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        March 03, 2025

        Xaver Clarke

        Blog Post JudiciarySupreme CourtTrump 2.0

        Mark Paoletta’s Illegal Orders Are Before His Close Friend, Clarence Thomas

        On Wednesday, February 26, Chief Justice John Roberts gave the first indication of the Supreme Court becoming involved in the ongoing legal battles over the Trump administration’s federal spending freeze. Roberts temporarily blocked a lower court’s ruling that ordered the release of nearly $2 billion in foreign aid assistance, opening the door for the full Court to weigh in on the issue.

        December 06, 2024

        Jeff Hauser

        Press Release Ethics in GovernmentJudiciarySupreme Court

        RELEASE: Justice Gorsuch’s Recusal Shows Other Justices Have Missed Recusals

        On Wednesday, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch recused himself from Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado. While he did not disclose a reason for recusal, the decision followed revelations from Accountable.US that Gorsuch’s billionaire benefactor, Philip Anschutz, stood to benefit from the case. Importantly, one of Anschutz’s companies filed an amicus brief outlining its interests in the case.

        October 31, 2024

        Court Accountability, Revolving Door Project, Take Back the Court, and True North Research

        Memo 2024 ElectionEthics in GovernmentSupreme Court

        Memo: Remembering Bush v. Gore

        We cannot forget the fundamental wrongheadedness of the Court’s ruling in Bush v. Gore, which was possible only with the votes of at least two justices whose conflicts of interest merited recusal, one of whom reportedly “provided the early framework” for the decision before oral arguments were even presented to the Court.

        October 30, 2024

        Jeff Hauser

        Press Release 2024 ElectionEthics in GovernmentSupreme Court

        RELEASE: We Can (And Should) Reasonably Question The Impartiality Of Clarence Thomas And Samuel Alito In Election-Related Cases

        On Wednesday, the Supreme Court allowed a purge of Virginia voters identified as non-citizens to go through, even though many who will be removed from the voter rolls are known to be citizens. This sort of purge is explicitly barred by the National Voter Registration Act, but the Court’s right-wing justices nonetheless allowed it to continue—raising questions about their motives.

        September 18, 2024

        Emma Marsano

        Newsletter Climate and EnvironmentSupreme Court

        The SCOTUS Shadow Docket is (Almost) All EPA Cases. That’s Concerning.

        SCOTUS has been using the shadow docket to issue meaningful and conservative decisions interfering in ongoing cases in the lower courts—prompting concerns from more liberal members. And as of this writing, all but one case on the shadow docket is challenging the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to do its job, threatening a litany of blows to the federal government’s ability to protect the environment and combat climate change. 

        July 10, 2024 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter

        KJ Boyle

        Newsletter Adam PosenAnti-MonopolyClimate and EnvironmentMatt YglesiasRevolving DoorSupreme Court

        RDP Work Roundup: 4th of July Edition

        After a long 4th of July weekend, we figure this a good time to take a look back at the important work we’ve fired off over the last month or so. From analyses of Trump’s executive tenure to a take-down of a Big Oil myth pushed by compromised Democrats, here’s another edition of an RDP Work Roundup for you to digest along with your leftovers from holiday barbecues.