The Fair Courts Litigation Task Force has started a new website created to track litigation that could have an impact on the fairness of our courts. A joint effort of the Brennan Center for Justice, the Campaign Legal Center, the National Center for State Courts, Justice at Stake, and the American Judicature Society, the website “serves as a clearinghouse of litigation from across the U.S. that either challenges or supports ethical rules aimed at keeping our judiciary free from partisan politics and outside influences. These include the financing of judicial elections, judicial campaign conduct rules, merit selection of judges, and rules governing the recusal of judges from cases.” Matt Menendez, counsel at the Brennan Center, explains, “Fair and impartial courts are the guarantor of equal justice in American democracy. Monitoring litigation impacting our judiciary will enable us to determine where reforms are needed and when the independence of our courts is at risk.”

Sources: Fair Courts Litigation Task Force, http://www.faircourtslitigation.org/; Groups Launch Litigation Clearing House Aimed at Keeping Courts Fair and Impartial, Justice at Stake, August 8, 2013.