Fix the Court is an advocacy group that seeks reform of the
U.S. federal court system. The group lobbies for
term limits
A term limit is a legal restriction that limits the number of terms an officeholder may serve in a particular elected office. When term limits are found in presidential and semi-presidential systems they act as a method of curbing the potenti ...
for members of the
U.S. Supreme Court, for
streaming live audio and video of the court's oral arguments, and for publicizing potential
conflicts of interest among justices. Fix the Court submitted multiple
Freedom of Information Act requests related to the Supreme Court nominations of
Neil Gorsuch
Neil McGill Gorsuch ( ; born August 29, 1967) is an American lawyer and judge who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Donald Trump on January 31, 2017, and has served since ...
and
Brett Kavanaugh, as well as for all 25 people that former President
Donald Trump put on his
shortlist of potential Supreme Court nominees.
When
Brett Kavanaugh was
nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, Fix the Court bought several Internet
domain names related to Kavanaugh and redirected them to websites including End Rape On Campus, the
National Sexual Violence Resource Center, and the
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. Fix the Court's executive director, Gabe Roth, said he purchased and redirected the websites because he believed the sexual assault allegations made by
Christine Blasey Ford against Brett Kavanaugh and by
Anita Hill against
Clarence Thomas.
Fix the Court was funded by the
New Venture Fund
Arabella Advisors is a Washington, D.C.-based for-profit consulting company that advises left-leaning donors and nonprofits about where to give money and serves as the hub of a politically liberal "dark money" network. It was founded by former C ...
, but since Feb. 2021 has been registered as an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
References
External links
* {{official, https://fixthecourt.com
Political organizations based in the United States