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October 22, 2020

AFJAC Looks Forward To Essential Court Reforms

Vice President Biden’s statement about establishing a commission to reform the courts signals a commitment to make the courts a priority for his administration.

October 15, 2020

Alliance for Justice Action Campaign Launches 5-Figure Ad Buy Opposing Barrett Nomination

Alliance for Justice Action Campaign announced a five-figure ad buy for a new spot opposing the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett. The ad will run across Facebook and target viewers in Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Maine, and North Carolina through the Senate’s confirmation vote.

October 12, 2020 American Journal News

Susan Collins swears she’s ‘pro-choice’ despite hundreds of votes that say otherwise

According to the Alliance for Justice Action Campaign, a progressive judicial advocacy group, Collins voted for 11 of the 15 Trump judicial nominees with the worst records on reproductive health. Collins voted for both of Trump’s Supreme Court justices and, despite clear indications that both were anti-abortion, argued that they would preserve Roe v. Wade.

September 26, 2020

Trump Rushes Supreme Court Nominee Ahead Of Election

Senate Republicans repeatedly stated that, in an election year, the American people should decide who selects a Supreme Court Justice—ramming through Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement during the election process is yet another power grab to advance their extreme agenda.

September 24, 2020 Huffington Post

Progressive Judicial Groups Prepare For Tough Supreme Court Battle

“We’re going to fight tooth and nail to prevent Trump from filling this seat in the first place,” said Zack Ford of Alliance for Justice Action Campaign. “Then we’re going to fight tooth and nail to flip as many Republicans as possible to keep this nominee from getting confirmed. Then we’re going to fight tooth and nail, if Democrats get some power back in the election, to undo the damage, however possible.”

September 22, 2020 Colorado Sun

Cory Gardner has voted to confirm 98% of Trump’s judicial nominees as decision on Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat looms

“Many of these judges had egregious records on all kinds of issues, and we opposed them very strongly, and you see party line votes where the Democrats stand up, and Gardner had no problem voting them through,” said Zack Ford, spokesman for the Washington, D.C.-based Alliance For Justice Action Campaign. “When you look at the worst judges, with the most extreme records, Gardner had no problem signing his name to the confirmation.”

September 18, 2020

Alliance for Justice Action Campaign Mourns the Passing of Associate Justice Ginsburg

Alliance for Justice Action Campaign President Nan Aron issued the following statement on the passing of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: “Today we mourn the loss of an icon, Associate Justice Ginsburg. Justice Ginsburg dedicated her life to protecting our rights and advancing justice."

August 17, 2020

Courts Must Be A Priority Of Democratic Campaigns

As the Democratic National Convention convenes this week, the Alliance for Justice Action Campaign encourages speakers to make the courts a pivotal focus alongside addressing the pandemic and mounting economic disaster. Voters remain galvanized by the disgraceful confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and continue to watch President Trump and Senate Republicans stack the courts with over 200 extremist judges – many of whom have expressed a desire to take away healthcare for millions and roll back basic human rights.

August 16, 2020 Bangor Daily News

Collins helped confirm federal judges who run counter to Maine values

Collins voted to approve nominees who held viewpoints that ran counter to the human and civil rights Mainers hold dear. As the Alliance for Justice Action Campaign has catalogued, these judges had demonstrated their willingness to overturn the Affordable Care Act, limit access to abortion, block LGBTQ protections, lift the safeguards that attempt to ensure we all have access to clean air and water, undermine worker safety and compensation and disenfranchise voters. These are not Maine values, but Collins voted for them anyway.

August 13, 2020

What the Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings Reveal About Kamala Harris

“I think she was one of the most effective questioners,” said Daniel Goldberg, the legal director for the Alliance for Justice Action Campaign. “And really, if you look back at her questioning of Brett Kavanaugh,” he told Yahoo News, “what’s stunning is how prescient she was.”

August 3, 2020 Law360

Murkowski Says No Supreme Court Confirmation In 2020

“I think this is a question for every senator up in 2020,” Daniel Goldberg of the Alliance for Justice Action Campaign told Law360. “Their voters need to know: Will they rubber-stamp, before an election, another Trump judge?”

May 19, 2020

Tell your Senators: #StopWilson

Join us for a day of action on May 20: Call your senators and tell them to #StopWilson.