Supreme Court Reform Doesn't Pass Smell Test, Says Retired DC Circuit Judge
"They [the justices] overturned me a couple times and I thought they were wrong," said retired Judge Thomas Griffith, who served 15 years on a federal appellate court. "But that doesn't mean that my reaction to that ought to be to change the composition of the court."
August 15, 2024 at 05:24 PM
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United States Supreme CourtThe original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
On Thursday, the National Law Journal spoke with retired U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Judge Thomas Griffith about his deep distrust of efforts to "reform" the U.S. Supreme Court, whether the legal community has a responsibility to defend the institution and what the justices can do to restore public confidence amid record-low approval numbers.
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