In 2014, Justice Samuel Alito allegedly leaked the impending decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby to anti-choice lobbyists weeks before the Court publicly issued it. This revelation suggests something more sinister: Some of the justices are acting in concert with conservative movement leaders, leaking opinions, signaling outcomes, and backchanneling. This is disturbing and devastating. The rule of law cannot survive if the judiciary ceases to be independent.
Author: Rakim H. D. Brooks
Rakim H. D. Brooks is the president of Alliance for Justice and Alliance for Justice Action Campaign and a public interest appellate lawyer.
Celebrating Workers Means Protecting Them in Our Courts
Just 6 percent of U.S. appeals court judges have represented workers—but two-thirds of these judges have experience representing corporations. This is not the system working people deserve.
Adding more economic justice judges to the bench will help protect families and unrig our nation’s immense wealth inequalities.
Why President Biden’s Commitment to a Black Woman Supreme Court Justice Was Necessary
Instead of celebrating the president’s historic commitment to picking the nation’s first Black woman justice, conservatives have already made up their minds that Biden’s choice of a Black woman makes her automatically unqualified.
What reactionary conservatives can’t be bothered to ask is: Why hasn’t there been a Black woman Supreme Court justice in the history of the United States?