Episode description

Alison, Liz, and Rebecca are joined by Katie O’Connor, Deputy Chief Counsel at Demand Justice, to discuss court reform. Katie explains how the Supreme Court and federal courts have been broken, why it’s an existential threat to our secular democracy, and how we can fix it. 

Background

• Demand Justice

• FFRF report on Trump judges

• Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States

Legislation Discussed

• Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023

• H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021

• H.R.4 - John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021

• H.R.2584 - Judiciary Act of 2021

• H.R.5140 - Supreme Court Term Limits and Regular Appointments Act of 2021

• H.R.4886 - District Court Judgeships Act of 2021

• H.R.8936 - Circuit Court Judgeships Act of 2022

• H.R.642 - Restoring Judicial Separation of Powers Act

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