📩 Welcome Common Cause to UFD Coalition Fighting to Fix the Court and Give Power Back to the American People
🗽A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.
People Power United is a proud member of the United for Democracy coalition. People Power United along with the entire coalition welcomes the newest member- Common Cause to the coalition. Here is the welcome statement issued by Stasha Rhodes, Executive Director, United for Democracy on behalf of our People Power United members:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, United for Democracy (UFD) — a nationwide Coalition shining a spotlight on the Supreme Court’s impact on our freedoms and the urgent need for Congress to use its authority to fix it — announced the addition of Common Cause to its growing membership.
Representing tens of millions of Americans, United For Democracy is unprecedented in its size and scope. With Common Cause’s partnership and over five decades of leadership, the 160 member Coalition gains a key champion in the work to defend and pursue the promises of democracy.
“At this inflection point for our country, we welcome Common Cause to our Coalition,” said Stasha Rhodes, Executive Director, United For Democracy. “MAGA operatives know the overwhelming majority of Americans oppose their dangerous, special interest and corporate billionaire-backed agenda so they spent decades capturing the Supreme Court to subvert the will of the people. And their MAGA justices have delivered on taking a sledgehammer to democracy: Empowering dictatorship by suppressing the vote and giving Trump the protections and powers of a king. As the stakes rise, we are grateful to face them side-by-side with Common Cause, a critical leader at the forefront of protecting the vote. Together, we will return power back to the American people.”
“Common Cause has a long history of working to hold the Supreme Court accountable, and we are proud to join the United for Democracy coalition in fighting to reform a Court that has quite simply gone off the rails, pushing its extreme agenda that hurts women, families, communities, workers, our environment, and our democracy,” said Virginia Kase Solomón, President and CEO of Common Cause. “Any Court that ignores clear conflicts of interest of its Justices and decides that a sitting president is above the law has quite simply lost its way. Supreme Court approval ratings have plummeted as Americans have continually endured a
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United for Democracy is a diverse and growing coalition of 140 grassroots organizations, labor unions, and advocates for reproductive rights, gun violence prevention, the environment, workers’ rights and more, all representing tens of millions of Americans. The nationwide campaign launched to educate Americans about the impact today’s Supreme Court is having on their lives, freedoms, and democracy — and call on Congress to rein in its unchecked powers.