ACTION ALERT: Urge Your Senators to Confirm Judge Jackson
If Judge Jackson is confirmed, she will be the first Black woman to ever serve as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court in its 233-year history.
issue: Supreme Court
NOW Hails Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Historic SCOTUS Nomination
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Organization for Women (NOW) commends President Joe Biden’s anticipated historic nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. Ketanji Brown Jackson has the experience, background, and perspective that comes from not only her professional career but her lived experience as a Black woman in America. As Read more …
SCOTUS Nominee Short List Is Long on Experience, Representation and Gender Justice
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Biden is said to have narrowed his choice for the U.S. Supreme Court to three highly qualified Black women, fulfilling his campaign promise and correcting the shameful history of a Court where 94% of all Supreme Court Justices have been white men, 4% women, and less than 3% people of color. Read more …
Are You Freaked Out Over Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court Confirmation? Read This.
“Right now, we have to get out the vote,” Nunes said. “Not only is this the most consequential election of our time from a presidential standpoint, but it’s becoming increasingly clear that we must flip the Senate and elect representatives that uplift the voices of women, the LGBTQIA community, immigrants, the working class, BIPOC Americans, and all those whose rights will be at risk under a conservative-led Supreme Court.”
NOW Denounces Amy Coney Barrett’s Confirmation to SCOTUS
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amy Coney Barrett says when it comes to interpreting the Constitution, she’s an “originalist” in the mold of her mentor, Antonin Scalia. This means that she interprets the Constitution exactly how the authors wrote it. However, the white male authors of the Constitution (many of whom were also slave owners) left out women, people of color, religious minorities, and LGBTQIA+ people. According Read more …