Judicial Governance
Publications
WASHINGTON (April 27, 2022) – A new study from R Street Institute Resident Fellow Matt Germer highlights the issues with commonly proposed Supreme Court measures like term limits and court packing…
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In April 2021, President Joe Biden created the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States to evaluate many of the most popular ideas for reforming the…
From Fox News:
The Chase impeachment happened in the wake of the 1800 presidential election when Jeffersonian Republicans swept into power in the presidency and in Congress. This left the…
From Bloomberg:
3. Could Democrats work around a boycott?
They certainly could try. If, say, Democrats voted to advance the nomination out of committee while Republicans were gone, Republicans…
INTRODUCTION
Following the “Bloody Sunday” attack on peaceful protestors in Selma, Alabama, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which “employed extraordinary measures” to combat…
From The Shaun Thompson Show:
Stores on the Mag Mile are warned about a rash of robberies. Then, Alderman Ray Lopez of the 15th ward joins Shaun to discuss what can be done about…
From Inside Sources with Boyd Matheson:
President Biden’s Supreme Court commission released its first recommendations today, which may not please progressives who want to completely…
Making good on a campaign pledge, President Joe Biden recently created a bipartisan commission to study and draft a report concerning potential reforms to the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, after summer…
From The Fulcrum:
Anthony Marcum with the R Street Institute, a conservative good government think tank, lauded the court’s decision as sending “a powerful message that the court remains open for…
Dear Chief Justice Roberts:
The 76 undersigned civil society, media, disability rights, and government transparency organizations write to urge the Court to commit to providing live audio access…