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Federal judges and Supreme Court justices — appointed to lifetime terms — play a profound role in safeguarding our rights. We're fighting to keep our courts free, fair, and independent.

Fair and Just Courts

Lilly Ledbetter: What Kind of Judge the Supreme Court Needs

Lilly Ledbetter talks about the job discrimination she faced, how she took her lawsuit all the way to the Supreme Court, and lost because of an unjust and impractical ruling. Watch on YouTube

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Mainstream Americans must demand the nomination of judges who will apply the law fairly, not ideologically.

  

Features

Obama Wins Mandate on the Courts

A memo about how the November election "delivered a sweeping mandate for President-elect Obama to appoint federal judges who are committed to core constitutional values."
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Beyond the Sigh of Relief: Justices in the Mold of Brennan and Marshall

On December 9, 2008, People For the American Way held a conversation at the National Press Club with Julius Chambers, Dahlia Lithwick, John Payton, and Jamin Raskin on the future of the Supreme Court.
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right wing watch in focus

Attacks on DOJ Nominees Signal Right's Judicial Nominations Strategy

Right-wing political and legal organizations have unleashed a coordinated campaign of over-the-top attacks on the qualifications, records, and fitness of President Obama's nominees for important positions in the U.S. Justice Department. Right Wing Watch In Focus exposes the real reason why.
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Headlines

Nov 19Hamilton Becomes Just Seventh Obama Nominee Confirmed to Federal Bench
Nov 17Sessions’ ‘Extraordinary’ Filibuster Falls Short - Judge David Hamilton Advances
Oct 6Senate Confirms Thomas Perez
Aug 06In Historic Senate Vote, Judge Sonia Sotomayor Confirmed to the Supreme Court

Our Work in this area

Report: The Human Toll
A report from People For the American Way Foundation puts a human face on the damage done by George W. Bush's judges by presenting the stories of Americans whose cases have come before judges the president nominated.
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