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If you want to build a democracy that works for everyone, you must have an honest judiciary. If you want an honest judiciary, you #TakeBacktheCourt.

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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
We have to take building democracy as seriously as the MAGA Supreme Court takes dismantling it. That starts with expanding and rebalancing the court itself.
RIGHT-WING SUPREME COURT STRIKES FATAL BLOW TO VRA



“Dismantling the Voting Rights Act has been John Roberts’ life’s work,” said Sarah Lipton-Lubet, president of Take Back the Court Action Fund. “Defenders of democracy need to take their work as seriously as Roberts and his MAGA colleagues take destroying democracy – and that requires swiftly and decisively rebalancing and reforming the Supreme Court when the opportunity arises. Without that, no meaningful democratic reforms will survive this court.”
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
TBTCAF’s @liptonlubet.bsky.social on today’s SCOTUS tariff decision: “We finally found something the right-wing Supreme Court justices won’t help Trump do: Sink their investment portfolios with an economically ruinous and unconstitutional tariff scheme.”
February 20, 2026

Today, the Supreme Court struck down Donald Trump’s unconstitutional and reckless tariff scheme. In response, Take Back The Court Action Fund released the following statement: 

“We finally found something the right-wing Supreme Court justices won’t help Trump do: Sink their investment portfolios with an economically ruinous and unconstitutional tariff scheme,” said Sarah Lipton-Lubet, president of Take Back the Court Action Fund.
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
TBTC President @liptonlubet.bsky.social notes the Roberts Court’s own corruption plays a role in its willingness to embrace Donald Trump’s corruption: “You can only live in a rule-free environment for so long before it cooks your brain.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The ethics scandals could explain some of Roberts' and his colleagues recent decisions, like how they've consistently torn down public corruption law on the premise that bribery is just a part of politics. "The eager embrace and encouragement that you've seen from the Roberts court for Trump's lawlessness is just marinating in the right-wing justices' belief that rules don't apply to them either," Lipton-Lubet says. "Justices who are comfortable taking essentially undisclosed bribes from fellow ideologues end up deciding that the president they support is above the law. They've created this culture for themselves of accountability-free corruption, and that extends, I think, to the way that they view the administration." She adds, "You can only live in a rule-free environment for so long before it cooks your brain."
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Just a few days days left to vote for us in @credomobile.bsky.social’s election & support our work to build a robust court reform movement (for free)! 🗳️ Cast your vote here: www.credodonations.com/organization...
Idyllic future society scene with the words "SOCIETY IF SIX RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS WEREN'T DECIDING WHO IS ALLOWED TO HAVE HUMAN RIGHTS" overlaid in bold white text.
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Have you voted in February’s @credomobile.bsky.social election yet? If not, now’s the time! Here’s why: [🧵 1/3] www.credodonations.com/organization...
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
NEW: 50 groups & individuals have filed anti-trans amicus briefs in the Supreme Court case Skrmetti v. U.S., including anti-LGBTQ hate groups & orgs with troubling connections to the right-wing justices. W/ @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social @truenorthresearch.bsky.social @courtacctability.bsky.social:
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 01/11/2024
We can't afford a Bush v. Gore 2.0. Our NEW memo w/ @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social, True North Research & Court Accountability highlights 3 important things to remember about #SCOTUS' disastrous, conflict-tainted 2000 ruling: www.takebackthecourt.today/remembering-...
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
Our full statement on the right-wing Supreme Court's efforts to suppress voters:
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
Trump wants to imprison people for criticizing the Supreme Court. Take Back the Court Action Fund's new poll found that 80% of likely voters reject those threats — but people aren't hearing about them enough. Our full memo: takebackthecourt.substack.com/p/new-poll-8...
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 04/10/2024
As long as the zombie Comstock Act remains on the books, right-wing anti-abortion extremists have a powerful tool to control our lives and future. Add your name to help urge lawmakers to repeal Comstock now (cc: @ultraviolet.bsky.social @hcaborders.bsky.social) ➡️ actionnetwork.org/forms/tell-c...
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
Our full statement: www.takebackthecourt.today/press-releas...
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
During last night's VP debate, JD Vance went on a rant about "censorship." Wonder what he thinks about Donald Trump's repeated threats to jail and fine Americans for exercising their constitutional right to criticize the Supreme Court... (Left by @stevebenen.bsky.social; right by Aaron Blake)
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 26/09/2024
We commend @wyden.senate.gov on proposing a substantive reform package that reins in the court’s increasing overreach, addresses basic judicial ethics, and begins to reverse Republican court packing by adding seats to the bench. Full statement from our President @liptonlubet.bsky.social ↘️
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 23/09/2024
Some issues we expect #SCOTUS to take up in the future (and on which right-wing powerbrokers & their connected orgs may weigh in): 1️⃣ gun safety 2️⃣ protections for LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, & students 3️⃣ consumer protections 4️⃣ the 2024 election Keep an eye on supremetransparency.org for updates.
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
In interviews and in the Project 2025 blueprint for a future Trump administration, right-wing extremists make it abundantly clear that they will misuse the Comstock Act of 1873 to ban abortion nationwide. We need to #CancelComstock.
A blurred out screenshot of a New York Times article called "Trump Allies Plan New Sweeping Abortion Restrictions" by Lisa Lerner and Elizabeth Diaz. A pull quote stands out over the blurred text that reads: "'We don’t need a federal ban when we have Comstock on the books,' said Jonathan F. Mitchell, the legal force behind a 2021 Texas law that found a way to effectively ban abortion in the state before Roe v. Wade was overturned. 'There’s a smorgasbord of options.'”
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 09/09/2024
TBTC president @liptonlubet.bsky.social's reax to Sen. Durbin calling on Thomas to recuse: "At this point, Clarence and Ginni Thomas’ unethical relationships with right-wing groups span so far and wide that it would be easier to give him a list of cases where he doesn’t need to recuse himself."
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 22/08/2024
The U.S. Supreme Court just sided with Arizona Republicans & the RNC to revive part of an AZ voter restriction. Our reax: “Republicans have controlled the Supreme Court for decades, but these last few months, the justices are really letting their MAGA flags fly."
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 17/08/2024
"[F]ive cruel justices on the Supreme Court just put countless LGBTQ+ students’ health, safety, and lives in jeopardy." - @liptonlubet.bsky.social blasts right-wing #SCOTUS majority Friday afternoon ruling that the Biden admin cannot enforce rule aimed at protecting LGBTQ+ students in some states.
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 01/08/2024
The good news is that the other branches are increasingly stepping in to assert their constitutional powers to rein in the court. Were especially heartened to see Senator Schumer include a provision to restrict the court’s jurisdiction over the #NoKingsAct. Our full statement (2/2)
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 29/07/2024
Biden/Harris proposal for #SCOTUSreform represents "a massive sea change in the fight for court reform." - @liptonlubet.bsky.social commends President Biden & Vice President Harris for recognizing Roberts' #SCOTUS "is a danger to society and that structural reform is both necessary and possible."
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 16/07/2024
Reforming this court is imperative. Ethics rules and term limits alone cannot fully restore balance and independence to #SCOTUS. But today’s announcement is a watershed moment in the fight to take back the court. Our stmt from @liptonlubet.bsky.social:
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 01/07/2024
When Trump and McConnell packed the Supreme Court, this was the moment they anticipated. Now, their hand-picked supermajority has returned the ultimate favor. The Roberts Court just declared an end to American democracy as we know it.
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 27/06/2024
In her Moyle dissent, Justice Jackson explains exactly what the MAGA majority is doing: punting the question of whether pregnant women should be left to die in hospital waiting rooms so #SCOTUS can have a "do-over" at a "more convenient point in time."
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 14/06/2024
Even the Trump administration's bare minimum gun regulations are apparently too much for all six right-wing extremists on his Supreme Court.
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 31/05/2024
Chief Justice Roberts says he won’t meet with senators about obvious ethics violations because of ‘separation of powers,’ but his justices are talking politics in the House Speaker’s DMs.
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 29/05/2024
Alito's letter to Sens. Durbin and Whitehouse is a joke. But the joke will be on us if Congress lets him have the last word on recusing from cases where he has clear conflicts of interest. Our stmt from @liptonlubet.bsky.social: www.takebackthecourt.today/press-releas...
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 22/05/2024
Sarah @liptonlubet.bsky.social: "Samuel Alito is giving Democratic leaders a rare second chance to prove that their concern for our democracy is sincere and that they are going to fight for Americans who have understandably lost faith in this court." www.takebackthecourt.today/press-releas...
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 22/05/2024
Sarah @liptonlubet.bsky.social: "If John Roberts cares about the court’s legitimacy even a fraction of the amount he claims to, he should support lawmakers’ efforts to hold Thomas and Alito accountable. Anything less is just bold-faced complicity in their corruption."
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 22/05/2024
In between decisions erasing our most fundamental rights and freedoms, Thomas and Alito spend their time defending election deniers and flying their flag — all while the court rigs the system for Trump. The result: Americans don't trust this rogue court. Who could blame them?
Headline reads: New Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds approval of U.S. Supreme Court falls to 39%, second lowest since 2020
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 17/05/2024
TBTC Pres. Sarah @liptonlubet.bsky.social on #SnowflakeSam Alito's new ethics scandal: "If Alito is so triggered by a yard sign that he can’t exercise basic judgment, he has no business sitting on the nation’s highest court."
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 19/04/2024
Some "friends" expect benefits. Learn more about the right-wing powerbrokers funding groups that filed “friend of the court” briefs in many of this term’s SCOTUS cases at SupremeTransparency.org — our new project with @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social & True North Research.
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 05/01/2024
Take Back the Court President Sarah Lipton-Lubet (@liptonlubet.bsky.social): "Just five days into a new year, it’s a stark reminder of this court’s dark path forward.” Our full statement:
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Take Back the Court @takebackthect.bsky.social · 05/01/2024
It's 5 p.m. on a Friday. Do you know where your Supreme Court justices are? They're hard at work — meddling in our next election and ensuring that people who need emergency medical care can’t access it.
Screenshot of a New York Times article entitled "Supreme Court Reinstates Idaho's Strict Abortion Ban For Now." Below it is a subheading that reads "The court also agreed to hear an appeal of the case. The Biden administration had challenged the state law, saying it conflicted with a federal statute on emergency-room care." Below these is an image of abortion rights demonstrators holding a protest sign outside the Idaho Statehouse.Screenshot of a CNN headline that reads "Supreme Court agrees to decide whether Trump can be barred from holding office." Below it is a still image from a live broadcast with Joan Biskupic. The chyron reads "BREAKING NEWS: U.S. SUPREME COURT TO HEAR TRUMP 14TH AMENDMENT APPEAL."
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