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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.

April 13, 2020

Karofsky Overcomes Republicans’ Voter Suppression Attempts in Wisconsin Election

Despite Republicans’ efforts to suppress the vote across the state, with the hope that the disproportionate impact on racial minorities would benefit them, progressive challenger Jill Karofsky won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Karofsky will take the seat of Scott Walker-appointee Daniel Kelly, whom President Trump had endorsed. The Alliance for Justice Action Campaign endorsed Karofsky in this race and launched a paid ad campaign supporting her.

April 6, 2020

Supreme Court Denies Wisconsin Residents Basic Right to Vote

Following Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ attempt to push back tomorrow’s election to protect the health of his constituents, the state Supreme Court overruled his order, requiring the election to take place Tuesday and risking the lives of thousands of the state’s citizens because of the coronavirus pandemic. Subsequently, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against an attempt to extend the time Wisconsin voters could return their absentee ballots, essentially denying the vote to hundreds of thousands who had not yet even received those ballots.

April 2, 2020 Ms. Magazine

Trump Wages War on the Affordable Care Act in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic

This fall, the Supreme Court will determine whether to take away millions of people’s health care based on a frivolous legal theory with clearly partisan intentions.

April 1, 2020

Bradley Whitford Ad Kicks Off New State Courts Initiative

Today the Alliance for Justice Action Campaign (AFJAC) launched a new State Courts Matter project that builds on its history of advocating for fair, qualified, impartial federal judges. State courts decide over 95% of cases in the country and, in many states, voters elect supreme court judges directly.

March 23, 2020

Ten Years In, ACA Must Be Defended

Ten years ago today, President Obama signed the landmark Affordable Care Act into law. A decade later, we are facing a global pandemic that proves we need its protections for health care now more than ever. The ACA has expanded health care access to millions across the country, including protections for the 135 million Americans with pre-existing conditions, resulting in a massive drop in the uninsured rate.

March 13, 2020 Medium

Senators’ Position On ACA Lawsuit Is Crystal Clear

In the recent piece “Vulnerable Republicans dodge questions on support for ObamaCare lawsuit,” Republican senators dodged questions about their positions on the Trump administration’s lawsuit that seeks to have the courts declare the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional in its entirety. Essential health care coverage for millions of people, including those with preexisting conditions, hangs in the balance. Whether they answer the question or not, no entity is more responsible for this potential catastrophe than the Republican-led Senate.