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- Fair Courts Update: Justice Jackson leads questioning in new SCOTUS term - October 14, 2022
- State Chief Justices Weigh in on Independent State Legislature Theory – September 16, 2022
- Fair Courts Update: Watchdog group calls Kentucky Supreme Court race too partisan – August 19, 2022
- Fair Courts Update: Iowa’s Supreme Court overturned state constitutional protections for abortion days before Roe fell – June 28, 2022
- Fair Courts Update: SCOTUS Requests Clerk Cell Phone Records for Dobbs Leak Investigation – June 10, 2022
- Fair Courts Update: Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities on State High Courts – May 27, 2022
- Fair Courts Update: A New Ethics Reform Bill for SCOTUS and State Court Challenges to Abortion Bans – April 15, 2022
- Ginni Thomas Texts Prompt Calls for SCOTUS Ethics Reform – April 1, 2022
- Judge Jackson’s SCOTUS Confirmation Hearings Begin Monday – March 18, 2022
- Biden Promises Historic Nomination of Black Woman to U.S. Supreme Court – February 11, 2022
- Federal Judiciary Considers Financial Disclosure Rule for Amici – January 14, 2021
- Assaults on State Courts Detailed in New Brennan Center Report – December 17, 2021
- DOJ Reopens Office for Access to Justice – November 5, 2021
- Sotomayor Speaks Out on Interruptions of Female Justices, Professional Diversity on SCOTUS – October 22, 2021
- Investigation: 131 Federal Judges Failed to Step Down From Cases with Financial Conflicts – October 8, 2021
- U.S. Supreme Court Announces Return to In-Person Arguments – September 24, 2021
- Judiciary Accountability Act, SCOTUS Approval Rating Dips, and Delaying Evictions – August 13, 2021
- Legal Advocacy Groups Respond to GOP Criticism of Judicial Nominees with Criminal Defense Backgrounds – July 30, 2021
- National Center for Access to Justice Releases Updated and Expanded Justice Index – July 2, 2021
- Brennan Center Releases Analysis of Legislative Assaults on State Courts – May 21, 2021
- Brennan Center Updates State Supreme Court Diversity Data – May 5, 2021
- Biden Announces First Round of Judicial Nominees – April 9, 2021
- Federal Judiciary Calls for the Creation of New Lower Court Judgeships – March 26, 2021
- House Judiciary Subcommittee Holds Hearing on SCOTUS Shadow Docket – February 26, 2021
- Federal Judge Pulled from Case After Appeals Court Finds Indications He Prejudged Plaintiff’s Claims – February 12, 2021
- New Vacancies Pave the Way for Biden Judicial Appointments – January 29, 2021
- SCOTUS Rejects Challenge to Delaware’s System of Selecting Judges on Standing Grounds – December 18, 2020
- “Law and Order” and “Tough-on-Crime” Themes Persist in State Supreme Court Elections – November 13, 2020
- Justice Amy Coney Barrett Sworn in as Supreme Court Justice – October 30, 2020
- Senate GOP Fastracks Nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to Replace RBG – October 2, 2020
- New Brennan Center Paper Examines the Impact of Video Court Proceedings – September 11, 2020
- Democrats Include Unspecified Structural Court Reforms in Party Platform – August 21, 2020
- Pennsylvania Legislature Advances Judicial Gerrymandering Bill - July 31, 2020
- Immigration Judges Sue DOJ Over Speech Restrictions – July 10, 2020
- U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Qualified Immunity Cases – June 26, 2020
- Former Massachusetts Judges File Amicus Brief Opposing ICE Courthouse Arrests – May 29, 2020
- Senate Moves Forward with Nomination of Justin Walker to Influential D.C. Circuit – May 15, 2020
- Ousted Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice Lifts Recusal from Voter Purge Case – May 1, 2020
- U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Some Oral Arguments by Telephone – April 17, 2020
- Courts Mobilize to Address the Covid-19 Global Health Crisis - April 3, 2020
- Chief Justice Roberts Rebukes Senator Schumer for Remarks Targeting Supreme Court Justices – March 13, 2020
- House Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Sexual Harassment in the Federal Judiciary – February 21, 2020
- Colorado and Washington Considering Bills to Prohibit ICE Courthouse Arrests – February 7, 2020
- SCOTUS Considering Cases Challenging California’s Donor Disclosure Law - January 27, 2020
- Chief Justice Roberts Releases 2019 Year-End Report on Federal Judiciary - January 10, 2020
- Brennan Center Releases New Report, The Politics of Judicial Elections 2017–18 - December 20, 2019
- New Brennan Center Report – The Steep Costs of Criminal Justice Fees and Fines - November 22, 2019
- Trump Advances Toward Milestone in Appointments to the Federal Judiciary - November 14, 2019
