Senator Whitehouse on the Supreme Court Capture Scheme (whitehouse.senate.gov)

Posted on Jan 1, 1

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The Scheme 1: The Powell Memo Watch Scheme 1

The Scheme 2: Powell on the Court Watch Scheme 2

The Scheme 3: Latent Virus Watch Scheme 3

The Scheme 4: A New Constitutional Right for Dark Money Watch Scheme 4

The Scheme 5: The Federalist Society Watch Scheme 5

The Scheme 6: Judicial Crisis Network Watch Scheme 6

The Scheme 7: Brett Kavanaugh Watch Scheme 7

The Scheme 8: Tu Quoque (You Too) Watch Scheme 8

The Scheme 9: Amicus Flotillas Watch Scheme 9

The Scheme 10: Climate Obstruction and The Scheme Watch Scheme 10

The Scheme 11: Faculty Lounge Report Watch Scheme 11

The Scheme 12: JCN’s Opening Salvo Watch Scheme 12

The Scheme 13: Auditioning Watch Scheme 13

The Scheme 14: The Attack on Roe Watch Scheme 14

The Scheme 15: The Hothouse and WV v. EPA Watch Scheme 15

The Scheme 16: The Hothouse and West Virginia v EPA pt. 2 Watch Scheme 16

The Scheme 17: Captive Court Watch Scheme 17

The Scheme 18: Leonard Leo’s $1.6 Billion Payday Watch Scheme 18

The Scheme 19: “Operation Higher Court” and the Supreme Court Ethics Crisis Watch Scheme 19

The Scheme 20: The Ethics-Free Zone Around The Supreme Court Watch Scheme 20

The Scheme 21: “As Friends Do” Watch Scheme 21

The Scheme 22: Justice Alito and the Polluter Page Watch Scheme 22

The Scheme 23: Let’s Say Watch Scheme 23

The Scheme 24: The Alito Complaint Watch Scheme 24

The Scheme 25: The Front Group Swarms Watch Scheme 25

The Scheme 26: The Judiciary Committee Votes for Subpoenas Watch Scheme 26

The Scheme 27: The Myth of the Unelected Bureaucrat Watch Scheme 27

The Scheme 28: The Judicial Conference Watch Scheme 28

The Scheme 29: Fake Facts and “Knight-Errantry” at the Supreme Court Watch Scheme 29

The Scheme 30: An Update on the Captured Supreme Court Watch Scheme 30

The Scheme 31: The Crooked Stick and the Supreme Court Watch Scheme 31

The Scheme 32: Alito’s MAGA Battle Flags Watch Scheme 32

The Scheme 33: The Undoing of the Modern Regulatory State Watch Scheme 33

The Scheme 34: Ready to Deliver Watch Scheme 34

The Scheme 35: The Real Weaponization of the Justice System Watch Scheme 35

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🏛️ Overview & Context

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has delivered a series of floor speeches titled “The Scheme”, exposing how right-wing donor networks—including dark money groups and political operatives—have orchestrated a long-term plan to capture and influence the U.S. Supreme Court.

These speeches, delivered on the Senate floor and documented on his official site, outline in detail how judicial nominations, case pipelines, and campaign finance mechanisms have been leveraged to reshape American jurisprudence in favor of corporate and ideological interests.

🎙️ Key Themes Across the Speeches

  • The role of dark money in judicial nominations and influence
  • Coordination between legal advocacy groups and billionaire donors
  • Use of amicus briefs and legal organizations to shape court rulings
  • Case studies involving Citizens United, Dobbs, and deregulatory decisions
  • Calls for greater transparency, ethics reform, and court accountability

“A special-interest scheme is playing out right under our noses, and the Court has been its primary target.” — Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse

📚 Access the Speeches

You can view the full archive of Senator Whitehouse’s speeches here:
🔗 All Speeches on Court Capture — whitehouse.senate.gov


📎 Citation

Whitehouse, S. (n.d.). Speeches on The Scheme: Capturing the Supreme Court. Retrieved from https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/speeches/
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