Supreme Court Issues Emergency Stay Allowing Trump Administration to Withhold $4 Billion in SNAP Food Benefits

The Supreme Court issued an administrative stay at least temporarily allowing the Trump administration to withhold approximately $4 billion in SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) payments affecting 42 million Americans, blocking a federal district court order that had required full …

Senate Confirms Jennifer Mascott to Third Circuit Court of Appeals

The Senate confirmed Jennifer Mascott to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit by a vote of 50-47, marking Trump’s second appointee to this circuit in his second term. Mascott, a Catholic University law professor and former Trump White House lawyer, founded the Separation of Powers …

Supreme Court Uses Emergency Docket to Expand Presidential Power

The Supreme Court ruled on 23 Trump administration policies via its emergency ‘shadow docket’ since Trump’s return to office, backing the administration in 21 cases without full arguments or normal deliberative processes. The Court allowed mass federal purges, foreign aid cuts, …

Heritage Foundation Publishes 800-Page Constitutional Guide as Trump's Judicial Roadmap

The Heritage Foundation released an 800-page ‘Guide to the Constitution’ featuring contributions from Trump appointees and prefaced by Justice Samuel Alito, serving as Trump’s blueprint for Supreme Court nominations and legal interpretation. The guide promotes an originalist …

US Imposes Unprecedented Sanctions on Four International Criminal Court Officials

On August 20, 2025, the United States imposed targeted sanctions on four International Criminal Court (ICC) officials, escalating an ongoing campaign to obstruct international judicial proceedings into potential war crimes.

Key Details:

• Four officials sanctioned: Two judges (Kimberly Prost and …

Elon Musk Donates to GOP Lawmakers Targeting Judicial Oversight

Elon Musk donated maximum campaign contributions of $6,600 to at least seven Republican lawmakers who have publicly called for impeaching or limiting the power of federal judges blocking his government efficiency initiatives. Recipients included Representatives Eli Crane, Lauren Boebert, Andy Ogles, …

Musk Distributes $1 Million Payments in Controversial Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Intervention

Elon Musk handed out $1 million checks to two Wisconsin voters at a rally in Green Bay, moments after the state Supreme Court declined to block his political spending. The event highlighted Musk’s significant financial intervention in a critical judicial election that could reshape …

Musk PAC Offers $100 to Wisconsin Voters for 'Anti-Activist Judge' Petition

Elon Musk’s America PAC launched a controversial campaign offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition against ‘activist judges’, directly targeting the April 1 Wisconsin Supreme Court election. The campaign involves a $1 million voter outreach strategy, including $100 per …

Musk Calls for Judicial Impeachment Wave, Supports GOP Lawmakers

Elon Musk publicly supports and financially backs GOP congressional efforts to impeach federal judges who block Trump administration policies

Supreme Court Overturns Chevron Deference, Reshaping Administrative Law

In a landmark 6-2 decision, the Supreme Court overruled the 40-year-old Chevron deference doctrine in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, fundamentally altering the balance of power between courts and federal agencies. The ruling requires courts to independently interpret ambiguous statutes rather …

Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events

Investigation reveals Justice Thomas attended multiple Koch brothers donor summits over the years while Koch network brings coordinated cases to Supreme Court, raising serious ethics concerns

Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden Student Loan Forgiveness 6-3 - Protects Debt System Against Democratic Relief

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on June 30, 2023, in Biden v. Nebraska that the Biden administration exceeded its authority under the HEROES Act in announcing $400 billion in student loan forgiveness, striking down a plan that would have canceled up to $20,000 in debt for Pell Grant recipients and …

ProPublica Reveals Samuel Alito's Undisclosed Luxury Trip with Billionaire Paul Singer

ProPublica exposed that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito failed to disclose an expensive luxury fishing trip to Alaska in July 2008, paid for by billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Singer and other Republican donors. Alito flew to Alaska on Singer’s private jet and stayed at the King Salmon …

ProPublica Reveals Alito's Undisclosed Alaska Trip with Billionaire Singer

ProPublica exposes Samuel Alito’s 2008 luxury Alaska fishing trip with hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer who later had business before the court, revealing potential judicial ethics violations and conflicts of interest. Alito preemptively disputes in WSJ op-ed, PBS News Hour provides …

ProPublica Exposes Two Decades of Undisclosed Thomas-Crow Gifts

ProPublica publishes investigation revealing Clarence Thomas accepted luxury trips and gifts from Harlan Crow for over 20 years without disclosure, triggering Supreme Court ethics crisis

ProPublica Exposes Clarence Thomas's Undisclosed Luxury Gifts from Billionaire Harlan Crow

ProPublica revealed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had accepted luxury vacations worth potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars from billionaire Republican donor Harlan Crow over more than 20 years without disclosing them, as required by federal ethics law. The gifts included private …

Barre Seid Donates $1.6 Billion to Leonard Leo Dark Money Network

Chicago businessman Barre Seid provided an unprecedented $1.6 billion donation to Leonard Leo’s Marble Freedom Trust through a strategic stock transfer of Tripp Lite to Eaton Corporation. This donation, the largest known to a political advocacy group in U.S. history, potentially avoided …

Barre Seid Donates $1.6 Billion to Leonard Leo Dark Money Network

Billionaire Barre Seid donated $1.6 billion to Leonard Leo’s Marble Freedom Trust in one of the largest dark money transfers in U.S. political history. The donation, structured through a sophisticated tax-minimization strategy, involves transferring 100% of Seid’s Tripp Lite company …

Clarence Thomas Takes 8-Day Indonesia Yacht Trip with Harlan Crow

Thomas accepts luxury trip to Bali including eight-day yacht excursion and private jet travel, later acknowledges he “inadvertently omitted” reporting after ProPublica investigation

Neil Gorsuch Sells Property to Law Firm CEO Days After Supreme Court Confirmation

Gorsuch sells Colorado property for up to $500,000 to Brian Duffy, CEO of Greenberg Traurig, nine days after confirmation without disclosing buyer’s identity, raising conflict concerns

Federalist Society Captures Federal Judiciary with $250M Dark Money

The Federalist Society, funded by $250 million in dark money from anonymous donors, orchestrated the most systematic judicial capture in U.S. history. Trump outsourced judicial selection to the Society, appointing 231 federal judges including 3 Supreme Court justices, all from their pre-approved …

Trump Promises All Supreme Court Picks Will Come From Federalist Society

During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump made a pivotal strategic commitment to outsource Supreme Court nominee selection entirely to the Federalist Society, a move that would fundamentally reshape the federal judiciary. In March 2016, Trump, campaign lawyer Don McGahn, and Federalist Society …

Harlan Crow Purchases Clarence Thomas's Mother's House in Undisclosed Deal

Crow company purchases properties from Thomas and relatives for $133,363 including house where Thomas’s mother lives, marking first known direct money transfer from donor to justice

Supreme Court backs broad discovery in Argentina debt case (Alito joined majority); Singer's fund later benefited

In Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital (2014), the Supreme Court held that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act does not bar post‑judgment discovery into a foreign sovereign’s assets, facilitating creditor collection efforts including by Paul Singer’s NML Capital. Justice Samuel Alito …

Shelby County Decision Guts Voting Rights Act Preclearance

Supreme Court 5-4 decision with Thomas and Alito strikes down VRA Section 4(b), enabling voter suppression that benefits Republican donors who fund justices’ luxury lifestyles

Supreme Court Issues Citizens United v. FEC Decision, Unleashing Corporate Money in Elections

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, fundamentally transforming American campaign finance by allowing corporations and unions to spend unlimited amounts on elections. The decision struck down key provisions of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, ruling that …

Citizens United Ruling Enables Unlimited Corporate Political Spending

Supreme Court 5-4 decision with Thomas and Alito in majority allows unlimited corporate political spending, directly benefiting their billionaire donors Koch, Crow, and Singer

Harlan Crow Begins Paying Private School Tuition for Thomas's Grandnephew

Crow starts paying roughly $6,200 monthly tuition for Mark Martin, whom Thomas was raising as a son, at elite boarding schools totaling approximately $100,000 in undisclosed gifts

Samuel Alito Takes Undisclosed Alaska Fishing Trip with Billionaire Paul Singer

Justice Samuel Alito accepts private jet flight worth over $100,000 and luxury lodge stay from hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer who later has business before the court, violating disclosure requirements

Clarence Thomas Begins Undisclosed Luxury Trips on Harlan Crow's Yacht and Private Jets

Justice Clarence Thomas begins a two-decade pattern of accepting luxury yacht vacations and private jet trips from billionaire GOP donor Harlan Crow without disclosure, violating Supreme Court ethics standards. Senate investigations revealed nearly $4.2 million in undisclosed gifts, including …

Supreme Court Delivers Partisan Bush v. Gore Decision with Corporate Legal Team Involvement

The Supreme Court issued a controversial 5-4 decision in Bush v. Gore that effectively awarded Florida’s 25 electoral votes to Republican candidate George W. Bush, ensuring his victory over Al Gore. The unsigned per curiam decision reversed a Florida Supreme Court request for a selective …

Olin Foundation Law and Economics Programs Expand to Elite Law Schools

In 1987, the John M. Olin Foundation expanded its systematic funding of Law and Economics programs at elite law schools, with Stanford Law School initiating its John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics through a generous foundation gift. This represented the maturation of a decades-long effort to …

Federalist Society Established: Conservative Judicial Pipeline Inception

In April 1982, three Yale Law School alumni – Steven Calabresi, David McIntosh, and Lee Liberman Otis – founded the Federalist Society at a pivotal moment in conservative legal thought. Their inaugural conference, funded by the Institute for Educational Affairs and John M. Olin Foundation, featured …

Federalist Society Founded to Capture Conservative Legal Pipeline

Yale Law School students Steven Calabresi, David McIntosh, Lee Liberman Otis, Spencer Abraham, and Peter Keisler founded the Federalist Society in 1982 to challenge liberal ideology in elite law schools. With initial funding of $24,000 from the John M. Olin Foundation, the organization created a …

Powell Authors Central Hudson Test Expanding Corporate Commercial Speech Protection

Justice Powell delivers the Supreme Court majority opinion in Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission, establishing the landmark four-part test for commercial speech protection under the First Amendment. The decision strikes down New York’s utility advertising …

Powell Expands Corporate Speech Rights in Virginia State Board of Pharmacy Decision

Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. authors the majority opinion in Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, establishing First Amendment protection for commercial speech by striking down state restrictions on prescription drug price advertising. This landmark decision creates …

Lewis Powell Sworn in as Supreme Court Justice, Begins Implementing Corporate Blueprint

Lewis F. Powell Jr. was sworn in as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on January 7, 1972, after being nominated by President Nixon and confirmed by the Senate with an overwhelming 89-1 vote. A corporate lawyer with board memberships in 11 major corporations, Powell’s appointment …

Nixon Nominates Lewis Powell to Supreme Court Two Months After Corporate Blueprint Memo

President Richard Nixon nominates Lewis F. Powell Jr. to the Supreme Court just two months after Powell authored his secret corporate blueprint memo to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on August 23, 1971. Amidst a rare opportunity to reshape the Supreme Court, Nixon nominates Powell alongside William …

Nixon nominates Lewis Powell to Supreme Court two months after corporate blueprint memo

President Nixon nominates corporate lawyer Lewis Powell to Supreme Court as Associate Justice, just 59 days after Powell wrote confidential memo to Chamber of Commerce calling for business to acquire “political power” and use courts as “most important instrument for social, …

Lewis Powell Writes Landmark Memo Blueprinting Corporate Institutional Capture Strategy

Corporate lawyer Lewis Powell drafts a confidential 34-page memorandum to Eugene B. Sydnor Jr., Chair of Education Committee of U.S. Chamber of Commerce, titled “Attack On American Free Enterprise System.” This document provides a comprehensive, systematic blueprint for corporate capture …