Demand Justice
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| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Top official: | Josh Orton, president |
| Founder(s): | Brian Fallon and Christopher Kang |
| Year founded: | 2018 |
| Website: | Official website |
Demand Justice is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. As of November 2025, the group's website said it was "building a progressive movement to ensure courts protect our rights, not dismantle them."[1]
Background
Brian Fallon and Christopher Kang founded Demand Justice in 2018.[2] Demand Justice is a former project of the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a nonprofit that has donated money to left-leaning causes.[3]
The New York Times reported that the group "went dormant at the tail end of the Biden administration" but that it was returning in 2025 to oppose President Donald Trump's appointments to the federal bench.[4]
Leadership
As of September 2025, Josh Orton was the president of Demand Justice.[5]
Work and activities
As of November 2025, Demand Justice's website said the organization had four main goals:[6]
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In addition to advocating for its policy priorities, Demand Justice publishes reports and data on the federal judiciary.[8] The New York Times reported in 2025 that the group wanted to hold "Democrats accountable for how strongly they resist Mr. Trump’s efforts to transform the legal system" and that they would advocate for Democratic candidates to support expanding the United States Supreme Court from nine members.[4]
In April 2025, Demand Justice launched a media campaign targeting law firms that the group believed had made deals with President Donald Trump.[9]
Campaigns
Campaign efforts in the 2024 presidential election
Politico reported that Demand Justice intended to spend $10 million in 2024 advocating for changes to the United States Supreme Court, mobilizing "key constituencies affected by the court’s decisions, including women and young people" and other work to "elevate the court as a major voting issue in the 2024 election."[10]
Campaign to oppose Trump's appointees, 2018-2020
Former President Donald Trump nominated two justices to the U.S. Supreme Court after Demand Justice was founded in 2018. The organization opposed the appointments of both justices.
Demand Justice pledged to spend $10 million on ads opposing Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation in October 2020.[11] The group also spent about $5 million on Facebook and television ads opposing Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation in October 2018.[12]
Notable endorsements
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Finances
The following is a breakdown of Demand Justice's revenues and expenditures for the 2021 and 2022 fiscal years, according to documents submitted to the Internal Revenue Service.
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Demand Justice , "About Us," accessed November 19, 2025
- ↑ Demand Justice, "Reviews are in: Progressives React to Demand Justice’s Call for No More Corporate Lawyers on Federal Bench Under Next Democratic President," accessed November 19, 2025
- ↑ Influence Watch , "Demand Justice," accessed November 19, 2025
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The New York Times "A Liberal Group Returns to Push Democrats to Oppose Trump," September 30, 2025
- ↑ Demand Justice, "Demand Justice Names Veteran Democratic Strategist Josh Orton As President," September 30, 2025
- ↑ Demand Justice, "Reforming the Courts," accessed November 19, 2025
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ The Hill, "Demand Justice report spotlights Trump judicial picks’ handling of 2020 election questions," November 11, 2025
- ↑ NBC News, "Furor over Trump's targeting of law firms heats up with court fight and ad campaign," April 24, 2025
- ↑ Politico, "Progressive advocacy group plans $10M offensive targeting Supreme Court," July 2, 2025
- ↑ Open Secrets , "Political ads bombard airwaves in battle over Supreme Court," October 2, 2020
- ↑ Open Secrets, "Only a fraction of ‘dark money’ spending on Kavanaugh disclosed," October 24, 2018
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Internal Revenue Service , "Demand Justice 2022 990 Form," accessed November 19, 2025
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