"The time to critically assess and reconfigure the Court’s role in our society is now" - Molly Coleman

“…It’s perhaps no wonder that a majority of Americans disapprove of the Supreme Court. We are in a crisis moment — and it’s only getting worse. We must treat this Court as the emergency that it is. And that starts with structurally reforming the Court. The most impactful way to do that in the immediate term is to pass the Judiciary Act of 2021, which would add four seats to the Supreme Court.

“Further, we have to require transparency and accountability from justices who refuse to disclose conflicts of interests and recuse themselves when those conflicts are present. Beyond the immediate term, we need to prioritize putting power back in the hands of democratically accountable individuals. As Harvard law school professor Niko Bowie shared with the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, the ‘Supreme Court is an anti-democratic institution.… The Court has wielded an anti-democratic influence on American law, one that has undermined federal attempts to eliminate hierarchies of race, wealth, and status.’ The time to critically assess and reconfigure the Court’s role in our society is now. Our democracy depends on it.”

-Molly Coleman is the co-founder and executive director of the People's Parity Project, a nationwide network of law students and new attorneys organizing to unrig the legal system and build a justice system that values people over profits.