For Immediate Release

Contact: Matt Lehrich, Marie Aberger

STATEMENT FROM TAKE BACK THE COURT ON TED CRUZ'S PROPOSAL TO BLOCK COURT EXPANSION

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (October 19, 2019) —"This is pretty rich coming from someone who threatened to block any Supreme Court nominee for as long as there was a Democratic president. Ted Cruz doesn’t care about the size of courts. He has packed federal courts for years, and he is trying to steal another seat on the Supreme Court as we speak. He only cares about partisan power."
—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.