Our courts have been making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Those on the Right wonder how an elected judge who donated to President Biden could possibly fairly rule in a trial involving former President and current candidate Trump. Those on the Left worry whether Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices can rule on hot-button topics dispassionately.

Unfortunately, little-discussed legislation is making its way through Congress that could insert elected and appointed judges into more arenas, by forcing more employment-based litigation into the courts, rather than being solved through arbitration. Outlawing arbitration may mean more fireworks and high-profile cases in our already bogged down courts, and sadly, it could also mean less justice for the deserving.

Almost a century ago, the Federal Arbitration Act introduced an alternative dispute resolution system as an option to avoid expensive, slow-moving federal courts. Any claim or remedy that could be pursued in a courtroom can be pursued in arbitration, and arbitration providers are........

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