There’s a lot at stake in this election. Nowhere is this clearer than in the US Supreme Court.
The
court’s decisions have a profound impact on American families. In the
past two decades alone, it effectively declared George W. Bush
president, significantly weakened the Voting Rights Act, and opened the
door to a flood of unaccountable money in our politics. It also made
same-sex marriage legal nationwide, preserved the Affordable Care Act
not once but twice, and ensured equal access to education for women.
Agree
or disagree with them — and most of us have done both over the years —
there’s no question that who sits on the court matters a great deal.
On
Election Day, three of the current justices will be over 80 years old,
which is past the court’s average retirement age. The next president
could easily appoint more than one justice. That makes this a
make-or-break moment — for the court and our country.
