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December 27, 2019 Iowa Starting Line

Judicial Advocates: Democrats Must Restore ‘Faith In The Third Branch’

“Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump cannot stop talking about judges. Yet, with few exceptions, Democrats rarely make clear that they, too, recognize how critical judges are,” said Daniel Goldberg, legal director at Alliance for Justice Action Campaign. “Most Americans, if they knew their horrific records, would not support Trump’s nominees, and Democrats can do a better job of highlighting the damage they are already doing to the rule of law.”

December 19, 2019

AFJ Action Campaign Applauds Debate for Question on Trump’s Judges

Following the Democratic primary debate Thursday night, Alliance for Justice Action Campaign President Nan Aron issued the following statement: “It is critical that voters understand the way President Trump and Senate Republicans have completely reshaped the courts, appointing ultraconservative and unqualified judges to fulfill their extreme agenda."

December 19, 2019

New Video: Stop Trump’s Takeover

With 2020 on the horizon, keep in mind the many ultraconservative and unqualified judicial nominees that Senate Republicans have given lifetime appointments.

November 20, 2019

AFJAC Calls on Democratic Candidates to Prioritize Judges in Tonight’s Debate

The Senate has confirmed many of President Trump’s judicial nominees, including those who are extreme ideologues and unqualified jurists. In advance of tonight’s Democratic primary debate, Alliance for Justice Action Campaign President Nan Aron released the following statement: “We have seen Senate Republicans repeatedly rubber-stamp Trump’s judicial nominees, even when they have no experience in the courtroom or when they have extreme beliefs that would turn back the clock on the rule of law."

October 16, 2019

AFJAC applauds Democratic candidates for vowing to protect the courts

Following the discussion at Tuesday night’s Democratic debate about how to protect reproductive freedom through the courts, Alliance for Justice Action Campaign President Nan Aron released the following statement.

October 15, 2019

AFJAC: Candidates should discuss judges’ role in preserving democracy

As the impeachment inquiry dominates the nation’s attention, the Democratic candidates are gathering for another presidential debate. In advance of tonight’s event, Alliance for Justice Action Campaign President Nan Aron released the following statement.

October 1, 2019 The Daily Beast

Trump’s March of the Hard-Right Judges: The Latest Nominee Opposes In-Vitro Fertilization

“Even when the facts were clear, [Sarah Pitlyk] continued to rely on misinformation. What does that say about her temperament to be a judge?” asks Dan Goldberg, Legal Director at the Alliance for Justice, a liberal advocacy group.

September 12, 2019

AFJ Action Campaign Calls on Candidates to Talk About the Courts

With the third presidential primary debates of the 2020 election set to take place among Democratic candidates September 12, Alliance for Justice Action Campaign is calling on candidates to tell voters how they plan to address one of the Trump administration’s most damaging legacies: Trump’s judges.

September 12, 2019 Law360

Engaged Trump Judges May Restore The Role Of The Courts

When the first list was released on May 18, 2016, the reaction from progressives was swift: "Nan Aron, the president of the liberal Alliance for Justice Action Campaign, deplored Mr. Trump's choice of potential justices as 'dangerous,'" the New York Times reported. "'The list includes some of the most extreme conservatives on the federal bench today,' she said."

September 4, 2019 TIME

‘They Clearly Need to Step Up.’ Why Advocates Think 2020 Democrats Should Talk More About Judges

“They clearly need to step up,” says Nan Aron, president of Alliance for Justice Action Campaign. “Too often the Democrats have ceded to the right the federal courts, allowing them to energize their base. Judges make decisions that affect every aspect of our life, and by ignoring this topic, they do so at their peril, because Americans do care.”

August 1, 2019 TIME

Here’s Who Shined, Who Stumbled and Who Survived At Wednesday’s Democratic Debate

On Monday, liberal judicial advocacy group Alliance For Justice laid out the stakes this way in a statement: “As candidates prepare for the second debate, the Senate is preparing to confirm President Trump’s 150th judicial nominee to a lifetime seat on the federal bench. The harm Trump is inflicting on our federal courts is clear.”

March 5, 2019

AFJAC: Collins Promised “No” Vote on Readler a Test for Others

Today Senator Susan Collins announced she will vote against confirming Chad Readler to the federal bench. This is the only reasonable choice for Sen. Collins, because Readler has helped lead the Trump Administration’s efforts to destroy health care protections for preexisting conditions.