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Our checks and balances are under attack

On Friday, the Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a massive victory, and it should terrify every American who believes in the rule of law.

In a 6-3 ruling, the right-wing Justices handed a blank check to a lawless president. They limited the power of lower courts to block blatantly unconstitutional actions nationwide — the very safeguard that froze Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship.

Now, the Supreme Court says those courts overstepped. Instead of providing clarity, the Court is creating a haphazard legal system where your rights under the Constitution will depend on which zip code you live in.

Let me break that down: even when Trump breaks the law, our judicial system has limited use of a key tool that could stop him.

  • Checks and balances? Gone.
  • Accountability? Erased.
  • The threat to our democracy? Growing by the day.

This is happening all while Republicans in Congress are voting today to pass their cruel budget bill that guts Medicaid from millions of Americans and takes food off the plates of kids — all so they can funnel more tax giveaways to billionaires.

The stakes are incredibly high. We must take back the House and Senate majorities in 2026. We must win the White House in 2028. We must build the biggest team possible to defend every ounce of democracy left.

That's why I launched The Blue Wave Project — to build the grassroots power we need to elect fearless progressives who will fight like hell to restore democracy, protect our rights, and check the authoritarianism of presidents like Donald Trump.

But we can't do it without your help.

Can you chip in $10, $25, or whatever you can today to the Blue Wave Project and help us organize, mobilize, and defeat Trump's agenda at the ballot box?

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Onward,

Jeff

Posted on June 30, 2025.

Born in the small town of Myrtle Creek, Oregon, Jeff Merkley has never lost touch with his working class roots.

As a U.S. Senator, he works every day to create opportunity for working families, stop the corruption of our democracy, and tackle the climate crisis.

A workhorse and a progressive champion, Jeff Merkley is leading a movement to get our country back on track.

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