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We, the people, do not get a vote on the Supreme Court. Tomorrow, the House decides whether we ever will again.
Wednesday morning, House Republicans bring H.J.Res.1 to the floor. The bill locks the Supreme Court at nine justices forever, buried in the Constitution where no future Congress can reach it. Not nine justices for now. Nine justices permanently, immune to every future crisis this country will face.
Congress Built This Power. Republicans Want to Bury It.
Congress has changed the size of the Supreme Court seven times since 1789. George Washington signed one of those changes. Thomas Jefferson signed another. Lincoln expanded the Court to ten justices to break the Dred Scott majority and speed the end of slavery. FDR never even passed his own expansion plan. The threat alone pushed the sitting Court to stop striking down New Deal programs.
That power has belonged to your elected representatives for two centuries. H.J.Res.1 buries it.
Look What They Already Do With Nine
This Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais. It handed presidents sweeping immunity in Trump v. United States. It overturned Dobbs and erased a federal right that stood for nearly fifty years. Monday, a divided 5-4 Court let Trump keep building his $400 million White House ballroom, with Chief Justice Roberts warning in dissent that the project is likely unlawful.
Nine justices did all of that. Republicans want to weld the door shut behind them.
The Numbers Don’t Lie
Only 33 percent of Americans approve of this Court, the lowest mark Gallup has recorded in 26 years. Support for adding justices has climbed as high as 54 percent in Marquette’s polling. H.J.Res.1 takes that option off the table and locks a GOP-appointed majority in place into the 2060s.
We are not asking every representative to back expansion tomorrow. We are asking them to keep the door open. One check. One vote. One door left open.
A no vote keeps Congress’s power to check the least accountable branch of government. A yes vote erases that power for every generation behind us.
Send the Letter Before You Close This Tab
We already wrote it. Add your name, add your address so their office cannot dismiss you as noise, then send it straight to your representative: click here to Vote NO on H.J.Res.1
It takes under two minutes.
They want this locked in before anyone notices. We noticed. Send the letter.
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Comment with your state. Let’s see how many House offices hear from us!
Virginia- Rep Walkinshaw
California-Rep. Simon