Uncertain Justice: Politics and America’s Courts
As part of the polarization and posturing that increasingly characterize our national and state politics, threats to the independence of the judiciary have become more commonplace. In an effort to change the nature of the public debate on judicial independence to a more sober and informed one, The Constitution Project formed task forces from among the members of its committees to develop consensus recommendations in four key areas: federal judicial selection; selecting state court judges; the distinction between intimidation and legitimate criticism of judges; and the role of the legislature in setting the power and jurisdiction of the courts.
