This report details how special interest "Super Spenders" threatened impartial justice and emboldened unprecedented legislative attacks on America's courts.
To assist state courts in responding to the need for recusal reform, the Brennan Center for Justice has collected model rules that provide a blueprint for state implementation.
The Brennan Center for Justice sent a letter to the New York State Special Commission on Judicial Compensation urging it to recognize that the annual salaries for judges and justices of New York warrant adjustment — and should be increased to a fair level.
Nearly two years after the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Caperton v. Massey, a majority of state courts have failed to adopt any recusal reform measures that respond to the threats identified in that case.
