John Washington III Calls for Guaranteed, Independent Funding for All Three Branches, Saying Court Funding Dependence Cracks Checks and Balances
John Washington III said that when Congress controls the courts' funding, the justice system can suffer, pointing to 2025, when he said the federal courts had to scale back paid operations because of a funding lapse.
John Washington III said that when Congress controls the courts' funding, the justice system can suffer. In 2025, he wrote, the federal courts had to scale back paid operations because of a funding lapse. "That's not balance. That's dependence," John Washington III wrote. "If one branch can squeeze another financially, then checks and balances start to crack."
John Washington III asked readers to picture themselves in court without a $10,000 lawyer. "You don't know all the rules, but prosecutors do," he wrote. "Judges must be free to protect your constitutional rights, not worry about politics or budgets."
John Washington III said he is calling for guaranteed, independent funding for all three branches, with full public accountability but no political retaliation. "This isn't unlimited money," he wrote. "It's about protecting the people's rights and restoring real independence among the branches."
