Dear Reader, One-third of the Supreme Court is now embroiled in scandal. Newly revealed financial conflicts have tainted Justice Neil Gorsuch and Chief Justice John Roberts—but Justice Clarence Thomas is the motherlode of corruption allegations. The news of his decades-long involvement with a hard-right billionaire and of under-the-table payments to his activist wife, Ginni Thomas, just keep coming.
What’s more damaging, of course, is what this conservative Supreme Court is doing to our country with its increasingly polarizing decisions—overturning Roe v. Wade and a 50-year precedent of a woman’s right to choose what’s best for herself, chipping away at voting rights and election integrity, reinforcing gerrymandering and NRA positions on the guns that are killing our children in schools and malls.
The Supreme Court is increasingly handing down its decisions through the “shadow docket”—often without any explanation and in the middle of the night.
The New Republic has been a leader in covering the Supreme Court, its controversial decisions and its behind-the-scenes shenanigans. One of our sharpest Scotus reporters, Matt Ford, just filed a story that outlines Clarence Thomas’s long history of advocating to make it easier for wealthy Americans like his billionaire benefactor to bend the political system to their will.
It’s no wonder that readers like you told us in a recent poll that your number one political concern right now is the Supreme Court. We know that we need to launch a new Supreme Court Watch to expand our coverage of the nation’s highest court and shed light on its arguments, maneuverings, and “shadow docket,” as well as how its decisions affect the day-to-day lives of millions of Americans.
But we need your help to make it happen. To launch our new Supreme Court Watch, we need just $25,000. It’s a very achievable goal if readers like you step up to help.
If you think that the Supreme Court now poses a real danger to the rights of you and your fellow Americans, please help us in this urgent campaign.
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