*LWVWV Briefing on Federal Judiciary Study Feb. 11; LWVUS Study Committee Town Hall Feb. 4*
During the 2024 LWVUS Convention, delegates voted to conduct a one-year study on the Federal Judiciary to arrive at a Position. This effort is ongoing and the process will yield a new position by June 2025. On *Febuary 11 at 7 pm* *ET*, the LWVWV will host a meeting to brief members on the Federal Judiciary Study Process in advance of the state consensus meeting scheduled for March 15, 2025. Both the briefing and the consensus meeting will be held via Zoom. *Click here* https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/VuyX8m7EQNq4TqJRNRvXGQ* to register for the briefing*.
Prior to the briefing the LWVUS Federal Judiciary Study Committee will hold a town hall on February 4 at 7pm ET with leading experts, including speakers from the Brennan Center, the CATO Institute, and NGV LLC. This town hall is an opportunity for League members to pose questions and get more information about the federal judiciary study. The link to attend the town hall is now available https://default.salsalabs.org/T8f1c0d86-94f5-4a0d-8432-e5b1279c07c6/b9c7252a-735d-473f-8dc4-869b2055bc5b . *Please note that this is a direct link to the event*. You may want to create a calendar invitation with this link for future use. If you are unfamiliar with Microsoft Teams, instructions on how to join the meeting https://default.salsalabs.org/T589b3098-1ef4-411c-a218-d92a71510ae9/b9c7252a-735d-473f-8dc4-869b2055bc5b are also available.
*Join the Federal Judicary Study Groups.io http://Groups.io* The Federal Judiciary Study Groups.io http://groups.io/ is now up and running! To sign up, *visit the discussion group's homepage https://default.salsalabs.org/T5a908a2f-a894-4418-b4ca-01f8eb9d23ad/b9c7252a-735d-473f-8dc4-869b2055bc5b* and click the button “Apply for Membership to this Group” to join the list. Please contact progplan@lwv.org https://default.salsalabs.org/Te9b15da5-dce6-4bab-a044-335574a74a0a/b9c7252a-735d-473f-8dc4-869b2055bc5b with any questions.
*Federal Judiciary Study Materials Available* To help Leagues prepare for their study meetings, the Federal Judiciary Study committee has drafted a series of two-page background policy briefs for local and state Leagues. *Policy briefs for the Federal Judiciary Study are now available on the League Management Site https://default.salsalabs.org/Tf35e4ed9-53a3-4bfb-a34c-d3cb5ab51fe4/b9c7252a-735d-473f-8dc4-869b2055bc5b* .