Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)

Big win: We're grateful that the Georgia Supreme Court declined to allow several damaging last-minute election rule changes earlier this week The decision cements a recent court victory against the hand counting rule — which CREW and our co-counsel are proud to have helped secure. Read our full statement:

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Congratulations, Donald Sherman!

ACLU of Georgia, Public Rights Project and CREW have objected to the Georgia State Election Board’s 11 proposed new rules, which could be adopted at a meeting on September 20. Adopting these rules this late in the game would bring chaos and confusion to the Georgia election. Now is the time to ensure the smooth operation of Georgia’s elections and strengthen voter trust and confidence. If the State Election Board moves forward with these 11 proposed rule changes so close to the election, it could have the opposite effect.

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CREW has been working hard for months on this, and just released a new report identifying 35 rogue election officials across the country who have *already* refused to certify election results and may be in a position to do so again. We focused on the eight states where county officials have unlawfully refused to certify elections since 2020: Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan. But we didn’t just identify the problems and threats—we also laid out the legal remedies available to state and federal authorities, as well as voters.

Today, for the sake of our democracy, we are calling on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to resign. Our decision to call for Justice Alito’s resignation comes with great sorrow and concern for the state of our democracy. But at a time when our system of checks and balances is under threat, a respected and unassailable Supreme Court is absolutely essential. Alito is undermining Americans’ trust in the Court and appears to be violating not just the Supreme Court’s Code of Conduct, but the law. Despite his homes flying flags associated with January 6th and the “Stop the Steal” movement, Alito took part in three cases that determined how Donald Trump could be held accountable for his role in the insurrection: He ruled to limit the Department of Justice’s ability to charge insurrectionists with obstruction an official proceeding, He ruled that Trump and other former presidents should have broad legal immunity, and In our 14th Amendment lawsuit, he ruled that states could not enforce Trump’s constitutional disqualification from the ballot for inciting insurrection. All of this raises serious concerns about his impartiality, but instead of taking accountability for his actions, Alito has repeatedly deflected blame, failed to live up to his ethical obligations and even his own public promises and refused to acknowledge that his actions have contributed to the public’s faltering confidence in the Court. By continuing to sit on the Court, Alito does nothing but further diminish its credibility. He must resign.

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