LIPTON-LUBET: BIDEN/HARRIS PROPOSAL REPRESENTS SEA CHANGE IN FIGHT FOR SUPREME COURT REFORM

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (July 29, 2024) – Today, President Biden proposed legislation to enact structural reforms to the Supreme Court. In response, Take Back the Court Action Fund released the following statement on behalf of its president, Sarah Lipton-Lubet:

“As President Biden said from the Oval Office last week, Supreme Court reform is ‘critical to our democracy.’ How else could you approach a group of Republican justices who wondered aloud whether the president could legally order Seal Team 6 to assassinate his political opponent and then answered ‘yes’?

“We commend President Biden and Vice President Harris on recognizing that this court is a danger to society and that structural reform is both necessary and possible.

“This last Supreme Court term was a masks-off moment for the conservative justices. There’s no more pretense of restraint or intellectual consistency. It’s just an exercise in raw power — grabbing it for themselves and wielding it to impose their radical, unpopular ideology.

“Today’s announcement contains some important first steps towards restoring integrity and independence to the Supreme Court. Just as importantly, it proves that there has been a massive sea change in the fight for court reform. People who love American democracy are increasingly recognizing that it cannot survive this court.”

“Democrats across the country should follow the president and vice president’s lead and campaign against the court – and commit to reforming it to strengthen our democracy. ”

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