The American court system is in crisis, and a group that's deeply influential in the Democratic Party is stepping up to push for badly needed reform.
“The fight to strengthen our democracy and bolster our institutions has always been intertwined with the fight for reproductive freedom,” Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement on Sunday. “[T]he courts have been used as a vehicle to advance a dangerous agenda against abortion rights, voting rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and so much more.”The Supreme Court “hasn’t been expanded for 150 years,” Planned Parenthood notes, while “the U.S.
As it currently stands, a third of the bench consists of Trump picks, and the majority were chosen by right-wing presidents who lost the popular vote and
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