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PPP on the Air: Breaking Down North Carolina GOP’s Supreme Court Power Grab
PPP’s own Billy Corriher joins Stephen Robinson of Wonkette to talk about how Republicans have exploited partisan judicial elections to tilt the courts in their favor, including a blatant power grab in North Carolina.
In the News: A Brief History of Judges Not Giving a Shit About Disabled Veterans
PPP’s own Steve Kennedy writes for Balls & Strikes: It’s simple: Courts—not only Supreme Court justices, but also the federal district and appeals court judges below them—have a long history of caring more about making the rules simpler for the VA than about...
REPORT: Building a Better Bench
Today, the People's Parity Project released a report assessing the first two years' of President Biden's judicial nominations, and making key recommendations for the years to come. You can view the full report here. In recent years, the question of what role federal...
PPP on the Air: Unrigging the Legal System on The Great Battlefield Podcast
PPP's own Molly Coleman joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about our group of lawyers and law students is organizing nationwide to end how the law enables injustice.
In the News: Calls for SCOTUS Ethics Probe Grow as Court Lawyer Defends Alito
Julia Conley writes for Common Dreams: Demands for a congressional investigation into potential ethics violations at the U.S. Supreme Court intensified Monday after a lawyer for the court refused to answer questions from two lawmakers about allegations regarding...
In the News: Gov. Whitmer, it’s time to diversify the Michigan Supreme Court
PPP's own Nairobi Cratic wrote for Bridge Michigan: "Gov. Whitmer should follow President Biden’s lead and appoint a justice who will bring professional diversity to the makeup of the Michigan Supreme Court and protect the rights of Michigan residents for decades to...
In the News: Where Are They Now? Trump Administration Edition.
Megan K. Stack writes for the New York Times: King & Spalding represented the Trump re-election campaign in a lawsuit that sought to prevent North Carolina election officials from honoring the state’s new rules on mail-in ballots. For this work, King &...
In the News: New ‘zine from Senator Markey details urgent and immediate need to #ExpandTheCourt
As the U.S. Supreme Court today begins its new term in the wake of its far-right majority repealing the fundamental right to abortion care last June, Senator Ed Markey reiterated his call to #ExpandTheCourt in his new ‘zine. Senator Markey’s proposed legislation, the...
In the News: Big Law’s Nightmare: Ethics Issues Scare Away New Recruits
Roy Strom writes for Bloomberg Law: University of Michigan Law School [...] students began a campaign to boycott firms that worked on election issues that aided Trump [...] The People’s Parity Project, a group of activist law students, pushed the Michigan boycott...
In the News: How Biden’s Biggest Achievement Got Derailed
Alexander Sammon writes about judicial nominees for The American Prospect: The Biden White House far outpaced other Democratic administrations in filling vacancies, actually confirming the most judges for a first-year president since Ronald Reagan; Donald Trump only...
In the News: State Courts Are New Progressive Focus After Abortion Ruling
Madison Alder writes for Bloomberg Law: Progressives are paying more attention to state courts in an attempt to protect abortion access and other priorities while acknowledging they’re playing catch up. “Lots of folks are already focused on state courts, unfortunately...
On the Air: Re-rigging the Justice System in Favor of Equity
PPP's own Tristin Brown and Steve Kennedy appeared on the Hartford Times podcast to discuss re-rigging the justice system in favor of equity. PPP's @trisquire and @skennedy2504 chatted state courts on "Make Change Happen with Steven Hernández" — check it out!...