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The scheme : how the right wing used dark money to capture the Supreme Court / Sheldon Whitehouse, with Jennifer Mueller.

by Whitehouse, Sheldon, 1955- author.

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New York : The New Press, 2022.

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-

9781620977385 (hardcover) :

1620977389 (hardcover) :

xi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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"-- Provided by publisher.

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