Voting Rights and Democracy Reform
To strengthen our democracy, Lateefah will prioritize protecting and expanding voting rights. She will support the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, push for automatic voter registration, and advocate for measures that reduce barriers to voting. Lateefah will support ranked-choice voting and ending partisan gerrymandering. She will aim to reduce money's influence in politics by eliminating secret corporate spending in elections, promoting transparency and accountability in government, and supporting a ban on stock trading and ownership for members of Congress and the Federal Judiciary.
In an age of partisan judiciaries, politicization of judicial interpretation of laws, and a Supreme Court that has exposed itself to be vulnerable to external lobbying and gift-giving, Lateefah will work to provide sorely needed reform to the Supreme Court and the lower courts. She will support expanding the number of justices on the bench, implementing term limits, and creating new judgeships across the federal system. Lateefah will also support and help impose an enforceable code of conduct on the Supreme Court, including instituting accountability measures and restrictions on gifts and requiring judicial disclosures and recusal.