The Katzmann Initiative on Improving Interbranch Relations and Government monitors the health of the three branches, examines the relationship between the courts and Congress, and fosters civic education. The Initiative honors judge, lawyer, and political scientist Robert A. Katzmann (1953-2021), who joined Brookings’s Governance Studies program from 1981-1999.
In this series, the Katzmann Initiative monitors court reform legislation, seeking ways to foster legislative-judicial collaboration and convening scholars working in this area.
In this series, the Katzmann Initiative aims to provide objective indicators for evaluating the health of the three branches.
In this series, the Katzmann Initiative focuses on civic education to counter threats to American democracy by improving the public’s, and especially young people’s knowledge and understanding of the role of courts and more broadly, the U.S. government.
