A conservative political action committee seeking to counter efforts by former Obama administration officials to select left-leaning judges to state courts announced its top priorities Friday.
The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) is looking to back conservative judges in six states with seven-figure ad spending this fall, according to a press release first obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation — an effort that has become crucial to Republicans in recent years after former President Barack Obama's Attorney General Eric Holder led an effort to use the courts to redistrict congressional districts, particularly in Republican-leaning states.
“We know that redistricting is no longer a decade-long battle, but an annual one. That's why we must elect more constitutional conservatives to elections across the country this year and prevent liberals, backed by millions of dollars in dark money, from overturning conservative-led judges,” said Dee Duncan, president of RLSC, which runs the Judicial Fairness Initiative (JFI). “JFI remains committed to preventing Eric Holder and Barack Obama's handpicked cronies from tipping the balance of power in these critical judicial battleground states in 2024 and electing conservative judges who will fight to keep justice from being blinded.”
The RLSC focuses on judicial elections in Arizona, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas.
The state Supreme Court has been a particular target for Holder's National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NRDC).
“State supreme courts have the power to review and, if necessary, overturn unfair or unconstitutional redistricting plans,” NRDC's Website “Having fair courts is essential to upholding democratic principles,” he said.
NRDC considers North Carolina's Supreme Court to be “ideological” and has listed the state as a priority for this fall's elections, along with those in Michigan, Montana, Ohio and Texas.
NRDC also partnered with the Planned Parenthood Action Fund to place justices on the state Supreme Court who are pro-abortion and pro-transgender agendas, Kyodo News reported. release In May. (Related article: Planned Parenthood supports more courts, term limits for judges)
“We are fighting for our lives to protect and restore fundamental freedoms, and our courts are on the front lines,” said Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, in a press release in May. “Those who oppose abortion access, LGBTQ+ equality, and democracy itself are tipping the scales of justice by forming a court to carry out their destructive agenda. If this continues, we will surely see even more devastating decisions that uphold abortion bans, restrict care like IVF, and deny dignity to transgender people. We cannot lose the fight for a fair and unbiased court.”
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The RSLC also released a video on Friday that will be part of the advertising campaign, in which it says its justice efforts are “not politically motivated but the first line of defense” in the fight against blind justice.
“America's courts are under siege, as radical liberals, led by Barack Obama and Eric Holder, weaponize the rule of law to redraw maps, tilt the scales and enforce their agenda,” the ad's narrator says.
“The fight for our courts is a fight for our future,” the ad concludes.
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