An important effort led by @houseadmdems.bsky.social and Rep. Joe @morelle.house.gov to clean up Washington in all three branches of government -- including term limits for SCOTUS justices & ensuring the highest court in the land doesn't abide by the lowest ethical standards.

The season of frenzy about a new SCOTUS justice is starting. If Justice Alito or anyone else retires, it means President Trump could appoint a fourth justice—well on his way to a SCOTUS majority. It doesn’t have to be this way. This moment tells us the system needs reform. 1/

This is not a surprise. Congress must address strategic SCOTUS retirements. 18-year term limits would ensure each president has two—and only two—SCOTUS picks per term. That's how you prevent a president from stacking a majority of the Court for decades.

There continues to be a lot of scuttle about a potential retirement out of SCOTUS -- the @nytimes.com had a big piece over the weekend about Justice Alito. Will he or won't he? We just don't know. In any event, here's why strategic retirements hurt SCOTUS.

“We’ve done it to ourselves,” Justice Sotomayor said during an appearance at the University of Alabama Law School. “The newspapers are filled with reports about how many emergency motions we are receiving. It’s unprecedented in the court’s history.”

When a president threatens to "nationalize" elections, we all have a role to play in ensuring the midterms are free and fair.

a gorgeous day on Capitol Hill

The Brennan Center’s Jesse Wegman explains why he’s starting a newsletter about the Supreme Court — what needs to change for the institution, why, and how to go about it. bit.ly/3NH1Vvs

Fifty-eight years ago tonight, the day before an assassin’s bullet ended his life, Rev. Martin Luther King,Jr. delivered this prophetic last speech.

3. Voting rights groups led by @lwvma.bsky.social (and represented by @aclu.org, @brennancenter.org, @legaldefensefund.bsky.social, @aaaj-aajc.bsky.social and @latinojustice.bsky.social) filed this lawsuit today (April 2): www.courtlistener.com/docket/73133...

Historian @katemasur.bsky.social on the Trump admin's attacks on birthright citizenship: "Efforts to undermine birthright citizenship" are "almost always highly political and driven by anti-immigrant sentiment, not by any legitimate understanding of the 14th Amendment." (For more on Kate's work ⬇️)

Breaking: The president has signed an executive order on mail voting. He has no lawful authority to write the rules that govern our elections. He tried a year ago; we sued him; we won. A year later, he has tried again. He can expect the same result. 1/2

What does the public think about term limits for Supreme Court justices and other reforms? GW Professor Brandon L. Bartels digs into the polling data: bit.ly/4s9k6YO

Check out @jessewegman.bsky.social’s new newsletter on SCOTUS! Check out the below, and subscribe here: majorquestions.substack.com

The Trump administration's attacks on birthright citizenship are based on the same flawed thinking as the Supreme Court's infamous and long-ago-rejected opinion in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857). Historians @katemasur.bsky.social and @marthasjones.bsky.social explain:

“We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.”—Rev. MLK Jr.

The @brennancenter.org got a shout out on tonight’s Jeopardy! Do you know the answer? In the form of a question, of course…

Excited to share a new resource from the @brennancenter.org called The Benchmark -- here you'll find analysis, commentary, and other relevant information about how SCOTUS is performing as an institution. Analysis. Polling compendium. Shadow docket tracker. And lots more... Check it out!

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AI is impacting our lives in countless ways, and it will have an impact on our democracy. AI-generated campaign ads have hit the airwaves, faking voices and images to mislead voters. We must put rules of the road in place to protect the integrity of our elections.

“Upend voting” is an understatement.

Robert Mueller was a dedicated and principled public servant. The President's glee in celebrating Mr. Mueller's death is shameful. apnews.com/article/robe...

Utah’s Republican Lt. Governor slams Senator Lee’s (R-Utah) efforts to “hurt Utah voters.”

It bears repeating that the under the SAVE Act, REAL IDs do NOT suffice as proof of citizenship to register to vote.

Money out, voters in.

Wall Street Journal editorial board opposes the SAVE Act. (Nice to see in print at the dentist’s office too.)

🚨This week the Senate is debating the SAVE Act. *Get the facts* w/ these @brennancenter.org resources from my colleagues. First up: More than 21 million Americans lack ready access to the documents this bill would require. 1/

The Voting Rights Act was a historic achievement for racial equality. Jesse Wegman shows how Chief Justice Roberts has waged a long effort to dismantle the law: bit.ly/4uduYXR

We do a lot in the hopes of supporting state courts and state constitutions as venues and tools for protecting rights, and this piece of it makes me so proud. Tell every law student you know to join us on March 19 to learn about why they should clerk on a state supreme court!

Voting by mail has been an important part of our democracy since the Civil War, but the ability to vote by mail is under attack at #SCOTUS. Read more from @davidhgans.bsky.social:

The SAVE Act would be the most anti-voter law in U.S. history. Tell your senators to stop this attack on the freedom to vote: bit.ly/4srDVLB

"Two Supreme Court Justices Debate Handling of Trump Emergency Cases" — @nytimes.com The truth is that the Court is using the shadow docket in unprecedented ways. Not to preserve the status quo, but to greenlight new assertions of power by the administration.

This weekend marks 61 years since the Selma civil rights march that was key to passing the Voting Rights Act, which protected against racial discrimination at the polls for decades. But then came the Roberts Court. bit.ly/4uduYXR

NEW from @brennancenter.org’s Ashleigh Maciolek and @aliciabannon.bsky.social — Supreme Court Abuse of the Shadow Docket Under Trump

Today marks 3 years since Karen Hobert Flynn passed away. She was a dear friend who led Common Cause. It’s still hard to comprehend how someone so full of life can disappear. Her leadership lives on through the fight to defend democracy. We will win. Thinking of her family & friends tonight.

"The framers [of the 14th Amendment] constitutionalized the universal view of birthright citizenship that free Black Americans advanced and the common law guaranteed." @marthasjones.bsky.social and @katemasur.bsky.social provide a powerful history lesson in the form of a legal brief

FYI the U.S. Senate's "Bipawtisan Doggi Gras Pawrade" that took place in the Hart Senate Office Building yesterday was duly authorized by S. Res. 611, which passed the Senate by unanimous consent on February 12.

Just published my analysis of spending in the 2024 state supreme court election cycle. At $157 million, this was the most expensive cycle ever for judicial races…by a lot. Including in states where judicial elections probably weren’t on your radar.

“John Roberts Is Losing Patience With Trump” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/o...

The SAVE Act could block millions of Americans from voting. It is not common sense. If passed, it would be the first time in history Congress passed a vote suppression law. #SOTU

The SAVE Act requires documents like a passport or a birth certificate to vote. Our research shows that 21 million American citizens don't have these documents readily available. #SOTU www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

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The new SAVE Act’s “show your papers” requirement is a direct attack on the freedom to vote. bit.ly/4rA2p4R

SCOTUS tariffs ruling "is a victory for the rule of law," says @lizagoitein.bsky.social. Emergency laws like IEEPA "give presidents vast powers that are highly vulnerable to abuse." The Court stopped Trump from stretching them beyond what Congress intended.

Lots of people are speculating that Justice Alito will retire in the coming months. Here's why strategic retirements hurt the Supreme Court, and why Supreme Court term limits would end them. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

Check out @kasiawolfkot.bsky.social’s new piece on how state courts are a bulwark against authoritarianism

“It’s election subversion, not cancellation, that is the real authoritarian move. The goal is to keep elections going but without unseating those in power.”— @brennancenter.org’s @seanmorales-doyle.bsky.social in the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...

State supreme court justices play a critical role in adjudicating rights and freedoms. Unlike at the federal level, many of these judges are facing the voters. Read about the key races below ⬇️

Today the White House announced two Republican nominees to the @FEC. When confirmed, they’ll restore a quorum to the agency—so there’ll be 2 Dems and 2 Rs, albeit with two vacancies (an additional R and D) still to be filled.

On ABC News Live, @seanmorales-doyle.bsky.social explains the impact of the SAVE Act’s proof-of-citizenship requirement: “21 million Americans that lack ready access to these documents is more than the entire eligible voting population in the state of Texas." abcnews.com/video/130042...