Supreme Court

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.

In a new memo from the Court Accountability, Revolving Door Project, Take Back the Court, & True North Research, we ask whether the Supreme Court is avoiding putting politically sensitive cases on its docket before the November election.

The justices hand-pick their docket, and if history has taught us anything, we can expect the faction dominating the Court to once again select cases that offer them opportunities to push an extreme right-wing agenda.

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. 

Since first posting Ginni Thomas’s endorsement to its website, Americans for Limited Government has defended the Thomases over allegations of misconduct and become a frequent advocate at the Supreme Court.

SCOTUS’ assault on Chevron doctrine is an assault on everyday people, carried out on behalf of corporations and the Court’s wealthy benefactors.

The media needs to start getting wise to the court’s role in shaping the economy.

RDP’s Vishal Shankar joined KALW’s Your Call to discuss the Supreme Court’s overturning of Chevron deference and the right-wing Big Money interests that lobbied for the ruling.

21 right-wing groups linked to court-whisperers want SCOTUS to make its most dangerous regulatory power grab yet.

A dozen court whisperer-backed groups and MSNBC superstar Neal Katyal want SCOTUS to make wealth taxes illegal. 

Right-wing court-whisperers are pushing SCOTUS to allow states to ban abortions even in cases of severe medical emergencies.