Washington Times: Leaked opinion on Roe fuels renewed call on left to pack Supreme Court
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This excerpt is from a piece that originally ran on May 3, 2022.
Alliance for Justice argued the way to protect abortion rights is to expand the high court by adding Democratic-appointed justices.
“We must expand the Court to put a check on this increasingly lawless and hyper-partisan conservative majority. We must fill every judicial vacancy by the end of this year. Progressives must focus our attention on state courts, which will now be a critical frontline in the fight to protect abortion rights,” said Rakim H.D. Brooks, president of AFJ.
“There are paths to restoring our rights, but we must recognize that they cannot be accomplished through business as usual. Conservatives spent decades laying the groundwork for this outcome, and our response must be commensurate to meet this moment,” he added.