FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Take Back the Court Statement on Next SCOTUS Commission Meeting

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (November 18, 2021) — Take Back the Court Executive Director Sarah Lipton-Lubet released the following statement ahead of the next meeting of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court:

“Let’s be very clear about what is happening right now: The conservative justices on the Supreme Court are one move away from yelling ‘checkmate’ on their quest to destroy abortion rights in this country, and President Biden has commissioned a research paper about the history of chess in response.
“Meetings and academic exercises are a wildly insufficient response to the very real threat of this stolen Court. It’s time to expand 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: https://www.takebackthecourt.today/