The scheme : how the right wing used dark money to capture the Supreme Court /
Whitehouse, Sheldon, 1955-
The scheme : how the right wing used dark money to capture the Supreme Court / Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, with Jennifer Mueller. - xi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Climate denial, regulatory capture, and covert ops -- Of courts and corporations -- Of social gains and election losses -- The plan : the Powell memo -- Building the influence machine : campaign finance cases -- Mercenaries, fringe groups, and lobbyists -- The front group archipelago -- Super PACs, 501(C)s, and corporate shareholders -- The Federalist Society turnstile -- The doctrine factory and casting call -- The Senate conveyor belt -- Plaintiffs of convenience, and friends of the court -- Ripe for capture -- The 80 (aka the prize) -- Cases controlling the political process -- Cases protecting corporate interests -- Cases restricting civil rights -- Cases advancing a far-right social agenda -- So-called conservative principles -- The shadow docket -- The scheme.
"A senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee recounts how anonymous donors seized control of the U.S. Judiciary, including the Supreme Court"--
9781620977385 1620977389
2022020459
GBC2F8890 bnb
020738081 Uk
United States. Supreme Court.
Campaign funds--United States.
Political action committees--United States.
Business and politics--United States.
Corporations--Political activity--United States.
Judges--Selection and appointment--United States.
United States--Politics and government--1989-
The scheme : how the right wing used dark money to capture the Supreme Court / Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, with Jennifer Mueller. - xi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Climate denial, regulatory capture, and covert ops -- Of courts and corporations -- Of social gains and election losses -- The plan : the Powell memo -- Building the influence machine : campaign finance cases -- Mercenaries, fringe groups, and lobbyists -- The front group archipelago -- Super PACs, 501(C)s, and corporate shareholders -- The Federalist Society turnstile -- The doctrine factory and casting call -- The Senate conveyor belt -- Plaintiffs of convenience, and friends of the court -- Ripe for capture -- The 80 (aka the prize) -- Cases controlling the political process -- Cases protecting corporate interests -- Cases restricting civil rights -- Cases advancing a far-right social agenda -- So-called conservative principles -- The shadow docket -- The scheme.
"A senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee recounts how anonymous donors seized control of the U.S. Judiciary, including the Supreme Court"--
9781620977385 1620977389
2022020459
GBC2F8890 bnb
020738081 Uk
United States. Supreme Court.
Campaign funds--United States.
Political action committees--United States.
Business and politics--United States.
Corporations--Political activity--United States.
Judges--Selection and appointment--United States.
United States--Politics and government--1989-