Voter rights group targets Michigan in SCOTUS campaign – 95.3 MNC

Polls consistently show Michigan as a key battleground in this year’s presidential election. This swing state has more than 8.3 million registered voters. In response, voting rights group Stand Up America is focusing its “Supreme Court Voter” campaign on the Great Lakes state.

The group stresses that the next president could appoint up to four new justices, potentially reshaping the court for decades – especially on issues such as abortion, gun laws and elections.

Sarah Harris, deputy communications director and press secretary for Stand Up America, calls the election “crucial.”

“When we vote, we are voting for ourselves, or maybe we are voting for a candidate, but we are also voting for others. We are voting for our children and all the people in the future of our families for decades to come,” she explained.

Michigan historically voted Democratic after supporting Republicans in the 1970s and 1980s, but like neighboring Wisconsin, it became a key swing state after Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Joe Biden won Michigan back from Trump in 2020.

Harris pointed to the results of a recent Stand Up America poll showing that about 75% of voters view the appointment and confirmation of new Supreme Court justices as a deciding factor in their choice of president and U.S. Senate in November.

Harris believes this underscores the crucial influence of the upcoming election on the future direction of the Supreme Court.

“Who is going to be the person to put new, younger judges on the court? We have four judges in their 70s and we don’t know what’s going to happen. We don’t know how long they can stay in office for any reason, and that’s why this next election is really important,” she continued.

Harris added that voters should not feel like their basic freedoms can be bought and sold. She believes Supreme Court justices should be held to the same ethical standards as everyone else in Congress and all other judges across the country.