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Judicial Reform
July 26, 2023
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Matt Ford
The Right’s Cynical Embrace of Judicial Ethics
Critics of the liberal justices’ ethical lapses aren’t trying to make the case for reform—they’re trying to kill it.
October 6, 2022
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Matt Ford
Maybe Federal Law Clerk Hiring Practices Should—Just Spitballing Here—Be More Normal?
A recent spat between a judge and Yale Law School forces us to consider whether the federal judiciary should continue to be a spoils system for the well connected.
July 7, 2022
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Matt Ford
The Rise of the Hereditary Judiciary
As more and more judges engineer their own end-of-career successions, the rule of law is starting to warp in dangerous and unsustainable ways.
December 8, 2021
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Matt Ford
Biden’s Supreme Court Reform Commission Gives Court-Packing Two Thumbs Down
Proponents of the controversial proposal to add justices to the high court will take little solace from the group’s final draft report.
October 15, 2021
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Matt Ford
The White House Report on Supreme Court Reform Made a Glaring Omission
The draft report, while long on critiques of court-packing, failed to address the root of the high court’s predicament—the confirmation process itself.
September 24, 2021
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Matt Ford
The Trump Lawyer Plotting the Next American Coup
Mike Pence wouldn’t agree to carry out John Eastman’s plan to overturn the election. Next time we might not be so fortunate.
July 8, 2021
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Simon Lazarus
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Robert Litan
The Supreme Court’s Total War on Congress
In little-heralded decisions, the Roberts court has moved to entrench judicial supremacy and destroy the legislative branch.
May 6, 2021
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Simon Lazarus
,
Robert Litan
The Democrats Are Doing Court Reform Backward
They’ve responded to Trump’s makeover of the courts with legislative nonstarters and shortsighted proposals. But the party first needs to sell the public on its vision for a liberal judiciary.
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