May 02, 2024 | The American Prospect
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.
May 01, 2024 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
Merrick Garland’s Delay May Mean Justice Denied
Last week, the Supreme Court mulled over whether the former president (the “very stable genius” who pushed a “miracle cure” for COVID later tied to 17,000 avoidable deaths) should be prescribed his own miracle cure: presidential immunity for the crimes he is charged with committing while in office.
April 29, 2024 | The American Prospect
The VA Bows to the Dialysis Duopoly
Despite contracting rules in place to give veterans safe and affordable access to dialysis, DaVita and Fresenius are picking up most of the patients.
April 24, 2024
Amicus Spotlight: Moyle v. U.S.
Right-wing court-whisperers are pushing SCOTUS to allow states to ban abortions even in cases of severe medical emergencies.
April 23, 2024
Amicus Spotlight: Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney
Right-wing groups linked to Charles Koch and Leonard Leo are backing Starbucks’ assault on the National Labor Relations Board.
April 22, 2024
Amicus Spotlight: City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson
An unholy coalition of right-wingers and California Democrats wants the Supreme Court to eviscerate the rights of homeless people.
April 19, 2024
New Website Takes a Closer Look at Friends of the Court
The SCOTUS Justices’ billionaire benefactors have an oft-overlooked means of peddling influence: amicus briefs.
April 18, 2024
RELEASE: Watchdog Orgs And Court Reform Advocates Debut New Database Cataloging Right-Wing Groups' Amicus Briefs, Connections To SCOTUS Justices
Today, Take Back the Court, Revolving Door Project, and True North Research released a new database highlighting the troubling connections between the Supreme Court’s right-wing justices, the right-wing organizations that have weighed in on cases before the court, and the major donors funding them
April 18, 2024
Advocacy Groups Comment On Biden Administration Rule To Combat Money Laundering In The Real Estate Sector
The Revolving Door Project joined Transparency International and other advocacy groups to provide comments on the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (“FinCEN”) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) to combat and deter money laundering in the U.S. residential real estate sector by increasing transparency.
April 09, 2024
RELEASE: Judge Willett’s Citigroup Stock Holdings Are Obvious Conflict Of Interest
Fifth Circuit Judge’s Participation In CFPB Late Fee Case Makes A Mockery Of Judicial Ethics
April 09, 2024 | The Texas Observer
TPPF’S LONG LOVE AFFAIR WITH KEN PAXTON
The attorney general’s close ties to Texas’ right-wing think tank and its large network of uber-wealthy donors and special interests.
Ken Paxton has spent almost the entirety of his decade leading the Office of the Texas Attorney General while also under felony indictment for alleged securities fraud. Yet, like every other time Paxton has faced allegations of wrongdoing, including misuse of office, retaliatory firings, and criminal misdeeds, he has once again managed to evade real punishment. By no small measure, this has been enabled by Paxton’s masterful use of state resources to court (and to bolster) the influence of extremely well-funded conservative legal organizations and networks, at the expense of the public interests he is supposed to represent, and to defend.
March 29, 2024 | The American Prospect
Senators’ Latest Attempt to Enrich Big Pharma Must Not Prevail
The patent system exists to promote scientific innovation to benefit the public, not to enrich private interests regardless of the merits of their scientific contributions. Yet that is precisely what PERA and PREVAIL would do by granting Big Pharma even more sweeping government monopolies and associated price-gouging power.
March 18, 2024
RELEASE: Virginia General Assembly Must Investigate Leonard Leo’s Influence On State’s Largest Public Research University
Today, the Revolving Door Project, Take Back the Court Action Fund, People’s Parity Project, Freedom BLOC and the George Mason University chapter of the American Association of University Professors sent a letter to members of the Virginia General Assembly calling on them to investigate Leonard Leo in regard to his undue influence on George Mason University. The groups called on the state legislature to investigate what Leo-tied activities are taking place under the aegis of a state school.
March 13, 2024 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
Meet Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen
Montana’s top legal officer is flying under the national radar, but his scandals and policy agenda mirror his more infamous peers.
March 08, 2024 | The American Prospect
Biden’s Trustbusters Face Hurdles From Within
Despite successes in fighting corporate power, the message is muddled.