Supreme Court

Podcast
“Who Funds That?” Episode 3: Justice Samuel Alito (with Mollie Hemingway)
When conservatives wax poetic about their favorite Supreme Court justices from what one might call the “Federalist Society era” of Republican appointments, Clarence Thomas and the late Antonin Scalia…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on May 5, 2026

Book Profile
Alito: The fulcrum of the conservative Court
Justice Samuel Alito has been the pragmatic coalition builder who sets up the goals scored by the Supreme Court’s originalist team.
by Michael Watson on April 28, 2026

Organization Trends
A Conversation with the Ethics and Public Policy Center’s Michael Fragoso (Part 1 of 2)
The think-tank fellow and former top congressional staffer talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the role of the American Bar Association and other, different kinds of nonprofit groups in the…
by Michael E. Hartmann on April 3, 2025

Organization Trends
A Conversation with the Ethics and Public Policy Center’s Michael Fragoso (Part 2 of 2)
The think-tank fellow and former top congressional staffer talks to Michael E. Hartmann about effective and ineffective nonprofit projects and activities related to the judicial-nomination and -confirmation processes, what could…
by Michael E. Hartmann on April 3, 2025

Book Profile
Thoughts on Philanthropy from Books Featured in the Giving Review in Second Half of 2024
“The vindictiveness was gone, but the prosecution remained.” President William Howard Taft got to preside over something [Theodore] Roosevelt had wanted but did not attain in his presidency: the demise…
by Michael E. Hartmann on January 15, 2025

CRC in the News
The $10 Million “Dark Money” Campaign Against the Supreme Court
After recent Supreme Court decisions that infuriated the Left, Demand Justice kicked its smear campaign into a higher gear, announcing a $10 million campaign against the Court. The money go…
by Parker Thayer on August 14, 2024

Organization Trends
The Suspicious Rise of Brian Fallon, the Left’s Narrative Czar
Lots of big names for important positions in a potential Harris presidential administration have caught the media’s attention, but one likely pick—Brian Fallon as White House Press Secretary—drew far less…
by Parker Thayer on August 8, 2024

Organization Trends
Demand Justice, the “Dark Money” Group Behind a $10 Million Campaign Against the Supreme Court
For over a year the American public has been deluged with sporadic negative coverage of the Supreme Court. After the Court’s decisions in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Trump…
by Parker Thayer on July 25, 2024

Special Report
ProPublica’s Weaponization of Journalism: The Good
In the field of journalism, where objectivity and impartiality were once virtues, not vices, the rise of nonprofit newsrooms was initially meant to be a way for journalists to refocus…
by Parker Thayer on June 27, 2024

Special Report
ProPublica’s Weaponization of Journalism: The Bad
While ProPublica’s broad-scope investigative reporting and extensive data journalism have earned it praise and a good reputation, the more narrowly focused coverage coming from the organization of late has diminished…
by Parker Thayer on June 27, 2024