PPP In the News
PPP in the News: Maura Healey Is Not Taking Judicial Ethics Seriously
PPP's own Molly Coleman writes for Balls & Strikes about Governor Maura Healey's decision to nominate her former romantic partner to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: "Filling the judiciary with corporate attorneys and prosecutors has been done before. So...
PPP in the News: Report: CT judges’ professional backgrounds impact eviction rates
Ginny Monk writes for the Connecticut Mirror that, “Renters are more likely to be evicted if their housing court case goes before former corporate attorneys or prosecutors, who have a disproportionate presence in Connecticut state courts, according to a new report."...
PPP on a Podcast: How to Fight Back
In part four of 5-4's series on the Federalist Society, PPP's Executive Director Molly Coleman spoke about where the legal left has gone wrong in the past, and PPP's current work to challenge the corporate capture of the legal system. "On the left, we've spent a lot...
Impact of Judges Professional Backgrounds on Eviction Outcomes
Today, the People’s Parity Project released a report assessing the impact of judges' professional backgrounds on outcomes in eviction cases, finding statistically significant differences in average renter outcomes depending on judges' legal experience. Additionally,...
PPP in the News: North Carolina GOP Drops Crusade Against Jurist Who Questioned Racial Bias, for Now
PPP's own Billy Corriher writes for Slate that, "Justice Anita Earls, a Democrat and former civil rights lawyer, is no longer at risk of losing her seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court for speaking out about bias and discrimination at the highest level of the...
PPP Statement on the N.C. Judicial Standards Commission Ending its Sham Investigation Against Justice Anita Earls
People's Parity Project Statement on the N.C. Judicial Standards Commission Ending its Sham Investigation Against Justice Anita Earls Raleigh, NC—Today, the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission ended its investigation into Justice Anita Earls, who faced...
PPP in the News: The Courts Will Never Save Us
Troy Brown writes for The [F]law that, "the Court [is] a shaky foundation on which to try to build a more just society." "But as progressives contemplate the future of the judiciary, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the left’s strategy has to go far beyond...
PPP in the News: Clinton, Obama Circuit Judges Shun Retirement as Election Looms
Tiana Headley writes for Bloomberg Law that, "Most Democratic-appointed appellate judges eligible for a form of semi-retirement are hanging onto their seats as the election year tests President Joe Biden’s goal of reshaping the federal circuit courts." "Several of the...
PPP in the News: The Legal Profession Still Won’t Hold Coup Sympathizers Accountable
PPP's own Molly Coleman writes for Balls & Strikes that, "Jones Day is back on its bullshit" as the firm fights for the right of insurrectionists to appear on the ballot. "And what happens when lawyers try to overturn elections without consequence? They do it...
PPP in the News: The Government Spent Decades Poisoning Marines at Camp Lejeune. Now It Wants Courts to Let It Off the Hook
PPP's own Steve Kennedy writes for Balls and Strikes that, "Military servicemembers and their families should be able to have juries hear their cases against a government that poisoned them. Yet even after Congress ensured that Camp Lejeune veterans have the right to...
PPP in the News: State Courts’ Growing Politicization May Get Worse In 2024
Jack Karp writes for Law 360 that "state judiciaries are becoming more overtly political, and important elections, rulings and ethics cases could exacerbate that partisanship in 2024": A similar dynamic is playing out in North Carolina, where Democratic Supreme Court...
PPP in the News: Not just the Supreme Court: Ethics troubles plague state high courts, too
Aaron Mendelson writes for The Center for Public Integrity that, "across the country, state high courts wield enormous power over abortion, LGBTQ+ rights and elections, among other issues. But judicial ethics at the state level receive scant attention." “I hear people...