SOTOMAYOR IS RIGHT – THE MAGA JUSTICES ARE STAGING AN HISTORIC POWER GRAB
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Supreme Court issued a ruling that guts federal agencies’ abilities to enforce regulations against lawbreakers. Stasha Rhodes, Campaign Director of United for Democracy, issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in SEC v. Jarkesy, which justices designed to go far beyond the parameters of the SEC case that was in front of them:
“Justice Sotomayor put it best in her dissent: ‘Make no mistake, today’s decision is a power grab.’ The MAGA supermajority on the Supreme Court just grabbed power away from the only federal agency tasked with preventing financial fraud and manipulation — jeopardizing Americans’ retirement, disability insurance, mortgages, auto loans, and more, all to rewrite the rules to benefit the ultra-rich and huge corporations at the expense of the American people.
“Coupled with decisions that undermine the EPA’s ability to regulate pollution and keep access to lifesaving abortion care in jeopardy, the Court has continued to concentrate more and more power in their own hands, so that politicians in robes with lifetime appointments are increasingly giving themselves the power to make final decisions on everything from reproductive rights to voting rights to education and our environment, without the expertise or qualifications to do so.
“Our communities need leaders in Congress who will put a stop to the relentless power grab underway by the MAGA majority on the Supreme Court. Now is the time to act.”
The Coalition of 140 state and national organizations also announced that during tonight’s presidential debate, an ad will be shown nationwide on CNN and MSNBC connecting the dots for viewers between the extreme and corrupt MAGA Supreme Court and MAGA politicians like President Trump. The ad builds on United for Democracy’s $10 million dollar Stop the Relentless Power Grab campaign, and calls on viewers to take action to ensure that Trump is not able to appoint another Supreme Court Justice. The presidential debate ad can be viewed here.