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Pinatunog ng Mga Eksperto sa Karapatan sa Pagboto ang Alarm sa Moore v. Harper
If SCOTUS rules against us in Moore v. Harper, extremist politicians will have unchecked power to dismantle checks and balances and undermine our vote.
It’s a dense and dangerous case. Check out what the experts are saying below.
Kathay Feng
Common Cause National Redistricting Director
In our #MooreVHarper SCOTUS case, extremist politicians are attempting a radical power grab to undermine our right to vote.@KathayCCC explains how “once power is concentrated in a few people’s hands, we won’t see a country we recognize anymore.” pic.twitter.com/HLk3jAtkCu
— Karaniwang Dahilan (@CommonCause) February 25, 2023
Checks and balances are essential to our democracy, because power belongs to We The People– not to any one branch of government. #MooreVHarper pic.twitter.com/Qhlm6MjpJ3
— Karaniwang Dahilan (@CommonCause) December 17, 2022
Allison Riggs
Form Attorney for Southern Coalition for Social Justice
Becky Harper
Plaintiff in Moore v. Harper
Hear from Becky Harper— the ‘Harper’ in our #MooreVHarper SCOTUS case—on the importance of this moment. pic.twitter.com/NnIJSjNUgw
— Karaniwang Dahilan (@CommonCause) December 9, 2022
“No one person or entity in any state has absolute authority. Moore v. Harper can upend all of that,” explains Becky Harper, @CommonCauseNC Board Member and plaintiff in #MooreVHarper.
We must protect our system of checks and balances. pic.twitter.com/BoHDj7KixT
— Karaniwang Dahilan (@CommonCause) March 24, 2023
Tyler Daye
Common Cause North Carolina Policy and Civic Engagement Manager
“All of us are negatively affected when a single branch of government holds too much power,” says Tyler Daye of @CommonCauseNC.
We’ll be working with @SCSJ to put people over politics & protect our system of checks and balances in our Moore v Harper #SCOTUS case later this year. pic.twitter.com/LDa2uLvwg3
— Karaniwang Dahilan (@CommonCause) September 16, 2022
Hukom J. Michael Luttig
Former Judge and Conservative Legal Figure
Don’t just take our word for it.
Judge J. Michael Luttig says that Moore v. Harper is “the single most important case on and for American democracy since the nation’s founding.” @scsj pic.twitter.com/ajKhA5reK6
— Karaniwang Dahilan (@CommonCause) October 27, 2022
Bob Phillips
Executive Director of Common Cause North Carolina