WASHINGTON – Bend the Arc: Jewish Action released the following statement on Monday in response to the Senate’s vote to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court:
“Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation represents the culmination of the years-long effort of President Trump and Republican Senators to stack our courts with ideologues who are only interested in protecting the rights of people who look and think like them,” said Stosh Cotler, CEO of Bend the Arc: Jewish Action. “The GOP Senate that confirmed Barrett actually represents a minority of Americans, and five of the nine current Supreme Court justices have now been appointed by presidents who lost the popular vote. This type of minority rule is fundamentally undemocratic, and goes against every ideal our government supposedly stands for.”
“The rights of millions of women, immigrants, LGBTQ people, and people of color are threatened by a Supreme Court that cannot be trusted,” said Cotler. “The deeply hypocritical actions of Trump and the Republican Senate have nothing to do with guaranteeing equal justice under law, and everything to do with cynically clinging to power.”
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