Congress To Federal Judges: You Are Not Above The Law

A wholly internal dispute resolution mechanism that relies on subordinates — fresh-out-of-law-school clerks — reporting on their powerful, life-tenured bosses — does not and will not work, unless clerks are legally protected against retaliation. There is no better time to finally pass the Judiciary Accountability Act, thereby extending federal anti-discrimination protections to more than 30,000 federal judiciary employees — when these issues are particularly salient— to finally ensure legal accountability for judges who mistreat clerks.