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Preparation for the LWVOP Judicial Reform
meeting April 1, 2025

Please review the document links below as the league prepares for the special consensus meeting on Judicial Reform on April 1, 2025. The league's input will be used to help shape the international position. 

If you will be at the meeting, please pick out one (or even two) of the 23 page papers to print out, review, and bring with you. Be prepared to share any relevant points in that particular document as we consider what we might support or oppose in the consensus suggestions. LWVUS is not looking only for yes or no, but also salient talking points! Contact holleyulbrich [at] gmail.com (Holley Ulbrich) for more information. 

• Judicial Representation
• Supreme Court Legitimacy
• Structural Reforms for the Supreme Court
• Shadow Docket
• Judicial Ethics and Enforcement
• What is Stare Decisis and Binding Precedent?
• Recusal
• Financial Disclosure Requirements for Federal Judges and Justices
• Judge Shopping
• Judiciary Consensus Questions