For Immediate Release

TAKE BACK THE COURT STATEMENT ON TODAY’S SUPREME COURT RULINGS

Take Back the Court Executive Director Aaron Belkin released the following statement today:

“Today's victory for LGBTQ rights is the exception that proves the rule. Protection from being fired based on sexual orientation or gender identity should be treated as an obvious, basic right. But the Court's conservative majority so rarely breaks with Republican orthodoxy that it's major news when they do.

“We need to stay focused, and we need to keep fighting. Even on what is being hailed as a good day at the Court, Justice Kavanuagh made it clear that he is eager to restrict civil rights and weaken gun control. The Court refused to review the qualified immunity rules that allow police to kill with impunity. And cases still hang in the docket to roll back DACA protections and abortion rights.

“Americans deserve better than a Court gives us a little justice as a treat. We won’t get that until we reverse Republican Court packing and restore independence and integrity to the bench.”

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/