SUPREME COURT CONTINUES TO DISMANTLE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 23, 2022) — On the heels of the Supreme Court upending the separation of church and state in its Carson v. Makin ruling earlier this week, Take Back the Court today released a new fact sheet detailing the Court's next opportunity to intensify its attack on Americans’ freedom of and from religion: Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. The decision in that case could come as early as this morning.

“Separation of church and state is one of the most basic American principles,” said Take Back the Court Executive Director Sarah Lipton-Lubet. “But the Supreme Court’s stolen, right-wing supermajority has made it abundantly clear the Constitution is no obstacle to their extreme ideological agenda. The justices are free to adhere to whatever religious views they like — but not to impose those views on the rest of us. Each day, each case is further proof that the only path forward is to expand the Court.”

Read the fact sheet here.

Take Back the Court raises awareness about the urgent need to expand the number of seats on the Supreme Court to address the theft of the court by Senator Mitch McConnell during the Obama Administration. Without adding seats, Congress will not be able to restore the right to vote, ensure reproductive freedom, protect workers, halt our climate emergency, or pass new legislation. Court expansion, which can be accomplished without a constitutional amendment, is the only reform that enables the un-rigging of the system and the restoration of democracy. Learn more: https://www.takebackthecourt.today/