For Immediate Release

Contact: Matt Lehrich, Marie Aberger

TAKE BACK THE COURT RESPONDS TO SCOTUS' DEVASTATING BLOW TO UNIONS

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 23, 2021) — Today, Take Back the Court Director Aaron Belkin released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court ruling on Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid.

“The hyper-partisan Supreme Court will stop at nothing to erase years of precedent in favor of partisan opportunism and big corporations. Today the Court decimated basic union access to workplaces. The effects of this party-line decision will radiate far and wide, for example by preventing health and safety inspectors from doing their jobs. It’s clear: the only way to protect unions and workers is to expand the Court.”

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/