{"product_id":"9781620977385","title":"The Scheme","description":"Author: Sheldon Whitehouse\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781620977385\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: New Press, The\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 24 Jan 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A damning investigation of dark money by a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee\" (Kirkus Reviews) with a new preface on recent disclosures about efforts to influence the Court\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDark Money\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the story of Supreme Court malfeasance and ethics violations repeatedly makes front-page news, the paperback version of \u003ci\u003eThe Scheme\u003c\/i\u003e comes at a time of crisis for the American judiciary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing his book Captured on corporate capture of regulatory and government agencies, and his years of experience as a prosecutor, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, whom Senator Elizabeth Warren calls a \"a powerful voice in defending our American democracy against the relentless, pervasive-and often hidden-power of corporate special interests,\" here turns his attention to the right-wing scheme to capture the United States Supreme Court. Whitehouse chronicles a hidden-money campaign using an armada of front groups, helped by the infamous \u003ci\u003eCitizens United\u003c\/i\u003e Supreme Court decision, employing the Federalist Society as an appointments turnstile, and with the same small handful of right-wing billionaires and corporations enticing the Senate to break rules, norms, and precedents to confirm wildly inappropriate nominees who would advance their anti-government agenda.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow available in an affordable paperback edition with a new preface addressing the Reverend Schenck disclosures about politicking the justices and Justice Thomas's recently disclosed conflicts of interest, \u003ci\u003eThe Scheme\u003c\/i\u003e offers what \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e calls \"a maddening indictment of a corrupt and corrupted judiciary.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833151869086,"sku":"ADS-9781620977385","price":47.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781620977385.jpg?v=1778650479","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781620977385","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}