'Our rights are on the line and are inextricably linked with workers’ rights, environmental protections and consumers rights, all of which are under threat from this far-right Court,' warns RepJudyChu. 'Everything we care about is at risk.'
In 2013, under the Shelby County v. Holder ruling, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act—aFrequent and heinous racialized violence against Asian American communities have proven over and over again that our community is at risk from America's gun violence epidemic, andshows overwhelming support among Asian American communities for common sense gun safety laws.
To achieve justice, we need to ensure Asian Americans are fully represented in the judiciary. There has never been an Asian American Supreme Court Justice, but President Biden has made a down payment on ensuring more Asian representation on the federal courts by nominating 23 phenomenally qualified AAPI lawyers.
However, representation at the circuit and district court level cannot fix the problem alone—we must first deal with the radical majority on the Supreme Court. We did not get here by accident. Mitch McConnell stole a Supreme Court seat from President Obama and confirmed another Supreme Court justice in the middle of an election so President Trump, an openly racist man, would have a path wide enough to install a far-right supermajority on the Court.
To address the problem, we need a pro-justice campaign that is just as intentional. We need more Democrats to follow the lead of many of my fellow Asian American leaders in Congress and expand the Court. History explicitly tells us that without action, Asian American communities will pay an enormous price.
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