But I’ve found something that gives me hope. There’s a bill in Congress, coauthored by two Georgia representatives, Democrat Hank Johnson and Republican Doug Collins, that would modernize the way the public interacts with federal courts and save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars per year.

It almost sounds too good to be true, but the bill is called the Open Courts Act of 2020, and after passing unanimously through a House panel in September, it awaits consideration by the full House on Tuesday.