NEW REPORT FROM TAKE BACK THE COURT AND SUNRISE MOVEMENT SHOWS STAKES IN WEST VIRGINIA V. EPA

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (February 23, 2022) — Next Monday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in West Virginia v. EPA, a case that threatens to undo decades of environmental progress and thwart future efforts to address climate change. Taking this case is another signal that the 6-3 Court is hand-picking cases that present the best opportunities to advance its right-wing agenda.

Ahead of these arguments, Take Back the Court partnered with Sunrise Movement on a new report breaking down how we got to this point and the stakes in the case.

“The current Court was molded by and exists to serve a very specific segment of Republican elites, coal companies, and high polluting industries,” the report states. “Expanding and rebalancing the Court is the only way to ensure that the illegitimate Republican supermajority on the Supreme Court does not succeed in reversing a half-century of progress.”

Read the new report here.

Take Back the Court raises awareness about the urgent need to expand the number of seats on the Supreme Court to address the theft of the court by Senator Mitch McConnell during the Obama Administration. Without adding seats, Congress will not be able to restore the right to vote, ensure reproductive freedom, protect workers, halt our climate emergency, or pass new legislation. Court expansion, which can be accomplished without a constitutional amendment, is the only reform that enables the un-rigging of the system and the restoration of democracy. Learn more: https://www.takebackthecourt.today/