{"product_id":"the-scheme-how-the-right-wing-used-dark-money-to-capture-the-supreme-court-hardcover","title":"The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSheldon Whitehouse\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJennifer Mueller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A damning investigation of dark money by a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.\" (\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e) with a new preface on recent disclosures about efforts to influence the Court\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\"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 Mayer, author of the national bestseller \u003cem\u003eDark Money\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the story breaks of a secretive cabal of extreme religious zealots who waged a stealth campaign to ingratiate themselves with \"amenable\" Supreme Court justices-who in turn leaked draft decisions to them-the paperback version of \u003cem\u003eThe Scheme\u003c\/em\u003e comes at a time of crisis for the American judiciary.\u003cp\u003eFollowing his book \u003cem\u003eCaptured\u003c\/em\u003e on corporate capture of regulatory and government agencies, and his years of experience as a prosecutor, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, called \"a powerful voice in defending our American democracy against the relentless, pervasive-and often hidden-power of corporate special interests\" by Senator Elizabeth Warren, here turns his attention to the right-wing scheme to capture the United States Supreme Court. Whitehouse chronicles a hidden-money campaign using an armada of front groups, helped by the infamous \u003cem\u003eCitizens United\u003c\/em\u003e Supreme Court decision, using the Federalist Society as an appointments turnstile, and with the same small handful of right-wing billionaires and corporations enticing the Senate to break rules, norms, and precedents to confirm wildly inappropriate nominees who would advance the anti-government agenda of a small number of corporate oligarchs. Every indication is that the justices' assurances were knowingly and strategically false, cover for the day when-like sleeper agents-they would number a majority and could act on their real intentions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow available in an affordable paperback edition with a new preface addressing the Reverend Schenck disclosures about politicking the justices and Justice Thomas's recently disclosed conflicts of interest, \u003cem\u003eThe Scheme\u003c\/em\u003e offers what \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e calls \"a maddening indictment of a corrupt and corrupted judiciary.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheldon Whitehouse\u003c\/strong\u003e represents Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate. He has served as his state's United States Attorney and as the state Attorney General, as well as its top business regulator. The author of \u003cem\u003eCaptured\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Scheme\u003c\/em\u003e (both from The New Press), he lives in Newport, Rhode Island. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJennifer Mueller\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer based in Washington, DC. She has worked on issues related to campaign finance and political participation as an attorney, academic, and consultant for more than twenty years.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.6 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52777226993997,"sku":"9781620977385","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/bTNmdTZhL1FLY2RYS1FPSEpLd29QUT09.webp?v=1763157114","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/the-scheme-how-the-right-wing-used-dark-money-to-capture-the-supreme-court-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}