration to effectively ban abortion nationwide—even in states that contain protections in their state constitutions. Bringing the Stop Comstock Act up for a vote will remind Americans about the fragility of reproductive freedom and the importance of the upcoming election.
IS IT THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM? WE NEED TO DECLARE WHITE SUPREMACIST GANGS DOMESTIC TERRORISTS NOW
It is well past time to declare dangerous ,and devote resources to combat and fully dismantle, rightwing domestic terrorists like the Proud Boys. We are on the precipice of possibly reelecting an openly racist candidate who has signaled repeatedly that our homegrown rightwing hate groups are his “brown shirts.”
HOW MANY SCANDALS CAN ONE SUPREME COURT CREATE?
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.
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Verdict
GOP candidate and convicted felon Donald Trump was found guilty 34 times by a jury of his peers. The trial was about election fraud and denying American voters relevant information just before the 2016 election—not about hush money and adultery. MAGA Republicans responded to the verdict by denigrating the justice system in a reckless and dangerous anti-constitutional display that we must refute collectively, loudly, and repeatedly.
CORRUPT SUPREME COURT JUSTICES MUST RECUSE FROM JAN. 6 CASES
Corrupt Justices Alito’s and Thomas’ direct ties to the January 6 insurrection create clear actual or perceived conflicts of interest that make them unfit to rule fairly over pending January 6 cases and Trump’s absurd claim of absolute immunity. Their failure to recuse, or be forced to recuse by Chief Justice Roberts, suggests SCOTUS cannot fairly decide these cases and demands immediate action from Congress.
PASS THE EQUALITY ACT NOW
Responding to pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses, Republicans, long purveyors of antisemitism, pushed through the House legislation conflating political opposition to Israeli policies with antisemitism. The Senate must kill this legislation, which violates the First Amendment’s protection of free speech and actually supports stereotypes against Jews.
ALL HATE SPEECH IS CONDEMNABLE, BUT MOST IS CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED
Responding to pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses, Republicans, long purveyors of antisemitism, pushed through the House legislation conflating political opposition to Israeli policies with antisemitism. The Senate must kill this legislation, which violates the First Amendment’s protection of free speech and actually supports stereotypes against Jews.
IF WE CAN’T EAT THEM, AT LEAST WE CAN TAX THEM!
“America’s tax code is riddled with loopholes that allow the ultra-wealthy to get away without paying their fair share.” Senator Ron Wyden’s Billionaires Income Tax Act would end “buy, borrow, die” loopholes by applying tax codes to fewer than 1000 of America’s wealthiest people thereby generating billions for Social Security and Medicare.
THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS ON THE BALLOT
Violence and anti-gay legislation have increased dramatically. Congress must pass the stalled Equality Act without further delay.
JUSTICE DELAYED IS DEMOCRACY DESTROYED: SCOTUS MUST ISSUE A SPEEDY PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY DECISION
American voters deserve to know whether Trump is guilty of fomenting the January 6 insurrection before going to the polls to choose our next President. On April 25, through coordinated posts on social media, we're demanding that SCOTUS issue its immunity opinion by May 20th, which would enable the trial over Trump’s attempted 2020 insurrection to reach a verdict before election day.
The Federal Judiciary’s Composition Is on November’s Ballot
Do you want a federal judiciary that favors corporations over people or one that acts as the last line of defense ordinary people have against the power of corporations and the State? The answer to that question will impact your children and grandchildren.