Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Justice at Stake's Mission
Helping Americans Keep Courts Fair and Impartial
Across America, your right to fair and impartial justice is at stake. Special interests are spending millions to influence decisions and elect judges to serve their narrow interest, not the public interest. Lawmakers and interest groups are trying to intimidate judges in retaliation for rulings they don’t like, often with threats of impeachment. And courts are being stripped of their powers to protect our rights.
Our democracy depends on fair, impartial courts that can protect our rights, guarantee equal justice, and make decisions based solely on the facts and the law—without fear of political intimidation. Our democracy also depends on access to justice, with courts safeguarded from harmful budget cuts that can erode not only the rule of law but ultimately, our freedom.
WHO WE ARE
Justice at Stake is a nonpartisan campaign with more than 50 national partners, working to keep state and federal courts fair and impartial. Justice at Stake Campaign partners educate the public and work for reforms to keep politics and special interests out of the courtroom—and to protect what Chief Justice Rehnquist called one of the "crown jewels" of our democracy.
Justice at Stake is currently funded by grants from the Carnegie Corporation, the Joyce Foundation, the Open Society Foundations, the Columbia Foundation, the Blum-Kovler Foundation and the HKH Foundation.
