SCOTUS contact information

[MerryHolidays]

If you want to contact SCOTUS (e.g., about the Texas abortion issue, etc), here is the contact info for it:

https://www.supremecourt.gov/contact/contactus.aspx

[elleng]

1. Pretty foolish to suggest such, imo.

Reasonable contacts are through timely pleadings/briefs in cases/matters in litigation.

[MerryHolidays]

4. What is so foolish?

I have NO idea what you mean. But thanks for denigrating an important hallmark of democracy.

(As an aside, why do they have this information if it is so "foolish"? Use it, and make your voice heard.)

[elleng]

5. I said what I mean:Reasonable contacts are through timely pleadings/briefs in cases/

matters in litigation.

I did not 'denigrate,' in any way.

[MerryHolidays]

7. So did I. "Foolish" is not denigration, how? nt

[Ocelot II]

8. It's pointless because SCOTUS does not respond to angry missives from the public.

I doubt they even read them. As the third branch of government their essential function is to review lower court decisions as to whether a law or other government action is constitutional or legal. With very few exceptions (a few obscure situations where they have original jurisdiction), they don't and can't do anything about anything unless a lower court has already decided a case and SCOTUS has agreed to consider it. Writing angry letters to them is basically farting in a whirlwind.

[MerryHolidays]

10. Glad that SCOTUS has useless phone numbers and emails

Same could be said of POTUS and Congress.

EVERYONE is aware of public sentiment, and it is "foolish" to think otherwise.

[Hoyt]

11. Tend to agree. Spend time and money on something that will help,

like well thought out legal arguments within the appeal process.

With that said, I get wanting to take action, even if just an email.

[MerryHolidays]

12. That's about where I am

I hope the DoJ and others can make those legal arguments. Using a publicly available means of contacting SCOTUS can't hurt. Perhaps it can't help, but to say that it is "foolish" to try is pretty much eviscerating what democracy is all about.

[MOMFUDSKI]

2. thanks

Was it OK to use "PHONY PARROT" in the body of my text?

[Ocelot II]

3. Don't bother. SCOTUS aren't politicians and don't care what the public thinks.

They don't have to. It won't influence them in the slightest.

[elleng]

6. THANKS, Ocelot.

[MerryHolidays]

9. Why do they have this info? What's the point of it?

Are we so lost that no one listens anymore? Perhaps we are.

[LeftInTX]

13. So VIPs can contact them

[MerryHolidays]

14. One VIP vs millions of citizens?

I kinda' favor John Lewis' "good trouble" approach.

I cannot understand what is so "foolish" or so futile of using a free contact service. Are we at DU saying that protest marches or boycotts are "foolish"/futile? Seriously???

If so, I'll be checking on flights overseas, but I don't think so. I think it's absurd to think that any person or legal body is not cognizant of public opinion.

[Takket]

15. it is for people who want general information about the court...

where can i park?

when do you offer tours?

do i need to wear a mask?

etc....

the court doesn't take public comment on rulings, though i'm sure you can write them if you want, but whoever monitors the email is never putting them on a justice's desk

[MerryHolidays]

16. ???

You could say the same about the Executive or Legislative branches. You cannot tell me that if the SCOTUS's public affairs office gets millions of email about an issue that they will ignore them in their entirety. It is "foolish" to think so.

[ripcord]

18. They have no reason to pay attention to people who contact them to complain

You didn't vote for them and you can't vote to remove them. Complaints have no power and aren't even taken into consideration nor should they be.

[MerryHolidays]

19. I didn't vote for Mitch McConnell or 47 other Senators.

Do you think that stops me from calling them?

Why precisely do they have a Public Affiairs contact channel via both phone and e-mail?

It may not help, but what does it hurt. What exactly are you proposing to overcome the 5-4 vote against choice??? Legal arguments? How did that work with the attempt to stay the Texas statute, which can be in effect for many months.

"Good trouble" still works...

[ripcord]

20. There is nothing we can do

Would you want SCOTUS to change an anti gun decision because millions of NRA members complained? They aren't going to change their ruling because this isn't a popularity contest, what the majority of people think of their ruling is totally immaterial.

[MerryHolidays]

17. There is a specific, separate number for these kinds of questions

It's the visitor's number: Visitor Information Line: 202-479-3030

[BlueLucy]

21. Thank you for this

Regardless whether or not it does any good, it felt good to write and send what I feel.