Brennan Center at NYU Law | Used-to-be: Policy Director for Senator Amy Klobuchar + the Senate Rules Committee | VP @ Common Cause | Sr. Counsel to Representative Zoe Lofgren + House Admin Committee Dems | Special Counsel at the FEC | opinions are my own 🏳️‍🌈https://bsky.app/profile/stevespaulding.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevespaulding.bsky.social/post/3mtje2wokfk2eTerrific conversation with @brennancenter.org President @mawaldman.bsky.social, Sr. Fellow @kornbergmaya.bsky.social and former Congressman @tommalinowski.bsky.social on how to unstick Congress on The Briefing with Michael Waldman. Get it wherever you get your podcasts, or below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkV66hr9axI&list=PLBeVsyKQSVDL1p71FixntKwySu8y72Cbg&index=120 Aug 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:m5rd36msfoqlm4o7afm4f2ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtje2wokfk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/stevespaulding.bsky.social/post/3msli6aux6c2q08 Aug 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:m5rd36msfoqlm4o7afm4f2ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3msli6aux6c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevespaulding.bsky.social/post/3msgaqk4azs2t61 years ago today, the Voting Rights Act became law. Congress then reauthorized it five times—each time with overwhelming bipartisan votes. Then the Roberts Court started dismantling it. Congress must be repair & strengthen the VRA after the damage done by the Supreme Court.06 Aug 2026 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:m5rd36msfoqlm4o7afm4f2ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgaqk4azs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/stevespaulding.bsky.social/post/3msdnelcsyk25Tomorrow marks the 61st anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act. I'm sharing some thoughts on what it can teach us about Supreme Court reform. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/what-voting-rights-act-can-teach-about-supreme-court-reform05 Aug 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:m5rd36msfoqlm4o7afm4f2ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdnelcsyk25https://bsky.app/profile/stevespaulding.bsky.social/post/3msbbbbxkqk2qPublic opinion on the Supreme Court continues to decline. This is not healthy for democracy. Polls are one barometer to track over time, and we're compiling them here. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/public-polling-supreme-court04 Aug 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:m5rd36msfoqlm4o7afm4f2ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbbbbxkqk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevespaulding.bsky.social/post/3ms7qer627c2iAn evergreen observation, but this is beyond the pale. https://www.npr.org/2026/08/01/nx-s1-5912219/trump-truth-social-access-insider-trading04 Aug 2026 00:17 +0000at://did:plc:m5rd36msfoqlm4o7afm4f2ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7qer627c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/stevespaulding.bsky.social/post/3mrx3g2facs2uThis by @pewresearch.org is the third major poll this month showing rock bottom approval of the Supreme Court. Note the historic partisan gap in approval of the Court. It is not healthy to have this degree of polarization between Republicans and Democrats.31 Jul 2026 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:m5rd36msfoqlm4o7afm4f2ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrx3g2facs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevespaulding.bsky.social/post/3mruwzk4ras2mRe-upping this Gallup poll from yesterday and the public's record disapproval of the Supreme Court. Note how 25 years ago -- when the Court handed the presidency to George W. Bush -- approval barely took a dip. Approval took a dive after Dobbs and it's only getting worse.30 Jul 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:m5rd36msfoqlm4o7afm4f2ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mruwzk4ras2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevespaulding.bsky.social/post/3mruo7a3jrs2sAmericans want to reform a political system that is not working for them. But constitutional amendments are not necessary for all of the very popular solutions that Pew is lifting up here. 1/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/07/28/most-americans-favor-big-changes-to-the-political-system-that-likely-would-require-amending-the-constitution/30 Jul 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:m5rd36msfoqlm4o7afm4f2ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mruo7a3jrs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/stevespaulding.bsky.social/post/3mrssyt4rjk2dLater this afternoon the Senate is going to take a cloture vote on a resolution providing for the “en bloc” consideration of 74 nominees. This is the result of Senate Republicans invoking the nuclear option last year to jam Trump’s exec noms through in one up-or-down vote.29 Jul 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:m5rd36msfoqlm4o7afm4f2ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrssyt4rjk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevespaulding.bsky.social/post/3mrs6xai3os26A great @acslaw event in FL w/ Judge Barkett on Congress, the Constitution and SCOTUS. Many thanks to Elliot Williams for moderating the discussion. Judge Barkett made plain that there’s no principled reason the highest court in the land shouldn’t have a binding ethics code. 1/29 Jul 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:m5rd36msfoqlm4o7afm4f2ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrs6xai3os26https://bsky.app/profile/stevespaulding.bsky.social/post/3mrpofa45kk2gI’m looking forward to discussing Supreme Court reform efforts with Judge Rosemary Barkett (ret.) in a conversation moderated by Elliot Williams tonight in Miami. Thanks to our friends at the @acslaw.bsky.social’s South Florida Chapter for hosting!28 Jul 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:m5rd36msfoqlm4o7afm4f2ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpofa45kk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/stevespaulding.bsky.social/post/3mrniv574rc2sThe photo below was taken 20 years ago today -- July 27, 2006. It's President George W. Bush signing the Voting Rights Act reauthorization and amendments into law. It passed a GOP-controlled House by a huge bipartisan vote of 390-33 and the Senate unanimously (98-0).27 Jul 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:m5rd36msfoqlm4o7afm4f2ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrniv574rc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/stevespaulding.bsky.social/post/3mrgdjwdczk2nExcuse me? Will Chief Justice John Roberts — the Smithsonian’s Chancellor — be saying anything about this?24 Jul 2026 21:51 +0000at://did:plc:m5rd36msfoqlm4o7afm4f2ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrgdjwdczk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevespaulding.bsky.social/post/3mrb7jmswwc2cToday Senator @whitehouse.senate.gov, joined by 10 other senators, introduced a bill to strengthen accountability for the Supreme Court. It’s time for Supreme Court term limits. 1/22 Jul 2026 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:m5rd36msfoqlm4o7afm4f2ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrb7jmswwc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/stevespaulding.bsky.social/post/3mr3rvruxok2qA strong majority of the American people disapprove of the Supreme Court and the way it's doing its job. 55 percent disapprove, according to a poll just released by the Washington Post/Ipsos. We're compiling the polls and data here to learn more: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/public-polling-supreme-court20 Jul 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:m5rd36msfoqlm4o7afm4f2ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3rvruxok2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevespaulding.bsky.social/post/3mqauomjxis2phttps://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/brennan-center-reacts-terminations-election-assistance-commissioners10 Jul 2026 00:17 +0000at://did:plc:m5rd36msfoqlm4o7afm4f2ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqauomjxis2phttps://bsky.app/profile/stevespaulding.bsky.social/post/3mqaopndw3c2pImportant op-ed by @coons.senate.gov — “The Supreme Court’s Quiet Coup.” https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/07/the-supreme-courts-quiet-coup/09 Jul 2026 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:m5rd36msfoqlm4o7afm4f2ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqaopndw3c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/stevespaulding.bsky.social/post/3mq2pblj5nc2c#JusticeInMotion launches Today! Judges are meeting Americans outside courthouses AND in the community to talk about how the #RuleofLaw must ensure equal justice and fairness in everyday American life. Follow their journey in: PA ➡️ OH ➡️ MI 👉 justiceinmotion.us07 Jul 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:m5rd36msfoqlm4o7afm4f2ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2pblj5nc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/stevespaulding.bsky.social/post/3mptpo7a7f22k"This is my home, the country where my heart is. Here are my hopes, my dreams. But other hearts in other lands are beating, with hopes and dreams as true and high as mine.” 1/04 Jul 2026 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:m5rd36msfoqlm4o7afm4f2ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptpo7a7f22khttps://bsky.app/profile/stevespaulding.bsky.social/post/3mpnybajowk23New from @propublica.org: "In its term that ended last October, the Supreme Court passed an important milestone that went unnoticed: For the first time, it decided more cases by secret ballot, and with few signed opinions, than it did for cases argued in open court." https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-milestone02 Jul 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:m5rd36msfoqlm4o7afm4f2ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnybajowk23