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President Biden nominated four more excellent justices for lifetime appointments last week. #CourtsMatter #ElectionsMatter

Press Release: Nominations Sent to the Senate | The White House:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/06/04/press-release-nominations-sent-to-the-senate-13/

Ohio judge Mark Serrott declared unconstitutional a state law, supported by Big Tobacco, that would strip communities of their authority to enact measures aimed at reducing tobacco use.

Serrott is an elected Democrat. #LocalElectionsMatter #CourtsMatter

State ban on local tobacco regulations ruled unconstitutional | 10tv.com:
https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/franklin-county-judge-rules-ban-on-local-tobacco-regulations-unconstitutional/530-03fed760-f03a-497c-93db-971fb8f26e4d

Judge Mark Walker was nominated as U.S. district judge to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida by President Barack Obama in 2012 and serves as chief at this time. #ElectionsMatter #CourtsMatter

Federal Court Permanently Blocks Provision of Florida Law that Targeted Voter Registration and Civic Engagement by Community Organizations | ACLU of Florida |
https://www.aclufl.org/en/press-releases/federal-court-permanently-blocks-provision-florida-law-targeted-voter-registration

We should be very concerned about what the Supreme Court will do in the 303 Creative case, but not just because of how it could set back LGBTQ+ equality. It could set back all civil rights for all protected groups. #CourtsMatter

My preview at Alliance for Justice: https://www.afj.org/article/this-supreme-court-lgbtq-rights-case-could-lead-us-back-to-jim-crow/

Good news from Ohio! This is why we say #CourtsMatter

I'm not happy that Judge DeWine didn't recuse himself from the case, considering his father, Gov Mike DeWine signed off on the maps. Still, it's a win for Ohio and for fair, non-partisan districting.
#Gerrymandering

Ohio Supreme Court rejects GOP-drawn congressional map as unfairly partisan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ohio-redistricting/2022/01/14/338009aa-755d-11ec-8b0a-bcfab800c430_story.html

@BruceBanner
As we've seen with the disastrous appointees from TFG, #CourtsMatter
#HoldTheSenate

@TonyStark Great news! #CourtsMatter while we're talking about it.