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Jamison Foser

2 weeks ago • •

Jamison Foser
2 weeks ago • •

New from me and Will Royce in @theprospect on a SCOTUS corruption angle that often goes overlooked in coverage of decisions: https://prospect.org/justice/2024-05-02-covering-friends-of-the-court/

Covering the Friends of the Court

The Supreme Court’s corruption scandals will not soon be forgotten, but many already fail to appreciate their full implications.

^{Jamison Foser (The American Prospect)}

@The American Prospect

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"The flagrant #corruption of the #Court has received a great deal of media attention & public scrutiny in recent years. But that scrutiny has been largely siloed away from coverage of the Court’s substantive deliberations & #decisions. It’s time to break out of those silos.

The story of the justices’ lucrative relationships with #right-wing #billionaires is inseparable from those billionaires’ judicial shadow-lobbying via amicus briefs."
- @foser @theprospect
https://prospect.org/justice/2024-05-02-covering-friends-of-the-court/

#SCOTUS

Text from article:
Take Leonard Leo, who secretly funnels money to Clarence Thomas’s wife and arranges private-jet fishing vacations for Samuel Alito. Advocacy organizations funded by Leo, like the New Civil Liberties Alliance and Foundation for Government Accountability, routinely file amicus briefs in major cases before the Court, sending an unmistakable signal to the justices about Leo’s interest in the outcome. At Supreme Transparency, we’ve so far documented 32 cases in the current Supreme Court term in which organizations connected to ten wealthy power brokers (including Leo) have filed amicus briefs.

The flagrant corruption of the Court has received a great deal of media attention and public scrutiny in recent years. But that scrutiny has been largely siloed away from coverage of the Court’s substantive deliberations and decisions. It’s time to break out of those silos. The story of the justices’ lucrative relationships with right-wing billionaires is inseparable from those billionaires’ judicial shadow-lobbying via amicus briefs.

Rulings this term (and those of previous terms) must be seen through this lens. It is only natural for justices to consider the interests of those who bankroll their lavish lifestyles. Reporters should follow the money and uncover the many layers of judicial corruption.

Covering the Friends of the Court

The Supreme Court’s corruption scandals will not soon be forgotten, but many already fail to appreciate their full implications.

^{Jamison Foser (The American Prospect)}

#corruption #court #scotus #billionaires #Decisions #right @Jamison Foser @The American Prospect

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