Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Rights In Louisiana – But We’ve Still Got Work To Do

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court’s decision today in June Medical Services v. Russo struck down a Louisiana law imposing targeted restrictions on abortion providers (TRAP laws) that the Court had previously found unconstitutional in Texas.  TRAP laws are not designed to protect women’s health, but rather to expand the power of patriarchal church leaders and conservative Republicans and to dictate women’s most Read more …

Justin Walker Confirmed—The Senate Shamed

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate’s vote to confirm Judge Justin Walker to the prestigious Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is a shameful example of how Mitch McConnell has turned the U.S.  Senate into a right-wing confirmation factory for unqualified, inexperienced, extremist federal judges.  Judge Walker is in many ways the worst of the worst. He’s Read more …

Action Alert: Call Your Senators NOW to Stop Walker’s Confirmation

We cannot let Donald Trump stack our courts with right-wing, anti-feminist judges. His latest attempt is the nomination of Justin Walker to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, one of the most important courts in our country. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has jurisdiction over cases involving Congress and many federal agencies, giving it enormous Read more …

SCOTUS Cannot Allow Employers to Deny Women Coverage to Birth Control

WASHINGTON, D.C. – One of the first cases in the Supreme Court’s history to be heard by the public in real-time audio—due to the coronavirus–is Wednesday’s arguments in Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania consolidated with Trump v. Pennsylvania, which challenges the Affordable Care Act’s birth control mandate.    The Trump Administration wants to allow almost any employer to deny coverage for contraception by Read more …

Pandemics Won’t Stop Us

Before I share with you some of what I’ve been reading and hearing online, I want to alert you to this breaking news:  This morning, you can listen to one of the first cases in the U.S. Supreme Court’s history to be conducted by teleconference—the Trump Administration’s challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s birth control Read more …

Supreme Court Hears Case That Could Decide Future of Roe

WASHINGTON, D.C.— When Justice Anthony Kennedy retired from the U. S. Supreme Court, Donald Trump made a deal with religious conservatives.  He promised to nominate a fifth vote against abortion rights in return for their continued blind devotion and campaign contributions. This week, anti-abortion extremists stand to collect.  The Court will hear the case of June Medical Read more …

Act Today to Prevent a Lifetime Court Appointment for Anti-Woman Judge!

The Trump Administration has nominated yet another disastrous appointment to a federal bench who will turn the clock backwards on women’s health. But there’s still time to raise your voice against confirmation of Sarah Pitlyk, an attorney with a career defined by attacks on reproductive rights, to a lifetime appointment on a federal district court in Missouri.   The Read more …

Trump’s Court-Packing Plan Must Fail

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Donald Trump’s nomination of anti-abortion lawyer Sarah Pitlyk to a federal judgeship in St. Louis is another brick in his judicial wall around abortion.  He is packing the federal bench with young, ultraconservative zealots who are committed to weakening or reversing abortion rights.  Now, Donald Trump wants to elevate that twisted reasoning to the federal bench.  Read more …

The Senate Fails Again to Protect Survivors of Sexual Assault

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The fix is in to elevate General John E. Hyten to be vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the military’s second highest position, despite credible accusations of sexual assault made by an officer under his command. Col. Kathryn Spletstoser has told investigators and the media about Gen. Hyten’s repeated sexual advances, Read more …