{{Short description|U.S. federal court reform advocacy group}} {{Infobox organization | formation = Tax-exempt since {{Start date and age|2021|4}} | headquarters = Brooklyn | leader_title = Executive Director | leader_name = Gabe Roth | website = {{Official URL}} | type = 501(c)(3) | tax_id = EIN: 861840317 | purpose = | region_served = United States | affiliations = | revenue = $175,416<ref name=finances>{{cite web |title=Fix The Court - Nonprofit Explorer |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/861840317 |website=ProPublica |access-date=30 December 2025 |language=en |date=9 May 2013}}</ref> | revenue_year = 2024 | expenses = $221,412<ref name=finances/> | expenses_year = 2024 | footnotes = }} '''Fix the Court''' is an advocacy group that seeks reform of the U.S. federal court system. The group lobbies for term limits for members of the U.S. Supreme Court,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ingraham |first1=Christopher |title=Why it's time to get serious about Supreme Court term limits |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/13/why-its-time-to-get-serious-about-supreme-court-term-limits/ |accessdate=12 May 2020 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=February 13, 2016}}</ref> for streaming live audio and video of the court's oral arguments,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wolf |first1=Richard |title=Supreme Court makes historic change to hear oral arguments over the phone and stream them live |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/30/supreme-court-justices-lawyers-prepare-live-telephone-hearings/3019003001/ |accessdate=12 May 2020 |publisher=USA Today |date=April 30, 2020}}</ref> and for publicizing potential conflicts of interest among justices. Fix the Court submitted multiple Freedom of Information Act requests related to the Supreme Court nominations of Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, as well as for all 25 people that former President Donald Trump put on his shortlist of potential Supreme Court nominees.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mencimer |first1=Stephanie |title=Judicial Watchdogs Are in Court to Make Brett Kavanaugh's Entire Record Public |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/07/judicial-watchdogs-are-in-court-to-make-brett-kavanaughs-entire-record-public/ |access-date=12 May 2020 |publisher=Mother Jones |date=July 18, 2018}}</ref>
When Brett Kavanaugh was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, Fix the Court bought several Internet domain names related to Kavanaugh and redirected them to websites including End Rape On Campus, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, and the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. Fix the Court's executive director, Gabe Roth, said he purchased and redirected the websites because he believed the sexual assault allegations made by Christine Blasey Ford against Brett Kavanaugh and by Anita Hill against Clarence Thomas.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Black |first1=Shelby |title=Fix The Court Bought Brett Kavanaugh's Name As A Website To Help Sexual Assault Survivors |url=https://www.elitedaily.com/p/fix-the-court-bought-brett-kavanaughs-name-as-a-website-to-help-sexual-assault-survivors-12209794 |accessdate=12 May 2020 |publisher=Elite Daily |date=October 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lieu |first1=Johnny |title=Someone bought BrettKavanaugh.com, which links to sexual assault survivor resources |url=https://mashable.com/article/brett-kavanaugh-url-domain/ |accessdate=12 May 2020 |publisher=Mashable |date=October 10, 2018}}</ref>
Fix the Court was initially funded by the New Venture Fund.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wolf |first1=Richard |title=At Supreme Court, secretiveness attracts snoops |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/11/12/supreme-court-powerful-accountable-fix/18872209/ |accessdate=12 May 2020 |publisher=USA Today |date=November 12, 2014}}</ref> Since February 2021, Fix the Court has been registered with the Internal Revenue Service as an 501(c)(3) nonprofit.<ref>{{cite web |title=IRS Determination Letter|url=https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/dl/FinalLetter_86-1840317_FIXTHECOURT_02032021_00.tif|publisher=IRS.gov |access-date=6 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Why doesn't the Supreme Court have a formal code of ethics? |date=17 April 2023 |url=https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2023/why-doesnt-the-supreme-court-have-a-formal-code-of-ethics/ |publisher=Poynter}}</ref>
The ''Washington Examiner'' reported in 2023 that Fix the Court had filed tax form 990-N (e-postcard) for the tax period 2021. When the Examiner asked Roth for the group's financial disclosures, he inadvertently included their donor list, which he did not have to disclose to the public, and said he had mailed form 990 to the IRS.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaminsky |first=Gabe |date=May 17, 2023 |title=Supreme Court 'transparency' charity director panics over IRS donor leak: 'I just f***ed up' |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/supreme-court-dark-money-group-leaked-fix-court-clarence-thomas |access-date=September 19, 2023 |work=The Washington Examiner}}</ref> The ''Washington Examiner'' reported later in 2023 that Fix the Court may have failed to disclose lobbying in 2021 and 2022 on tax forms and was accused by conservative watchdog group National Legal and Policy Center in an IRS complaint of violating federal law.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kaminsky |first=Gabe |date=July 27, 2023 |title=Supreme Court 'ethics' group likely failed to disclose lobbying, experts say |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/fix-the-court-supreme-court-ethics-lobbying-disclosure |access-date=September 19, 2023 |work=The Washington Examiner}}</ref>
Roth said on a podcast in 2023 that he had "been corrected" on not disclosing lobbying and Fix the Court updated its financial disclosures to reflect the grassroots lobbying.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaminsky |first=Gabe |date=2023-08-24 |title=Supreme Court 'ethics' activist admits lobbying disclosure failure: 'I have been corrected' - Washington Examiner |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2454740/supreme-court-ethics-activist-admits-lobbying-disclosure-failure-i-have-been-corrected/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lat |first=David |date=2023-08-23 |title=Fixing The Court: An Interview With Gabe Roth |url=https://davidlat.substack.com/p/fix-the-court-an-interview-with-gabe |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=Original Jurisdiction}}</ref>
==See also== * Demand Justice
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==External links== * {{official website|https://fixthecourt.com}} * [https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/fix-the-court/ Fix the Court] at InfluenceWatch
Category:Political organizations based in the United States Category:Clarence Thomas Category:Brett Kavanaugh