ProPublica Streamlines Finding Out Who Bought Your Favorite Supreme Court Justice!

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The black robes of the Supreme Court justices have a lot of white space. If only their uniform borrowed inspiration from NASCAR: it be cooler if Alito’s robe had fancy pro-insurrection patches or Clarence had Harlan Crow’s last name on his back like an all-star jersey he can dunk on child labor laws with. Alas, the branding is as empty as Chief Justice Roberts’s boy scout promises to make the rest of his colleagues abide by the law.

The good news? We don’t have to rely on the Supreme Court justices’ good conscience to keep them honest! The journalists at ProPublica created a database that allows you to find out who is sponsoring judges with ease:

The People are enforcing government transparency on multiple branches. You could stop at the judiciary, but why wouldn’t you also check out the trades your representatives in Congress are making?

If you’re ever looking for a shortened version of “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty,” try this one on for size: Follow the money!

Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.  He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.