Thread by @jamisonfoser

Blockbuster new study from @TakeBacktheCt: Republican-appointed judges voted to make it harder to vote ***80 percent of the time***

nytimes.com/2020/10/16/us/…

This is not an accident: Republicans have illegitimately seized control of the judiciary specifically so they can use the judiciary to destroy democracy, because they know they are a minority party.

https://twitter.com/jamisonfoser/status/1197237489657737216

Republican-appointed judges have voted to weaken democracy an astounding 80 percent of the time, according to this new study.

Incredibly, Trump-appointed judges are even more anti-democracy: 85 percent of the time.

https://twitter.com/charlie_savage/status/1317142039801245703

Certainly not when that party has illegitimately packed the courts with anti-voting judges!

https://twitter.com/hbrown013/status/1317147761217835008

Yep. Some of this rigging happened long ago (small state bias of the Senate, for e.g.) but much of it has been intentional, decades-long effort by America’s minority party to establish minority rule.

https://twitter.com/charlie_savage/status/1317145169838432256

By the way, can we just pause to appreciate the fact that this right-winger’s defense of GOP judges making it harder for people to vote is that courts SHOULD make sure it’s hard to vote during a pandemic?

That's a great question, @AdamGreen! #AlwaysBeClosing

If you want to help @TakeBackTheCt fight back against the efforts to destroy democracy, here's a handy donation link: secure.actblue.com/donate/take-ba…

https://twitter.com/AdamGreen/status/1317186235828473856?s=20

Relatedly, here’s a great @ZoeTillman piece about a federal judge calling out other judges for participating in “a systematic effort to suppress voter turnout and undermine the right to vote.” buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…