AFJ Action Congratulates Progressive Nominees to Michigan Supreme Court

This weekend, the Michigan Democratic Party nominated two Michigan Supreme Court candidates, Justice Richard Bernstein (for reelection) and Representative Kyra Harris Bolden, in the November election. The Michigan Supreme Court has played an essential role in protecting the democratic process, access to clean water, workers’ rights, civil rights, and more — and these nominees will ensure that work toward equal justice will continue.




Politico

State supreme courts: Bottom of the ballot but top concern if Roe falls

“If this actually gets the left to pay more attention and engage and invest in these races in the way that the right has for the past three decades, then it should benefit progressive candidates more than conservative candidates,” said Jake Faleschini, senior state courts counsel at the Alliance for Justice Action Campaign. “It’s great that more folks are starting to pay attention to these crucial races. I worry that it’s a little ‘too little, too late,’ but hope for all our sakes that we can sprint to catch up.”


Newsweek

Neither Side Is Ready to Bridge the Abortion Gap | Opinion

Emotions will be fraught, and like any difficult conversation, I'm not sure sides that disagree with one another will be ready to talk immediately. One of the questions we'll have to ask ourselves, frankly, is whether or not our state representatives and government are capable of having these conversations. The citizenry will naturally begin to have those conversations, but will it just be a case of power politics — where Republican majorities in certain states say "the conversation is over, we are ending abortion," and in Democratic states, you have a similar conversation: "We say the conversation is over. We are allowing abortion."


Newsweek

Voters Must Respond to Republicans’ Plans for Our Courts | Opinion

During Justice Jackson's confirmation hearings, multiple Senate Republicans pressed her to support the Trump Court in striking down our long-recognized constitutional right to an abortion later this summer. The Court's conservative majority may overturn Roe v. Wade in its entirety, and there is real danger that the Court may go even further. As Senate Republicans established, overturning Roe is only the beginning of the Republican Party's quest to limit reproductive freedom.


AFJ Action Calls For Court Expansion and Filibuster Abolition In Wake of Abortion Decision Leak

Last night, Politico published a draft opinion showing that the Supreme Court’s conservative majority is planning to formally overturn people’s constitutional right to an abortion as established Roe v. Wade and affirmed in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The draft decision opens the door for the Supreme Court to overturn other important decisions such as Griswold v. Connecticut, which established a constitutional right to access to birth control, Obergefell v. Hodges, which established the constitutional right to marriage equality, and Lawrence v. Texas, which established the constitutional right to consensual same-sex relationships.



AFJ Action Calls For Accountability After Ginni Thomas Revelations

In recent weeks, incredible revelations have come to light regarding the political activity of Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Evidence shows that Ginni Thomas was intimately involved in President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including direct coordination with senior administration staff inside the Trump White House. Ginni Thomas also admitted that she attended the January 6 rally where the insurrection began. In at least some of her communications with President Trump’s then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Ginni Thomas appears to have referenced discussing her activities directly with Justice Thomas.



AFJAC Commits to Six-Figure Advocacy Campaigns, Voter Education and Mobilization Efforts in Response to SCOTUS Overruling Roe v. Wade

AFJ Action Campaign announced today its commitment to six-figure advocacy campaigns in Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Arizona highlighting yesterday’s Supreme Court decision to ignore long-established precedent and overrule Roe v. Wade. Because of that decision, which was issued by five ultraconservative justices — including all three Trump-appointed Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett — the people of Texas no longer have a full constitutional right to an abortion.


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