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The Scheme : How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court / Senator Sheldon Whitehouse ; with Jennifer Mueller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitehouse, Sheldon, Senator, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Business and politics--United States.
- Business and politics.
- Campaign funds--United States.
- Campaign funds.
- Corporations--Political activity--United States.
- Corporations.
- Judges--Selection and appointment--United States.
- Judges.
- Political action committees--United States.
- Political action committees.
- United States--Politics and government--1989-.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (228 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The New Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "A damning investigation of dark money by a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee" (Kirkus Reviews) with a new preface on recent disclosures about efforts to influence the Court "There's no senator I can think of who's done more sleuthing to figure out the money trail in American politics, particularly as it affects the courts."--Jane.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I: Behind the Scheme
- Chapter One: Climate Denial, Regulatory Capture, and Covert Ops
- Chapter Two: Of Courts and Corporations
- Part II: Motive
- Chapter Three: Of Social Gains and Election Losses
- Part III: Means
- Chapter Four: The Plan: The Powell Memo
- Chapter Five: Building the Influence Machine: Campaign Finance Cases
- Part IV: Co-conspirators
- Chapter Six: Mercenaries, Fringe Groups, and Lobbyists
- Chapter Seven: The Front Group Archipelago
- Chapter Eight: Super PACs, 501(c)s, and Corporate Shareholders
- Part V: Method
- Chapter Nine: The Federalist Society Turnstile
- Chapter Ten: The Doctrine Factory and Casting Call
- Chapter Eleven: The Senate Conveyor Belt
- Chapter Twelve: Plaintiffs of Convenience and Friends of the Court
- Part VI: A Susceptible Victim: The Compromised Court
- Chapter Thirteen: Ripe for Capture
- Part VII: Payday: The Captured Court
- Chapter Fourteen: The 80 (aka The Prize)
- Chapter Fifteen: Cases Controlling the Political Process
- Chapter Sixteen: Cases Protecting Corporate Interests
- Chapter Seventeen: Cases Restricting Civil Rights
- Chapter Eighteen: Cases Advancing a Far-Right Social Agenda
- Part VIII: Rebuttal
- Chapter Nineteen: So-Called Conservative Principles
- Chapter Twenty: The Shadow Docket
- Part IX: Closing Argument
- Chapter Twenty-One: The Scheme
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A: "The 80": Decisions by the Roberts Five, 2005-2019
- Appendix B: Amicus Briefs Filed by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
- Appendix C: Whitehouse Brief Appendix: Overlapping Amici Funders in Seila Law
- Appendix D: Wharton Analysis of Corporate Funding Disclosure
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author
- Publishing in the Public Interest
- Copyright.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781620978375
- 1620978377
- OCLC:
- 1396065202
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