John Washington III Calls for Independent Funding for the Courts So Judges Can Protect People's Rights
John Washington III, a 2028 presidential candidate, argued that when Congress controls the courts' funding, the justice system suffers, and called for guaranteed, independent funding for all three branches with full public accountability.
John Washington III, a 2028 presidential candidate, has argued that the justice system suffers when one branch of government controls another branch's money. "When Congress controls the courts' funding, the justice system can suffer," he wrote. 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," he wrote. "If one branch can squeeze another financially, then checks and balances start to crack."
John Washington III asked readers to picture the position of an ordinary person in court. "Picture yourself in court without a $10,000 lawyer," he wrote. "You don't know all the rules, but prosecutors do." Judges, he wrote, "must be free to protect your constitutional rights, not worry about politics or budgets."
John Washington III called for guaranteed, independent funding for all three branches of government, paired with full public accountability and 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."
