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Rule of Law

Retired Federal Judge Warns of Threats to Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law

In The Fulcrum’s “Judges on Democracy” series, a Reagan-appointed jurist calls for renewed vigilance to protect the rule of law, judicial independence, and constitutional checks and balances.

ICE Policy Challenged in Court for Blocking Congressional Oversight of Detention Centers
Rule of Law

ICE Policy Challenged in Court for Blocking Congressional Oversight of Detention Centers

Lawyers Defending American Democracy files amicus brief asserting that ICE policy violates federal law and undermines congressional authority.

Impartiality Under Fire: A Federal Judge’s Warning on Judicial Independence
Rule of Law

Impartiality Under Fire: A Federal Judge’s Warning on Judicial Independence

With decades on the bench, Judge John S. Martin Jr. defends the judiciary’s role in safeguarding liberty.

A gavel and a scale of justice on a table.
Rule of Law

Judges on Democracy: How the Independent Judiciary Protects America’s Constitutional Balance

Retired federal judge speaks out on threats to judicial independence, the rule of law, and the constitutional checks that safeguard American democracy.

The Expand Democracy 5
Democracy

RCV Critics, the “Re-Gerrymander”, Citizen Initiatives, Deliberative Democracy

The Expand Democracy 5: A weekly briefing on breakthrough reforms and promising practices from the front lines of democratic renewal