Supreme Court

Green Watch
The Activist Side Third-Party Litigation Support
Some tax-exempt groups—501(c)(3) public charities and giant private foundations—actively encourage, underwrite, and otherwise support strategic litigation aimed not at vindicating the rights of injured plaintiffs, but at achieving public policy…
by Robert Stilson on November 1, 2023

Philanthropy
A Conversation with the American Alliance for Equal Rights’ Edward Blum (Part 1 of 2)
Edward Blum has founded several nonprofit public-interest legal organizations that have helped secure several major legal victories against policies and practices that accord preferences to people based on race. The…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 10, 2023

Philanthropy
A Conversation with the American Alliance for Equal Rights’ Edward Blum (Part 2 of 2)
Edward Blum has founded several nonprofit public-interest legal organizations that have helped secure several major legal victories against policies and practices that accord preferences to people based on race. The…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 10, 2023

CRC in the News
Best of CRC Media Hits for Second Quarter of 2023
In the second quarter of 2023, CRC reported on new investigations into the groups targeting Clarence Thomas and the Supreme Court, published a massive new election integrity report on charities…
by Sarah Lee on September 25, 2023

Organization Trends
InfluenceWatch Friday
The information compiled in InfluenceWatch gives news outlets and other interested parties to use this research in future reporting on significant topics that are often overlooked by the American public.
by Jonathan Harsh on August 25, 2023

Deception & Misdirection
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…
by CRC Staff on July 21, 2023

Organization Trends
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…
by Michael Watson on June 8, 2023

Organization Trends
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…
by Parker Thayer on May 15, 2023

Organization Trends
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…
by Robert Stilson on May 11, 2023

Organization Trends
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…
by Robert Stilson on April 26, 2023