For Immediate Release

Contact: Matt Lehrich, Marie Aberger

POWERFUL PROGRESSIVE COALITION DECLARES ANY TRUMP NOMINATION TO THE SUPREME COURT THIS YEAR ILLEGITIMATE

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (September 18, 2020) — Take Back the Court today released a list of more than a dozen organizations who have previously signed on to the following statement:

"Any Trump nomination to the Supreme Court this year would be illegitimate and must be rejected."

Signed by: 

  • 350.org

  • 350 Seattle

  • American Federation of Teachers

  • American Family Voices

  • Be A Hero Action Fund

  • Blue America

  • Committee for a Fair Judiciary (CFJ)

  • Climate Hawks Vote

  • Crooks and Liars Media

  • Free Speech for the People

  • Friends of the Earth

  • Indivisible

  • MoveOn

  • PCCC

  • Presente.org

  • Revolving Door Project

  • Social Security Works

  • Take Back the Court


    Aaron Belkin, Executive Director, Take Back the Court added: “Like millions of Americans I am devastated by Justice Bader Ginsburg’s passing. She was an icon and an American hero. Her dying wish absolutely must be respected. 


    "Mitch McConnell and the Republicans said in 2016 it is inappropriate for the Senate to confirm a judicial nominee in a presidential election year because voters should have a chance to weigh in. If McConnell and his allies try to discard their own standard now, they will simply reinforce what we already know: The principles they claim are nothing more than a smokescreen for their illegitimate and unprecedented power grab. That’s why Take Back the Court and dozens of other organizations agree that any action they now take to fill a seat within months of an election is illegitimate. We don’t need to review documents — we reject any nomination.” 

Take Back the Court raises awareness about the urgent need to expand the number of seats on the Supreme Court to address the theft of the court by Senator Mitch McConnell during the Obama Administration. Without adding seats, Congress will not be able to restore the right to vote, ensure reproductive freedom, protect workers, halt our climate emergency, or pass new legislation. Court expansion, which can be accomplished without a constitutional amendment, is the only reform that enables the un-rigging of the system and the restoration of democracy. Learn more: https://www.takebackthecourt.today/