Advocacy campaign seeking to protect the integrity and independence of our state and federal courts. Led by @NPPEdFund #CourtsMatter
Pennsylvania, USA
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Did you see our #ProtectOurCourts explainer video in the New York Times?
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Help us keep up the fight in 2021 for judicial independence and fair courts.
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Today, the Supreme Court will consider whether to strike down bans on hormone therapy for transgender youth. These bans deny families the freedom to support their transgender children in leading healthy and happy lives. Learn more in our latest blog: civilrights.org/blog/supreme…
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Congrats @NPPEdFund! The voters win! #CourtsMatter
BREAKING: Decision in for ACLU/Public Interest Law Center Commonwealth Court case on dating mail ballot envelopes. DOS/Philly/Allegheny Co. “permanently enjoined” from strictly enforcing dating requirement. Story soon.
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This is why courts (and judges) matter! #CourtsMatter
The people and democracy wins. ⚖️
Shapiro administration tells Pa. court it will not defend state ban on Medicaid-funded abortions buff.ly/3WnDODk by @PeteHallPA
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HOLY SMOKES. From @SenWhitehouse to Merrick Garland: "We write to request that you appoint a Special Counsel to investigate possible violations of federal ethics and tax laws by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Clarence Thomas. Over the past year, public reporting and Senate investigations have uncovered evidence of repeated and willful omissions of gifts and income from Justice Thomas’s financial disclosure reports required by the Ethics in Government Act. The Senate is investigating these omissions as it considers improvements to ethics and tax laws."
BREAKING: The Senate confirmed Judge Nancy Maldonado — the first Latino/a judge to serve on the 7th Circuit.
Her historic confirmation brings critically important civil rights experience to the appellate bench and long overdue representation to this court.civilrights.org/2024/07/08/t…
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The Supreme Court's conservative majority just found that U.S. citizens do NOT have a constitutional right for noncitizen spouses to enter country.
All three liberal justices dissented.
In her dissent, Justice Sotomayor says the Court's decision will most heavily burden same-sex couples, citing Obergefell v. Hodges.
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Sotomayor cited each of her conservative colleagues in her dissent. She highlighted past arguments they had made in favor of respecting congressional intent, rather than imposing their own view on something—skewering their hypocrisy in Friday’s ruling. trib.al/xv68PRO
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Clarence Thomas just acknowledged additional luxury travel he accepted from conservative billionaire Harlan Crow — amending a previous financial disclosure to reflect trips to an Indonesian island and a secretive all-male club in the Northern California redwoods.
The trips, taken in 2019, were earlier revealed by ProPublica, but it is the first time that Thomas has included them on his financial disclosures. nytimes.com/2024/06/07/us/su…
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BREAKING: In a 6-3 decision by Justice Alito, SCOTUS reversed our important redistricting win in Alexander v. South Carolina where the lower court found that race predominated in the design of the congressional map. supremecourt.gov/opinions/23…
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BREAKING: the Senate just confirmed three more lifetime judges this week, marking 197 confirmations under President Biden.
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NEW: Chair @SenatorDurbin released the following statement after a New York Times report that a "Stop the Steal" symbol was displayed in Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's yard:
As we celebrate #BrownvBoard at 70 and reflect on the work ahead to fulfill its promise, we also celebrate the progress we’re making toward building an equal justice judiciary and commit to doing the work to ensure our courts live up to their promise. civilrights.org/blog/seventy…
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BREAKING: President Biden nominated Danna Jackson (Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes) to serve as a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for Montana. If confirmed, Jackson will be the first Native federal judge in MT: narf.org/danna-jackson-judic…
#RepresentationMatters
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Justice Jackson’s historic confirmation two years ago was a powerfully important moment for our courts, our nation, and our democracy. We celebrate this day and hold on to the joy and promise it brought us.