While the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court had their heads down studying, the stolen SCOTUS was barreling towards the destruction of our democracy at full speed

Announcement of the Commission

President Joe Biden announces that he will sign an executive order creating a “Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States."
Our Statement

Judiciary Act is Introduced

Representatives Hank Johnson, Jerry Nadler, Mondaire Jones and Senator Ed Markey introduce historic legislation to counter the Republican theft of the Court by adding 4 seats.
Learn more about the Judiciary Act

First Meeting of the Commission

Despite conservative justices accepting a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade since Barrett joined the Court this week, the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for its first meeting – which lasted less than 30 minutes of the scheduled 90.
Our Statement

SCOTUS radically curtails existing rights of workers to organize

In a partisan 6-3 decision, the conservatives on the Court erased years of precedent in favor of partisan opportunism and big corporations by decimating basic union access to workplaces.
The Court's Assault on the Labor Movement

Second meeting of the Commission

In the shadow of looming decisions from the Court on the future of the Voting Rights Act and donor disclosure laws, the Commission meets for a second time.
Our Statement

SCOTUS makes it easier to buy elections & harder to vote in them

In 2 partisan 6-3 decisions, the conservatives on the Court end the SCOTUS term by further gutting what was left of the Voting Rights Act and ruling in favor of a Koch front group, helping it avoid transparency.
Our Statement

Third Commission Meeting

The Commission discusses structural reforms, for the first time including advocates of expansion.
Our Statement

SCOTUS forces Biden Admin to resurrect Trump's "Remain in Mexico" policy in an unsigned order

In a late night 6-3 shadow docket ruling, the Court sides with a Texas judge to resurrect the policy, which had been dormant for more than a year at this point.
Our Statement

SCOTUS blocks Biden's COVID-19 eviction moratorium in another unsigned order

The six conservative justices pulled the plug on the policy in another shadow docket unsigned opinion, potentially forcing up to 11 million people out of their homes during a pandemic.

SCOTUS ends a half-century of abortion rights precedent by allowing Texas to pass a 6-week abortion ban

In a 5-4 shadow docket ruling, the stolen Court effectively overturns Roe v. Wade in Texas, cutting off 1 in 10 women of reproductive age in the US of their human rights.
Our Statement

Release of Draft Report