Stop the Attack on the Courts

U.S. Congress, PA State Legislators and Donald Trump

Sign this petition urging our members of Congress, the PA State Legislators and Donald Trump to stop the attack on the courts.

Our courts are more important now than ever. The judiciary is a critical line of defense in protecting our rights, and checking the other legislative and executive branches' dangerous policies and outrageous abuses of power. Our courts have an enormous impact on our everyday lives, deciding significant issues such as whether we have fair legislative maps, clean air to breathe and clean water to drink, who can marry, whether people can be discriminated against on the job and whether people can make their own reproductive choices.

The threatening of judges who make unfavorable decisions, or simply refusing to comply with a duly issued mandate, as recently seen in Pennsylvania by elected state officials over gerrymandering falls outside the bounds of appropriate and constitutional conduct.

Sign this petition to tell our legislators to stop the attacks on the independent judiciary that serve as a check on legislative and executive powers. #DefendTheCourts

Why Courts Matter- PA is a project of the Center for American Progress, led by The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center.


To: U.S. Congress, PA State Legislators and Donald Trump
From: [Your Name]

Our courts are more important now than ever. The judiciary is a critical line of defense in protecting our rights and checking the other legislative and executive branches' dangerous policies and outrageous abuses of power. Our courts have an enormous impact on our everyday lives, deciding significant issues such as whether we have fair legislative maps, clean air to breathe and clean water to drink, who can marry, whether people can be discriminated against on the job and whether people can make their own reproductive choices.

The threatening of judges who make unfavorable decisions, or simply refusing to comply with a duly issued mandate, as recently seen in Pennsylvania by elected state officials over gerrymandering falls outside the bounds of appropriate and constitutional conduct.
#DefendTheCourts