Informed Voters.
Fair
Judges.
An Emmy award-winning project aimed at promoting an independent and impartial judiciary, and rebuilding trust and confidence in our courts through civic education.
“When a judge does what is right according to the law, when a judge decides each case strictly on the merits, when a judge gives every case and every person the same treatment, our courts are what they have always been and must always be… fair and free.”
~ Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O’Connor, Ret.
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Informed Voters ⇒ Impartial Judges ⇒ Equal Justice
Introducing the Informed Voters Fair Judges Project
The National Association of Women Judges, a nationwide non-partisan organization of judges from around the country, launched the Informed Voters Fair Judges Project (IVP) in 2012 as a civic education initiative to inform citizens about the role of the judicial branch and to increase awareness of political attacks. Politics and special interests have no place in American courts. The Informed Voters Fair Judges Project is working to inform voters that politics, big money, and special interests have no place in the judicial branch. IVP believes that judges should be evaluated based on character and integrity. Voters should be informed about the role of judges in our democracy and the essential principle that justice depends on fair and impartial judges.
IVP has created a broad array of educational resources, both in English and Spanish, for judges, legal professionals, and other educators. These materials can be used to inform the public about the role of our courts in protecting our democratic republic, and teaching citizens how to become more informed voters in judicial elections by evaluating justices and judicial candidates based on their character and integrity, rather than political affiliations.
IVP’s Judicial Independence Jury and Outreach Video
The courts are the great levelers where everyone is equal under the law. Unlike the other branches, the judicial branch was not designed to be a political or representative branch. The courts should not make decisions based on public opinion, political influences, or special interests, or based on what is popular.
Help us expand awareness of the videos by sharing this page with Chief Judges or Clerks of Court in your local jurisdiction.
Please contact us at NAWJ@NAWJ.org with any questions or to inform us that you are utilizing the video in your local judicial district.
“The creation of an independent constitutional court, with the authority to declare unconstitutional laws passed by state or federal legislatures, is probably the most significant contribution the United States has made to the art of government.”
~ Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
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