Ahead of the Curve
Fix the Court been leading the call for fixes to the judiciary for nearly a decade.
Here are a number that have caught on of late.
2014: Fix the Court wrote about Justice Thomas failing to recuse in cases tied to the people paying for his lavish trips.
Today: Nearly everyone is calling on Thomas to recuse in these types of cases.
2015: Fix the Court highlighted the impropriety of the gifts Thomas accepted.
Today: A bill banning judicial gifts, which we helped draft, has 55 cosponsors.
2015: Fix the Court called on 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices.
Last month: The White House joined us in making that call.
2019: Fix the Court devised a plan to add dozens of new judges to the overworked and understaffed lower federal courts by staggering appointments over two decades, so neither party could game the system.
Last month: The Senate passed such a bill, which the House will soon take up.
2022: Fix the Court said Congress should withhold non-security funding from SCOTUS if they refused to implement enforceable ethics rules.
Last year: Two senators introduced this idea as budget amendments.
2023: Fix the Court called on the Attorney General to appoint a special counsel to investigate Justice Thomas’ improper gifts and trips.
Last month: Two senators sent a letter to AG Garland asking him to do that.