Some proposals have been debated for a considerable amount of time, such as term limits for judges and justices. This report outlines the current problems in the federal judiciary and then discusses two types of structural reform: changing the composition and authority of the courts and changing the rules that dictate who has access to them.ĭiscussions about changing the composition and authority of the courts have garnered greater attention recently as a result of conservative efforts to pack the courts. Progressives need to consider policies to combat the ideological bias of the courts. These judges have proven more than willing to carry out the task, supporting the most specious of legal claims in order to skew the system in favor of conservative interests and even prevent many Americans from accessing the courts at all. Conservatives have shown a willingness to abandon any and all norms to undermine the judicial nominations process and pack the courts with judges who will help them realize political goals they cannot achieve through the political process.
The problem has now reached a crisis point.
But they have been exacerbated in recent years due to an ongoing campaign by conservatives to take control of the federal courts, often through procedural changes that have significant effects but garner little public attention. Structural problems with the judiciary have always existed to varying degrees.
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