For Immediate Release

Contact: Matt Lehrich, Marie Aberger

TAKE BACK THE COURT RESPONDS AS SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ADVANCES AMY CONEY BARRETT

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (October 22, 2019) —

“Today’s illegitimate vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee is just the next step in Republicans’ ongoing effort to replace our multi-racial democracy with white minority rule. There is only one legitimate, proportional response: We must expand the court.”
—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.