"Kavanaugh would help kill the Voting Rights Act and uphold voter suppression laws that make it harder for voters of color to cast ballots."
—Hillary Clinton, Sept. 6, 2018
—Hillary Clinton, Sept. 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/hillaryclinton/status/1037675043403309056
During the 2016 campaign, Hillary Clinton repeatedly highlighted the importance of the Supreme Court, warning that voting rights and campaign finance laws "are at stake in the nomination of our next SCOTUS justice."
https://twitter.com/hillaryclinton/status/700137792907669504
On January 9, 2016, Hillary Clinton warned that the next president "could have the power to transform the Supreme Court for generations" and mentioned its impact on voting rights. 
Some on the left responded to Hillary Clinton's warnings about the Supreme Court with remarks like these:
"what BS talk policies and stop fear-mongering for votes"
"Really? That's all you got is some preschool-grade fearmongering?"
"what BS talk policies and stop fear-mongering for votes"
"Really? That's all you got is some preschool-grade fearmongering?"
In June 2015, @HillaryClinton said we need a Supreme Court that "cares more about the right of a person to vote than the right to buy an election."
Today, SCOTUS gave a rubber-stamp to racially targeted voter restriction laws while killing laws restricting dark money.
Today, SCOTUS gave a rubber-stamp to racially targeted voter restriction laws while killing laws restricting dark money.
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/606559825032396800
Throughout the 2016 campaign, the media ignored Hillary Clinton's warnings about the Supreme Court, focusing on her emails & Trump's antics.
She gave a speech focused on the Supreme Court in WISCONSIN in March 2016.
The media ignored it. Look at the top stories for that day:
She gave a speech focused on the Supreme Court in WISCONSIN in March 2016.
The media ignored it. Look at the top stories for that day:
"If you care about the fairness of elections, the future of unions, racial disparities in universities, the rights of women or the future of our planet, you should care about who wins the presidency & appoints the next Supreme Court justices.”
—HRC 3.31.16
thenation.com/article/archiv…
—HRC 3.31.16
thenation.com/article/archiv…
These responses from the left to Hillary Clinton's warnings about the importance of the Supreme Court weren't shocking; the right overall had been taught to appreciate the gravity of SCOTUS far more than the left.
The media ignored the candidate who tried to change that.
The media ignored the candidate who tried to change that.
https://twitter.com/ashtonpittman/status/1394380234871410695
In 2015, NYT asked me to write about what I considered THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE of 2016.
I wrote about the Supreme Court and how the next POTUS could "fundamentally remake" it—pointing to voting rights.
(Left commenters also accused me fear-mongering).
nytimes.com/roomfordebate/…
I wrote about the Supreme Court and how the next POTUS could "fundamentally remake" it—pointing to voting rights.
(Left commenters also accused me fear-mongering).
nytimes.com/roomfordebate/…
Did the national media ever regret ignoring the Supreme Court as the biggest issue in 2016 & Hillary Clinton's repeated appeals for folks to consider the importance of SCOTUS?
No. But ex-NBC chair Andy Lack did express contrition for not focusing more on Hillary's "likability."
No. But ex-NBC chair Andy Lack did express contrition for not focusing more on Hillary's "likability."
https://twitter.com/ashtonpittman/status/1394359863321505806
Our media failed us in 2016. Any politicians who didn't highlight the importance and the stakes of the Supreme Court failed us in 2016.
We are dealing with the fallout from those media failures (fueled in part by sexism, in part by greed) today—and likely will be for decades.
We are dealing with the fallout from those media failures (fueled in part by sexism, in part by greed) today—and likely will be for decades.
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