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201398 https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.201398 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 2025-05 38 pages DiBona, James Broberg, Gregory Brian, Jenny Barrett, The Honors College Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business School of Civic & Economic Thought and Leadership Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies, Sch School of Social Transformation In our modern political environment, courts have come under increasing scrutiny as they attempt to fulfill their legal obligations and rule on the Constitutionality of various political actions. To ensure that they are equipped to make fair and impartial decisions, it is crucial that courts have judicial independence, which is the ability to make decisions without undue influence or external control. Judicial independence has come under attack from many political actors at all levels of government, and these attacks are ongoing in many cases. This paper will analyze the contemporary attacks on the judiciary and the ways in which courts may respond to political pressure. It will also propose a model for judicial selection that has proven effective in mitigating exterior political pressure on the judiciary while still holding courts accountable to the public. As courts themselves are unable to independently enforce their decisions, public trust in the judiciary is crucial. Thus, the paper will also examine recent polling on both public and state courts to better understand current public perception of the judiciary. Ultimately, this paper is limited by the fact that many relevant clashes involving judicial independence remain ongoing. However, analysis of the current state of judicial independence in the United States can still provide valuable insight and provide potential explanations for what may come next. Courts Judges Judicial Independence Politics Judicial Independence in the United States: An Analysis of Politics, Public Pressure, and Judicial Selection.