InfluenceWatch Friday
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Supreme Court
ProPublica Steps in It
ProPublica has made news recently after proverbially “stepping in it” by leveling out false charges in the guise of “fair and accurate” reporting. They reached out and asked Justice Alito…
SPLC Plus Teachers Union Ideology Equals More Disparagement
This week, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the self-appointed watchdog of extremism and “hate groups,” formally designated 12 conservative parents’ advocacy groups as “anti-government extremist groups.” Two of the most…
Fix the Court May Have Financial Disclosure Problems
Fix the Court is one of many organizations on the Left that works tirelessly to attack the Supreme Court and undermine its legitimacy. Yet Fix the Court's tax disclosures appear…
Just Court-Pack a Majority
Expanding the Supreme Court solely to dilute the power of its current 6–3 conservative majority—political court-packing—is one of the most radical proposals currently circulating on the activist left. For the…
The Usual Suspects in Tyler v. Hennepin County
This week, the Supreme Court is hearing oral argument in Tyler v. Hennepin County, a case that arose from a highly controversial practice known to its critics as “home equity…
After Roe v. Wade, Abortion Still Accessible in All 50 States
Aid Access, a nonprofit organization founded in 2018 and run by Dutch physician Rebecca Gomperts, prescribes the abortion pill (technically two medications: mifepristone and misoprostol) to women in all 50…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #237: A Family Fights the EPA
“Who decides? Congress or the executive?” is a key question underlying many prominent legal interpretation disputes. One such dispute, over defining “waters of the United States,” has trapped one family…
Dark Money Groups Are Funding the Left’s Court-Packing Agenda
House Democrats unveiled their latest effort to pack the Supreme Court at an event hosted by “dark money.” Hidden donors pushing an unpopular, radical agenda from the shadows is the Left’s modus operandi.
Congresswomen’s Staged Arrests—a Case of Liberal “Causeplay”
This week, numerous left-wing U.S. Representatives—most notably Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN)—blocked traffic near the U.S. Capitol as part of a pro-abortion protest. Capitol Police told the…