🏛️ Supreme Court Accountability News | January 3, 2026
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📜 Supreme Court weighs further loosening campaign finance limits
✨ The Supreme Court is considering a major campaign finance case that could further loosen limits on coordinated spending between political parties and their candidates, potentially allowing much larger financial influence by wealthy donors and party committees. Republicans argue that existing limits violate free-speech rights and put parties at a disadvantage compared with Super PACs and outside groups. Critics warn that removing these limits could deepen the influence of wealthy donors and weaken democratic accountability. Past decisions like Citizens United and McCutcheon have already reshaped fundraising, and this case could push that trend further. — The Washington Post
📚 SCOTUS Denies Petition to Hear Texas Book Banning Case
📍 The Supreme Court has declined to hear Little v. Llano County, a case challenging the removal of books from public libraries in Texas, leaving a lower-court ruling that permits local book bans in place. This refusal means that more public schools and libraries could continue removing books based on local decisions without Supreme Court review of First Amendment implications. Advocates for free speech and open libraries warn that this decision effectively sanctions censorship and ideological control over what materials are available. “This means that the en banc ruling of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will remain in effect for Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. This means that public library patrons have no First Amendment rights to access information. This means we now live in a censorship state.” The case would have been the first major Supreme Court review of book bans since 1982, raising concerns among librarians and civil liberties proponents. — Publishers Weekly
⚖️ Trump v. Slaughter: an explainer
🧑⚖️ In Trump v. Slaughter, the Supreme Court heard arguments over whether the president can remove members of independent federal agencies like the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) without cause, challenging decades-old statutory protections. The Trump administration argues that modern executive authority should allow at-will removal, while former FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter insists that existing law and precedent safeguard agency independence. The dispute centers on whether a nearly century-old precedent (Humphrey’s Executor) should be overruled, which could reshape presidential power and agency autonomy. Justices weighed historical practice, constitutional separation of powers, and the evolving nature of executive authority in their deliberations. — SCOTUSblog
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⚖️ Justice belongs to the people—not to partisan judges.
America’s promise of equal justice relies on a Supreme Court that is fair and independent. Yet today that promise is breaking. A conservative majority puts ideology ahead of the Constitution, threatening reproductive rights, climate protections, and the integrity of our elections. Ethics scandals and hidden conflicts of interest deepen the crisis, eroding public trust at the very moment our freedoms hang in the balance.
But the story isn’t finished. Across the nation, people are rising to demand real reform:
Expand the Court to restore balance
Set Term Limits to end lifetime partisanship
Adopt a binding Code of Ethics to guarantee accountability
Here’s how you can act: Call your members of Congress, sign and share petitions, join groups and coalitions, write letters and op-eds, and show up for organized actions. Every ruling shapes our future. Together, we can build a Supreme Court that serves all of us—and protect the democracy we refuse to lose.
Check out these resources: No Kings: the Urgent Need for Court Reform and Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
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