Dems should become single-issue voters: The courts

The Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was the dam breaking for a series of 6-3 (or 5-4, at best) decisions that will dominate our lives for decades to come. Trump’s nomination of three young, conservative justices will haunt us, undoubtedly making ours a less free, fair society as long as they sit on the bench.

While Democrats mull their post-Roe v. Wade response, it has become increasingly clear to us that we cannot afford to focus just on reproductive rights. Of course, that matters hugely. But the lesson of the Dobbs ruling, and the ruling Monday that a high school football coach had the right to pray on the field, is that our entire way of life will be on the ballot in elections to come.

The only way to animate voters at the level necessary to meet this moment is to re-brand them as “court-appointment voters.” If we try to ensure that Democrats are the ones making significant court appointments, any left-leaning issue voter should be satisfied.

There are so many critical issues that ultimately end up before the Supreme Court, but four are atop liberals’ list of priorities: voting rights, access to health care, reform of gun laws, and climate change.