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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · 1d

@joshorton.bsky.social: “Make no mistake: the hyper-partisan justices on the Court are fine making it harder for people of color to have a voice in our democracy, so long as Republicans benefit at the ballot box. The Supreme Court must be reformed.”

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Statement by Demand Justice President Josh Orton on Today’s Oral Argument in Louisiana v. Callais - Demand Justice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 15, 2025 CONTACT: [email protected] Washington, DC – Today in oral arguments, the Supreme Court’s extreme, hyper-partisan majority made clear that they intend to de...

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · 1d

Justice Kagan tells the Louisiana Solicitor General that the state's attempt to undermine voting rights and representation for minority voters has been "rejected by this Court over many decades and three years ago."

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · 2d

🚨The Supreme Court’s emergency docket was meant for true emergencies—not to hand Trump quiet victories in the dark. Judges across the country are sounding the alarm and speaking out about a “judicial crisis.”

This is why we need serious reforms to the Court.

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Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · 8d

A Supreme Court that stood for equal rights would uphold laws that protect LGBTQ+ kids from “conversion therapy”—a dangerous + broadly discredited practice. But this Court has shown, again and again, that it's beholden to the politics of the far-right.

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Supreme Court skeptical of state bans on conversion therapy aimed at LGBTQ kids

The court heard arguments in a case brought by Kaley Chiles, a Christian talk therapist in Colorado, who argues that the state's ban violates her First Amendment rights.

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · 11d

WATCH: Today on @TheWeekendMSNBC, Demand Justice President @joshorton announced a new six-figure ad buy calling out @SenatorDurbin @ChrisCoons for advancing a Trump judicial nominee who swore a loyalty oath to Trump by peddling his lies about January 6th and the 2020 election.

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · 11d

NEW: Demand Justice’s new six-figure ad campaign will hold @durbin.senate.gov @coons.senate.gov accountable for supporting a Trump judicial nominee who passed Trump’s loyalty test by peddling his lies about January 6th and the 2020 election. Why aren’t these Senators standing up to Trump?

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · 16d

@joshorton.bsky.social has a clear vision for Demand Justice’s work–including holding Democrats accountable when they fail to meet the moment, and spotlighting how Trump’s judges are siding with corporate elites and billionaires at the expense of working Americans.

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Demand Justice Names Veteran Democratic Strategist Josh Orton As President - Demand Justice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 30, 2025 CONTACT: [email protected] Orton to lead aggressive approach to pushing back decisively on Trump’s judges, spotlighting their radical agenda and ties to...

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · 16d

Demand Justice has been committed to courts that work for everyday people–and we now have a new leader in this fight:

Meet Josh Orton–a lawyer and veteran of progressive politics who is ready to mobilize opposition to Trump’s judicial nominees and attacks on the rule of law.

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A Liberal Group Returns to Push Democrats to Oppose Trump

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · 19d

What a surprise: the MAGA justices handed Trump another victory on the shadow docket, this time allowing him to unilaterally withhold foreign aid that had been previously appropriated by Congress. This is why we need serious reforms to the Court.

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Supreme Court clears way for Trump to withhold $4B in foreign aid approved by Congress

The ruling could further muddle negotiations over the impending government shutdown.

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you @raskin.house.gov, @schiff.senate.gov, and @blumenthal.senate.gov for keeping up the fight.

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Democrats Investigating Law Firms Over Work for Trump’s Commerce Dept.

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · 22d

First, these firms capitulated to Trump out of greed, rather than standing up to him and showing courage.

Now, they’re providing free legal services to the Administration itself - and potentially breaking the law.

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Democrats Investigating Law Firms Over Work for Trump’s Commerce Dept.

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · 24d

With this order, SCOTUS hands Trump even more unchecked power, this time to gut the FTC's mission of reigning in powerful corporations and protecting consumers.

Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 24d

BREAKING: #SCOTUS, 6-3, lets Trump sideline Biden appointee Rebecca Slaughter from Federal Trade Commission. #SCOTUS will also hear arguments in December on overruling Humphrey's Executor, case that upheld Congressional limits on firing FTC members Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

25A264 Order

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · Sep 12

SJC advanced the latest batch of Trump loyalists this week, including Eric Tung--a nominee to the Ninth Circuit who believes there's no constitutional right to abortion or gay marriage.

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US Senate panel advances four of Trump's conservative judicial nominees

A U.S. Senate panel voted along party lines on Thursday to advance four of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees, including two picks to serve on a pair of federal appeals courts, one of which has no Republican appointees.

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · Sep 12

The MAGA SCOTUS justices keep rubber-stamping President Trump’s lawlessness without explanation—and it’s causing confusion and chaos in the lower courts.

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Appeals court judges publicly admonish Supreme Court justices: ‘We’re out here flailing’

“They’re leaving the circuit courts, the district courts out in limbo,” one judge said during appeals court oral arguments that turned into a venting session about the high court’s terse emergency rul...

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · Sep 10

"Sen. Welch has helped to confirm a Trump nominee with an extensive history of defending misconduct by police officers and government officials, and who will now serve out a lifetime position on the federal bench."

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Demand Justice Slams Senator Welch’s Vote For Trump Nominee Kyle Dudek - Demand Justice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 10, 2025 CONTACT: [email protected] Washington, DC – On Tuesday the Senate voted on the nomination of Kyle Dudek to the U.S. District Court for the Middle Distric...

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · Sep 10

“There is no legitimate reason for any Democrat to vote for a single one of Trump’s judicial nominees given the lawless actions of his administration and his attacks on the federal courts."

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First Democrat to Back Trump Judge Pick Angers Progressives (1)

Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) came under pressure from a progressive advocacy group after becoming the first and only Democrat so far to support a Donald Trump judicial nominee in the president’s second te...

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · Sep 8

Once again, the MAGA justices on the Court hand Trump a win at the cost of our fundamental rights.

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Sep 8

BREAKING: By an apparent 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court halts an injunction that had prevented immigration agents from racially profiling Latinos in central California.

Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26085894-25a169-order/

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · Sep 8

“We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent.” - Justice Sotomayor

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · Sep 3

Jennifer Mascott, Trump's nominee to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, refuses to answer @schiff.senate.gov's question about whether a president would be immune from prosecution for killing an opponent or using the military in direct violation of a court order -->

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · Sep 3

Jennifer Mascott, a Trump judicial pick, is nominated to a circuit judgeship based in Delaware.

She isn’t even admitted to practice law in the state.

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · Sep 2

The Supreme Court has expanded Trump’s power. He’s seeking much more.

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The Supreme Court has expanded Trump’s power. He’s seeking much more.

The president’s firing of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook and other cases could serve as major tests of how far the high court is willing to go to bless his assertion of executive authority.

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · Aug 29

Emil Bove Continued to Work at Justice Dept. After Judicial Confirmation

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Emil Bove Continued to Work at Justice Dept. After Judicial Confirmation

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · Aug 15

"Courts controlled by conservative majorities follow the [SCOTUS] supermajority and stray from established precedents to achieve ideology-driven outcomes. They effectively carve out a new troubling norm: Constitutional rights for me but not for thee."

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The Supreme Court Is Being Tested on Whether Parental Rights Apply Equally in Blue and Red States

On Tuesday, we saw some of the earliest fallout from the Supreme Court's decision earlier this summer in United States v. Skrmetti.

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · Aug 11

Inside the Trump administration’s steady erosion of judicial power

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‘The courts are helpless’: Inside the Trump administration’s steady erosion of judicial power | CNN Politics

Six months into Donald Trump’s second term, his administration is at war with the federal judiciary, evading court orders blocking its agenda, suing judges for alleged misconduct, and veering toward w...

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · Jul 30

We’re hearing from four more Trump judicial nominees today.

It’s clear that they’ve been handpicked for their extreme MAGA views—not their dedication to the rule of law.

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