Alliance for Justice Action Campaign

06/15/2026

Justin Smith has attacked:

✔️ Voting Rights,
✔️ Workers Rights,
✔️ Health Care for Transgender Youth,
✔️ LGBTQ+ Rights,
✔️and Reproductive Freedom.

We cannot allow conservative extremism to have a lifetime seat on the federal bench.

06/01/2026

The courts are a critical check on abuses of power, but Justin Smith’s record makes clear he cannot serve as that check. Our courts need fair-minded judges, not Trump loyalists.

05/27/2026

Join AFJ Action on Wednesday, May 27 at 3pm ET for Gavel In: ICE Attacks and How States are Fighting Back, a discussion breaking down how state and local officials can subvert the Trump administration’s abuse of power and hold the government accountable. AFJ Action President Rachel Rossi will be joined by Lauren Bonds, Executive Director of the National Police Accountability Project; Ian Millhiser, Senior Correspondent at Vox; and Matthew Lopas, Director of State Advocacy & Technical Assistance at the National Immigration Law Center to discuss these timely issues.

Over the last year, the Trump administration has launched an all-out assault on cities like Minneapolis, Washington, DC, and Portland and as well as attacks on immigrant populations by weaponizing national guard troops against state residents and sending Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to kidnap people off the streets or to forcibly enter private homes.

As a result, communities are defending against these intrusions, occupations, and attacks on their livelihoods and basic civil and human rights. State and local elected officials are utilizing the tools at their disposal to craft legislation and policy directives to hold federal officials accountable and suing their own governments in state court over the abuses against their people, opening a conversation to determine where federal abuse of power ends and accountability in the states starts. These conversations also explore how state and federal constitutional powers should be balanced.

Gavel In: ICE Attacks and How States are Fighting Back will take place via StreamYard and streamed through AFJ Action’s YouTube channel and page. The event will be recorded.

AFJ Action is committed to making our events accessible to everyone. If you require an accommodation or service to fully participate, or if you have any questions, please contact Lizzy Heurich ([email protected] or 202-464-7375) by Monday, May 25.

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05/27/2026

🚨 LAST CHANCE TO RSVP – Join us TODAY at 3 PM ET for Gavel In: ICE Attacks & How States are Fighting Back!

This virtual discussion will examine how state & local officials can subvert the Trump administration’s abuse of power & hold the government accountable.

RSVP: https://streamyard.com/watch/CvasGTTtrbTi

05/26/2026

Please join us virtually TOMORROW, May 27, at 3 PM ET for Gavel In: ICE Attacks and How States are Fighting Back.

Join us to learn how state and local officials can subvert the Trump administration’s abuse of power and hold the government accountable.

RSVP: https://streamyard.com/watch/CvasGTTtrbTi

05/22/2026

Please join us virtually on Wednesday, May 27, at 3 PM ET for Gavel In: ICE Attacks and How States are Fighting Back.

Over the last year, the Trump administration has launched an all-out assault on multiple cities, as well as attacks on immigrant populations. Join us to learn how state and local officials can subvert the Trump administration’s abuse of power and hold the government accountable.

RSVP:

Join AFJ Action on Wednesday, May 27 at 3pm ET for Gavel In: ICE Attacks and How States are Fighting Back, a discussion breaking down how state and local officials can subvert the Trump administration’s abuse of power and hold the government accountable. AFJ Action President Rachel Rossi will be j...

05/20/2026

Great news out of Minnesota! Governor Tim Walz has named Theodora Gaïtas chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court!

In addition to Gaïtas's elevation to chief justice, Walz has also appointed the court's first AAPI justice, Judge Reynaldo Aligada, Jr.

She will replace Natalie Hudson when Hudson retires this fall. Walz also named Reynaldo Aligada Jr. as the court’s newest associate justice.

05/19/2026

Freedom of the Press Foundation filed an ethics complaint against Florida Judge Jeffrey K***z after he ruled in Trump’s favor while reportedly seeking a federal judgeship from Trump. The complaint declares that K***z failed to recuse himself or disclose the conflict.

Jeffrey K***z failed to recuse himself or disclose his conflict

05/14/2026

✨Trump judicial nominee core ✨
Where being qualified is apparently optional and loyalty to one politician matters more than the Constitution 🤡⚖️ U.S. Senator Chris C***s Senator Mazie K. Hirono Senator Richard Blumenthal

05/14/2026

It took six months of fighting in court for every legal vote to count, but Allison Riggs was finally sworn in one year ago today. A win for fair elections! Now, it's time to stand together—organizers, lawyers, and advocates—to push back on new attacks to the rule of law.