For Immediate Release

Contact: Matt Lehrich, Marie Aberger

TAKE BACK THE COURT RESPONDS TO BIDEN COURT REFORM COMMISSION PLAN

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (October 22, 2019) —

“The Supreme Court has become one of the gravest threats to American democracy. In the past 24 hours alone, the Court’s illegitimate right-wing majority continued its ongoing voter suppression campaign, and Senate Republicans changed the rules once again to steal another lifetime appointment. We are glad to see growing recognition of the desperate need for reform. But we don’t need a commission to tell us that a stolen, partisan Supreme Court is bad for America. We just need to take it back.”
—Aaron Belkin, Director, Take Back the Court

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.