MAGA Republicans are preparing to rewrite the Constitution to protect the captured and corrupt Supreme Court that keeps advancing their agenda.
The House could vote as soon as tomorrow on H.J.Res. 1, a proposed constitutional amendment that would lock the Supreme Court at nine justices and prevent a future Congress from expanding and rebalancing it.
Sign the petition: tell the House to reject H.J.Res. 1
The Constitution does not require nine justices. Congress has changed the size of the Supreme Court repeatedly throughout our history.
But after a well-funded right-wing movement spent decades capturing the judiciary and securing a 6-3 far-right majority, Republicans want to close the door behind them. They want to prevent future voters, presidents, and members of Congress from repairing the damage they have done.
This has nothing to do with protecting the Supreme Court’s independence. It is about protecting the power of a far-right majority that has overturned the constitutional right to abortion, gutted voting rights, expanded access to deadly weapons, shielded Trump from criminal accountability, and repeatedly removed limits on his power.
Now, the same MAGA movement benefiting from those decisions wants to write its advantage into the Constitution.
A future pro-democracy Congress must retain the authority to expand the Supreme Court under the next pro-democracy president. H.J.Res. 1 would take that option away at precisely the moment when fundamental reform is most urgently needed.
A constitutional amendment requires the support of two-thirds of the House. Republicans should not receive a single pro-democracy vote. Members of Congress need to hear immediately that their constituents expect them to preserve our ability to reform the Supreme Court, not cement the power of its far-right majority.
Sign now: reject H.J.Res. 1 and defend our ability to reform the Supreme Court
We cannot allow today’s Republican majority to rewrite the Constitution to protect the Supreme Court majority their movement created. The rights and freedoms of generations to come could depend on preserving our power to reform this broken institution. We must act now.
