by First Liberty Institute • 6 minutes
First Liberty announced the launch of a television and digital ad blitz as part of a $2 million campaign to educate Americans on the dangers of current court “reform” proposals. The campaign includes a challenge for all candidates for office to make clear where they stand on court-packing and other proposed changes to the Supreme Court and the judiciary.
Featured ads will run on Fox News, Tucker Carlson, Glenn Beck, Newsmax BlazeTV, Matt Walsh and other popular digital platforms. Ads can be viewed at SupremeCoup.com/Commercials.
Some of America’s most radical groups and politicians are engaged in a full-scale effort to undermine the Court’s credibility and integrity. They’re more emboldened than ever and are pouring in millions of dollars trying to convince the public that these so-called “reforms” would “fix” the Supreme Court. They’ve made it clear that “everything is on the table,” and they’re willing to destroy the Supreme Court rather than have it remain outside their control.
Many want to pack the Supreme Court by adding more justices. Others are pushing for equally extreme proposals, such as ending life tenure, giving Congress power to oversee the Court’s ethics and even stripping the Court of its constitutional power to hear certain cases.
“So-called ‘court reform’ is an attempted coup by radical elites to overthrow our judicial system,” Kelly Shackelford, President, CEO, & Chief Counsel to First Liberty said. “These dangerous schemes are nothing more than a brazen power-play by political extremists that threatens the independence of the judiciary and our civil rights. The last thing our country needs right now is a coup on the Supreme Court.”
Americans who care about the rule of law, judicial independence and individual freedom are standing up against this attempted coup.
In August, First Liberty announced the results of a nationwide poll from Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy revealing 87% of Americans believe that an independent judiciary is crucial to our civil liberties. 57% also believe that Congress forcing ethics reform on the Supreme Court threatens that independence.
Over 600,000 Americans have already signed the Declaration of Judicial Independence saying: NO to court packing, NO to suspect judicial reforms, NO to the Supreme Court Coup.
You can help save the priceless heritage of the Supreme Court. How? By sharing the truth.
More Americans need to know why radical court “reform” would be disastrous. This scheme will destroy judicial independence and our constitutional order. Whether it’s court-packing or ending lifetime tenure (court purging) or giving Congress “oversight” of the Court’s internal business, all of these would be the gateway to tyranny in our country.
If this Supreme Court Coup succeeds, it won’t be long before we lose our religious liberty and many of our most cherished freedoms.
The most impactful action you can take right now is sharing this with anyone who may not know what’s happening. Forward this information to your family, friends, neighbors and coworkers!
Senate Bill: Add 6 Supreme Court Justices & Radically Transform the Federal Judiciary
Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon proposed a new bill that would dramatically overhaul the Supreme Court. Some of the proposed reforms under the “Judicial Modernization and Transparency Act” include:
Scholars and legal experts are calling the bill a brazen attack on judicial independence.
“This shows Democrats entire ethics smear campaign against Justices was pretext to pack Court. Democrats don’t want an independent Supreme Court. Despite attacks on Justices, Court’s approval rating is much higher than the dismal 20% for Congress. Clean up your own house.” – Mark Paoletta
“With 40 days until Election Day, Democrats just rolled out the most radical and dangerous legislation to date aimed at destroying the Supreme Court as we know it. The new radical bill put forward by Senate Democrats is the worst attack on the Court since FDR.” – Carrie Severino
Court Reform Advocates Urge Senate Judiciary for Hearing with Chief Justice Roberts
A coalition of 33 judicial advocacy organizations sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee demanding that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts testify before Congress about his role in the Court’s presidential immunity ruling.
The move comes just a week after The New York Times launched a smear campaign against Roberts. The Times criticized Roberts for writing the majority opinion and “molding” the rulings in three cases involving President Donald Trump and the January 6 storming of the Capitol, as well as cases about the 2020 election.
The letter was signed by some of the most vocal proponents of radical court “reform,” including Demand Justice, Stand Up America and Take Back Reform Action Fund. Many of these groups are spending millions of dollars to push for extreme changes to the Court, such as court-packing, ending life tenure for justices, stripping the Court’s ability to review certain cases and giving Congress power to oversee the Court’s ethics.
Fox News: Liberal author urges Biden to ‘dissolve’ Supreme Court before leaving office
by Yael Halon
In an interview with Bill Maher, liberal author Fran Lebowitz railed against the Supreme Court, calling it “Trump’s harem” while blasting the presidential immunity ruling in the case involving the former president.
National Review: Justice Kagan Squeezes Chief Justice Roberts
by Carrie Severino
Liberal bitterness over the Court’s recent decisions continues to be the basis of their pseudo-ethics outrage It is a sorry sight to see justices feeding the latest attacks on the very Court where they sit.
National Review: Biden’s ‘Reform’ Proposals Would Ruin the Supreme Court
by Kristen Waggoner
No one should be fooled. This move has nothing to do with protecting the Court and everything to do with the Left’s desire to control every institution in society. And today that means launching political broadsides against our judiciary.
Daily Caller: Dem Senator Introduces Bill That Would Add Six Supreme Court Seats, Expand Federal Judiciary
by Katelynn Richardson
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden introduced a bill that would add six seats to the Supreme Court and radically transform the federal judiciary.
Townhall: They’re Trying to Do It: Dems Are Pushing Legislation to Pack the Supreme Court. Here Are the Details.
by Matt Vespa
It’s not a secret. Some politicians want to destroy the third branch of government. They’re willing to shred the constitution to stop anything in the way of total control.
Breitbart: Kamala Harris Demands End to Filibuster over Abortion, but Consequences Would Be Sweeping
by Katherine Hamilton
Eliminating the Senate filibuster would drop the 60 required votes to pass legislation to just 51 votes, enabling some in power to ram through a radical agenda. That agenda includes packing the U.S. Supreme Court to 13 justices instead of nine.
Fox News Business: Vivek Ramaswamy: Supreme Court is the last bastion protecting the country from governmental overreach
by Larry Kudlow
Former 2024 GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy calls out desires to pack the Supreme Court.
Washington Times: Harris’s attack on the constitutional order
by David Harsanyi
The Supreme Court is perhaps the only institution inhibiting state overreach these days, which is why some politicians are busy delegitimizing and wanting to pack the court and transform it into another malleable partisan institution.
Washington Examiner: Three ways the Left is assaulting the Constitution
by Jim Schultz
Few institutions in American life still command any significant level of trust, and the Supreme Court remains one of the last. But if politicians and radical groups succeed in packing the court, they will shatter what remains of its legitimacy.
National Review: Threats Against Conservative Justices Don’t Hold the Media’s Attention
by Carrie Severino
Coverage of today’s Supreme Court is mired in a cascade of pseudo-ethics attacks. Incidents including assassination plots that do not help promote their left-wing agenda meanwhile recede into the background of news coverage.
Senate Minority Leader: Democrats Announce Their Shameless Plans To Bulldoze The Senate And Supreme Court
by Sen. Mitch McConnell
Just weeks before election day, some politicians have brazenly announced their plans for shameless power grabs that would destroy the norms and institutions of both the U.S. Senate and the Supreme Court.
IF WE LOSE THE SUPREME COURT, WE LOSE OUR COUNTRY
First Liberty Institute is leading the charge to protect America’s judiciary and our constitutional freedoms. Fighting for religious freedom, or any constitutional freedom, means nothing if our system of justice is gone.
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