Thank your Representative for Fighting for our Courts!

As you’ve no doubt seen, the Supreme Court is facing a massive legitimacy crisis, not just because of their devastating rulings rolling back our fundamental rights, but for their highly questionable behavior off the bench as well. Recent reporting has indicated that Justice Clarence Thomas accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in lavish gifts from a billionaire MAGA donor, including private jet flights and luxury trips on yachts, as well as school tuition and rent payments for members of his family. Thomas wasn’t the only justice accepting perks – his colleague, Samuel Alito also reportedly accepted luxury vacations on a private jet from a billionaire hedge fund manager with business pending in front of the Court.

All of this has the effect of throwing the Court’s impartiality and fairness into question. How can we trust that their decisions were made fairly when they’re accepting gifts from the parties involved? The Supreme Court is supposed to be a fair arbiter of the law and the constitution, not a vending machine that grants favors to billionaires. 

Fortunately, there are two bills pending in Congress that would address these ongoing crises. The first, and most critical, is the Judiciary Act of 2023, a bill that would add four seats to the Supreme Court – allowing the president to nominate four new justices who are actually interested in following the law, the constitution, and a code of ethics. 

The second is the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act (also known as SCERT). This bill would impose ethical rules on all Supreme Court justices to ensure that the highest court in the land is not held to the lowest ethical standards

If your representative is listed below, that means they’ve cosponsored both of these critical pieces of legislation. Give them a call today and thank them for being a champion for our courts!