New PPP Report: No Kings, the Urgent Need for Court Reform

Report Finds court reform could mitigate SCOTUS’s worst abuses in enabling Trump

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 6, 2025 

CONTACT: pppcomms@proton.me  

Washington, D.C.-In time for the new Supreme Court session and on the heels of a series of shadow docket decisions that overturned lower court rulings in order to grant nearly unlimited power to the President, the People’s Parity Project (PPP) today released a new report on the dire need for progressive court reform.

The report “No Kings: the Urgent Need for Court Reform” analyzes the outcomes of the 389 cases challenging Trump Administration actions filed in federal court between January 2025 and September 1, 2025. The report finds that court reform, which includes court expansion and jurisdiction stripping or channeling, would not hinder the courts in curbing executive overreach and would address the problem of the Supreme Court acting as a rubber stamp for authoritarianism.

“Our analysis shows that court reform could shift the power to decide vital questions like whether the President is immune from prosecution, and whether he can fire agency heads without cause, from the courts to the people. It would preserve the courts’ ability to check dangerous assertions of sweeping executive power. And if court reform had been enacted already, it could have prevented several of the disastrous Roberts Court decisions of this year, which were reached by a 5–4 or 6–3 margin,”  said lawyer lawyer and reporter author, Jenny Hunter.

The analysis of 389 cases found that progressive court reform would not have prevented the lower courts from blocking the Trump administration’s overreach. That is because progressive court reform would not limit courts’ power across the board. It would specifically limit courts’ ability to strike down federal laws as unconstitutional, putting the power back in the hands of the voters. 
“Progressive court reform is a tool for anti-authoritarianism. It is about future-proofing the judiciary and safeguarding democracy. While progressives don’t currently have the political power to enact court reform, there is a glaring spotlight on the courts right now, providing an opportunity for the conversation,” said Molly Coleman, executive director of the People’s Parity Project. “As the Trump administration tramples the rule of law, millions of people are paying attention to the courts in a way they never have before. We must seize this moment of heightened focus on the courts to discuss a vision of the future that could help us rebuild a better, stronger democracy.”

The “No Kings” report demonstrates that progressive court reform would actually strengthen democracy by removing the ever-present threat that the courts would strike down as unconstitutional laws they dislike, while posing no hurdle to litigation like the hundreds of cases that have challenged the Administration’s illegal actions since January.

“If Project 2025 has taught us anything, it is that progressives must be ready with their own comprehensive policy agenda and plan for when the Overton window opens,” added Coleman.  “Progressive court reform must be an integral part of any comprehensive plan to rebuild our democracy.”

The People’s Parity Project is organizing lawyers and law students who are committed to ensuring the legal profession is on the right side of history.

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