The scheme : how the right wing used dark money to capture the Supreme Court
(2022)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
324.78/WHITEHOUSE,S

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 324.78/WHITEHOUSE,S Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : The New Press, 2022
DESCRIPTION

xi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781620977385, 1620977389, 9781620977385
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

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"--

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