Federal Courts

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  4/15/2021
  

  The Democrats’ Court-Packing Plan Doesn’t Make Any Sense

  Writer Matt Ford argues that the proposed Judiciary Act will fail to address the political problems that the Democrats are reacting to. Is there a better approach? 

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• 2/28/2021
  

  The Politicization of the American Judiciary

  by James D. Zirin

  Judicial elections are the latest target of GOP gerrymandering, spurred by the rejection of Team Trump's election lawsuits. 

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• SOURCE: USA Today
  2/8/2021
  

  Biden Can Advance Racial Justice, but Only if Democratic Senators Ditch an Old Tradition

  The Senate's "blue slip" rule allows senators to privately exercise a veto over judicial nominations for their state. Like the filibuster, it has been used to derail the nominations of liberal judges as well as women and judges of color. A liberal judicial advocate argues that it should be scrapped.