[ACTION ITEM] Stop the Supreme Courtâs power grab Problems viewing this email? [View it in your browser]( [Center for American Progress]( InProgress from the Center for American Progress To make sure you never miss an email from us, please add progress@americanprogress.org to your contacts or safe senders list. Thanks for staying connected with us! Extremistsâ plan to gut Americaâs system of checks and balances [The White House is seen with the U.S. flag at half-staff in Washington, D.C., on May 22, 2020. ]( Photo credit: Getty Images/Alex Wong Project 2025 is a road map for a new far-right presidential administration. The most striking aspect of the plan is [a new strategy]( to gut the system of checks and balances that has long protected U.S. democracy and Americansâ personal freedoms. This strategy would concentrate power in the hands of the presidentâand set in motion a plan to flood the civil service with far-right loyalists to seize control of independent agencies. It is a [playbook]( written for an authoritarian administration. This new vision would make it even harder for the American people to have a say in their government or oppose policies with which they disagree. The scope of Project 2025 is extensive. An ongoing [series from the Center for American Progress]( unpacks specific proposals in Project 2025 and how they would affect all Americans. Taken together, Project 2025 is a plan for a presidency focused on consolidating and holding on to power. Many of the policies listed in the public, 920-page agenda can be grouped into three core areas: - Gut the U.S. system of checks and balances to consolidate power
- Take away Americansâ fundamental personal freedoms
- Raise costs on the middle class to give the wealthy billions [Read more about project 2025]( ð¨ Stay informed and subscribe to our Spotlight Project 2025 newsletter for the latest updates on the far rightâs plans: [Sign up]( Listen to the experts Who knows Project 2025 better than the people who have already been affected? This week, the Center for American Progress invited representatives from Texas, Florida, and Iowa to discuss ways that the extremist policies already enacted in their states are affecting their communities. This radical policy agenda would target reproductive rights, labor, and civil rights. Panels at CAPâs event featured leaders including Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, and Maya Wiley of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. These leaders discussed how Project 2025 would give far-right politicians, judges, and corporations more control over Americansâ lives. We have to stop them. [watch here]( Texas is a test Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) has experienced firsthand how extremist policies are warping education, reproductive rights, and everyday life in his state. We need to work with urgency to prevent that dystopian landscape from scaling nationally. [Tweet from Center for American Progress that reads: ""We are sleepwalking towards theocracy." There are dangerous ideas being tested at the state level. The far-right extremists behind Project 2025 want to take them nationwide. State Rep. @JamesTalarico is sounding the alarm ð¨"]( [Spread the Word]( Take action to stop the judicial power grab The U.S. Supreme Courtâs [disastrous rulings]( granting presidential immunity and weakening the power of public agencies to protect the American people from bad actors have set the stage for Project 2025. We must stop this blatant power grab and protect the checks and balances that ensure our government is serving the American people. Congress must take action immediately to reform the court. Take less than a minute to write your representative and demand term limits for Supreme Court justices now: [Take Action]( Unions make us stronger [Members of the Boston Teachers Union and their supporters rally in support of contract measures in Bostonâs Nubian Square on June 5, 2024.]( Photo credit: Getty Images/The Boston Globe/Erin Clark Unions are a critical force in American society, ensuring that everyday Americans earn decent pay and benefits and have a voice in U.S. democracy. Historically, theyâve also played a powerful role for American workers: Unions [helped create]( the 40-hour workweek, child labor laws, and improvements in health insurance. At their height in 1945, unions represented [one-third of all U.S. workers](. In recent years, the [popularity]( and [activity]( of unions has grown to levels not seen in decades, bolstering their ability to deliver on these benefits. And itâs for good reason: New data confirm that unions raise wages and wealth for all workers, while their decline contributes to the rise in wage inequality. At the same time, unions increase political participation and ensure the middle class is represented across a range of issues. In short, Americaâs economic and democratic prosperity rests on rebuilding the strength of unions. Learn how: [4 ways unions make us stronger]( How the Affordable Care Act improved access to preventive health services at zero cost to patients [A woman plays with her daughter in the waiting room of a Denver health center, October 1, 2013, in Colorado. ]( Photo credit: Getty Images/Chris Schneider The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is best known for advancing affordable, equitable, and comprehensive health coverage for all Americans. But equally important are its provisions related to preventive care, primarily the requirement for insurers to provide zero-cost coverage for many evidence-based preventive services such as diabetes and cancer screenings; substance use services; and vaccinations that protect against influenza, measles, and COVID-19. More than 230 million privately insured patients, Medicaid adult expansion enrollees, and Medicare beneficiaries can receive no-cost preventive care. Unsurprisingly, [82 percent of Americans]( support this provision of the ACA. This [comprehensive coverage]( has made preventive services more affordable for the majority of Americans, laying the foundation for disease prevention and better health outcomes. Last monthâs ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Braidwood v. Becerra, which found that the ACAâs coverage requirement for insurers is unconstitutional, puts these benefits at risk. The provision remains temporarily in effect for most of the country while litigation continues, but Congress must act fast to codify legislation that preserves no-cost coverage for preventive services. [Learn More]( RSVP: A Progressive Prescription for U.S.-China Trade [A dock worker inspects production safety at Qingdao Port in China's Shandong province on July 7, 2024.]( Photo credit: Getty Images/CFOTO/Future Publishing Join us next [Monday, July 15, from 11 a.m. â 12 p.m. ET]( for the first installment of our China Policy Virtual Roundtable Series. [RSVP Today]( U.S.-China relations will shape the 21st century, and no issue will be more consequential than trade. 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