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Right now you hold the power to decide who makes up our state courts. But a bill (HB 38) is being advanced in the Pennsylvania General Assembly to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to elect state court judges by gerrymandered districts setup by the legislature, just like the way they’ve gerrymandered districts for themselves. Water and air pollution don’t care about arbitrary political boundaries and neither should the courts that rule on our environmental laws.
Take action! Email your legislator today and tell them to oppose HB 38.
Thank you for your interest in this issue and Organization Name's's efforts to stop the Pennsylvania General Assembly's efforts to change the way you elect state judges
Unfortunately, we are experiencing technical difficulties with our email service in reaching out to your specific legislator. Until we get this fixed, we encourage you to find your representative here and contact them here on this issue. You can either call or send an email. We have included our sample message below that you can copy and paste and personalize.
You can also email me at shvozdovich@cleanwater.org and I can help identify your legislator and provide you with contact info or send the message on your behalf. We have included a sample message below. Let us know what works best!
Thanks again for your support!
Steve Hvozdovich
Pennsylvania Campaigns Director
Sample Message:
"I urge you to vote NO on HB 38, a bill that would deprive Pennsylvania voters of their voice in selecting the judges that make up our statewide courts.
HB 38 is a solution to a problem that does not exist. Judges should serve as a check on other branches of government, but this plan would make them beholden to the legislature who is setting up the districts as well as the political special interests that operate within this districts. It would inject more partisanship into who comprises our courts instead of elevating those with the right temperament, experience and legal skills regardless of where they live. That partisanship would also get extended into their rulings which could have a drastic impact on how the state constitution’s Environmental Rights provision is interpreted and applied to law.
Never in our history has such an effort been made to disenfranchise voters and politicize the judicial branch. Statewide courts make statewide decisions that impact every resident of the Commonwealth. Therefore, they should serve all residents, not political or regional constituencies. Please keep our judicial branch independent by voting against this dangerous attempt to gerrymander our state courts.
Thank you. "