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Unidentified speaker: in-person 'listening tours' by judges build a sense of procedural justice
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An unidentified speaker said the act of listening — including visits by a Supreme Court justice — gives communities a sense of procedural justice and signals an openness to working with users of the justice system, not just symbolic outreach.
An unidentified speaker told attendees that the process of listening itself is central to a listening-tour project and can produce a sense of procedural justice for community members. “There’s a certain amount of procedural justice that people feel when they are included,” the speaker said, adding that meetings with a Supreme Court justice who shows up to talk face to face deepen that effect.
The speaker said the visits allow communities to feel heard and demonstrate “an openness to working with users of the justice system that is not just symbolic.” They framed the effort as more than outreach: the act of in-person dialogue, according to the speaker, is a substantive part of the project’s work to build trust and legitimacy.
The session did not record a formal motion, vote, or next procedural steps. The remarks focused on the value of direct engagement and did not specify follow-up actions, timelines, or which judicial or administrative offices would carry any resulting recommendations forward.
