For Immediate Release

TAKE BACK THE COURT RESPONDS AS SCOTUS GEARS UP TO DISMANTLE REMNANTS OF VOTING RIGHTS ACT

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (October 2, 2019) —

Take Back the Court Director Aaron Belkin issued the following statement today following news the Supreme Court is taking up a powerful Voting Rights Act case.

“The stolen Supreme Court is anti-democratic in both its composition and its actions, so it should come as zero surprise that the partisan, conservative Court majority is gearing up to dismantle the rest of the Voting Rights Act. Conservatives know the only way to retain power is to ensure minority rule, and that’s why the Roberts Court has done everything in their power to tip the scales away from the popular vote by suppressing the vote — gutting key sections of the Voting Rights Act in 2013 — union busting, and inviting unlimited corporate political spending.

“Now, with this latest challenge, they are finishing the job by undermininding one of the key remaining pieces of the Voting Rights Act -- destroying the ban on voting laws with a disproportionate impact on racial minorities. The stakes could not be more clear: we can add new justices to the Court, or we can give up on democracy.”

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 at https://www.takebackthecourt.today.