Republicans want to impeach judges they don’t agree with
It’s the latest example of Republican legislators taking aim at judges whose rulings they don’t like.
Billy Corriher
Billy Corriher is the state courts manager for People's Parity Project and the author of the upcoming book, Justice for the People - The Anita Earls Story. He worked at the Center for American Progress from 2012 to 2017. Billy has helped fight Republican attempts to pack the courts in his native North Carolina with judges who would limit the rights of workers and voters, and he has worked with progressive courts advocates around the country. He also worked as a freelance journalist whose work appeared in Slate, Facing South, Governing, ThinkProgress, and other outlets. As a Democracy Docket contributor, Billy writes about voting and election state court cases in North Carolina and across the country.
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