{"id":100160,"date":"2025-01-13T12:02:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T20:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/13\/propublica-streamlines-finding-out-who-bought-your-favorite-supreme-court-justice\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T12:02:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T20:02:57","slug":"propublica-streamlines-finding-out-who-bought-your-favorite-supreme-court-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/13\/propublica-streamlines-finding-out-who-bought-your-favorite-supreme-court-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"ProPublica Streamlines Finding Out Who Bought Your Favorite Supreme Court Justice!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gotta love transparency in adjudicaton!
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(Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images\u2026 with slight edit)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2019s robe had fancy pro-insurrection patches or Clarence had Harlan Crow\u2019s last name on his back like an all-star jersey he can dunk on child labor laws with<\/a>. Alas, the branding is as empty as Chief Justice Roberts\u2019s boy scout promises to make the rest of his colleagues abide by the law.<\/p>\n

The good news? We don\u2019t have to rely on the Supreme Court justices\u2019 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:<\/p>\n

The People are enforcing government transparency on multiple branches. You could stop at the judiciary, but why wouldn\u2019t you also check out the trades your representatives in Congress are making?<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re ever looking for a shortened version of \u201cEternal vigilance is the price of liberty,\u201d try this one on for size: Follow the money!<\/p>\n

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\"\"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\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s<\/a>. \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim,\u00a0a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor<\/a>, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at\u00a0[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>\u00a0and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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