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Unraveling The Far-Left Group Seeking To Derail Future Republican SCOTUS Nominees

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07.04.2026

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Unraveling The Far-Left Group Seeking To Derail Future Republican SCOTUS Nominees

The far-left group Demand Justice is developing plans to derail future Republican Supreme Court nominees for when a vacancy arises.

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s consideration of so-called “birthright citizenship” last week has rightly drawn many eyeballs to a high-profile subject involving the rule of law and judiciary. And while the issue is certainly important, there’s another newsworthy story related to the high court that isn’t receiving the attention it deserves.

The New York Times published a seemingly under-the-radar piece on Friday titled, “Liberal Group Warns That Trump Could Have Two More Supreme Court Picks.” Authored by Times reporter Reid Epstein, the article disclosed plans by a far-left organization to disrupt potential Supreme Court nominations should they arise during President Trump’s second term.

While speaking with the left-wing outlet, Demand Justice President Josh Orton revealed that his group is “preparing a multimillion-dollar effort to oppose potential Trump Supreme Court appointees before they happen — with a warning that Mr. Trump could be replacing two justices this year,” as described by the Times. This project seeks “to tie all Republicans running for office this year to a potential Trump Supreme Court selection” and “frame a Supreme Court nomination fight less on traditional Democratic issues and more about a nominee having greater loyalty to Mr. Trump than to the country.”

Orton noted ongoing speculation about whether Justices Clarence Thomas, 77, and/or Samuel Alito, 76, will retire at the end of the court’s 2025-2026 term. In doing so, he notably bemoaned the left’s “fundamental miscalculation about power” when Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg declined to step down when Barack Obama was president. That fatal decision and Ginsburg’s 2020 death allowed Trump to replace one of the court’s leftists with Amy Coney Barrett, a move that further shifted the court in an originalist direction.

According to Orton, Demand Justice’s game plan will cost $3 million and an additional $15 million should a vacancy arise ahead of the 2026 midterms. The group is working on the project alongside Indivisible, a far-left........

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