May 1, 2026 | Laura Denvir Stith | The Kansas City Star In a Law Day commentary, former Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Laura Denvir Stith emphasized that the rule of law and judicial independence are essential to maintaining public…
May 1, 2026 | Alex Aronson | Legal AF Former Chief Justice for the state Supreme Court of Hawaii Mark Recktenwald, and former Chief Justice for the state Supreme Court of Ohio, Maureen O’Connor join Court Accountability Action’s Alex Aronson to…
April 30, 2026 | Alex Aronson | Legal AF Former US Attorneys for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Robert Cindrich and Governor Tom Corbett join Court Accountability Action’s Alex Aronson to talk about Law Day, on April 30. Judge Cindrich, Governor…
April 14, 2026 | Jeff Tiberii | WUNC News Retired federal Judge Allyson K. Duncan joined NPR’s “Due South” to discuss mounting challenges to the separation of powers, the rule of law and public trust in democratic institutions. Duncan, a…
April 13, 2026 | Robert Harlan Henry | UW NEWS The University of Washington School of Law will host a national symposium, “Neither Sword Nor Purse,” examining growing threats to judicial independence, the rule of law and public confidence in…
April 10, 2026 | Zoe Tillman | Bloomberg After US Justice Department lawyers disclosed last month that they relied on incorrect information to defend migrant arrests, a federal judge in Manhattan ordered them to preserve all internal communications — often…
April 8, 2026 | Robert Cindrich, Robert Kugler | Bloomberg When we speak of judicial independence and the rule of law, we usually recognize how both are crucial to preserving our personal freedoms as citizens—freedom of speech and of assembly,…
March 19, 2026 | Jose Pagliery | NOTUS The Trump administration is engaged in a power struggle with the nation’s judiciary over who can determine the top federal prosecutors in each region, leading to confusion over who’s in charge of…
March 18, 2026 | Robert H. Henry and Sterling Knoche | The News Tribune Justice Potter Stewart famously observed that although pornography is sometimes difficult to define, “I know it when I see it.” The rule of law can also…
March 17, 2026 | WOSU Former Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor joins All Sides to talk about judicial independence in a time of partisanship, an effort to nationalize elections, and a movement by chief justices around the U.S.…