by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski On Jan. 25, 2018, dozens of private jets descended on Palm Springs International Airport. Some of the… Read »Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events
by Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, Alex Mierjeski In early July 2008, Samuel Alito stood on a riverbank in a remote corner of Alaska. The Supreme… Read »Justice Samuel Alito took undisclosed luxury vacation with GOP billionaire
by Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski In 2014, one of Texas billionaire Harlan Crow’s companies purchased a string of properties on a quiet… Read »Billionaire Harlan Crow bought a property from Clarence Thomas and didn’t disclose the deal.
by Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski Influential Democratic lawmakers have called for immediate investigations and vowed to create stricter ethics rules following a… Read »Lawmakers Call for Investigation and Ethics Reforms in Response to ProPublica Report on Clarence Thomas
by Ziva Branstetter Nine months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending nearly 50 years of federal protection of abortion rights, the impact… Read »How abortion bans are impacting pregnant patients across the country
by Kavitha Surana, photography by Stacy Kranitz, special to ProPublica This story graphically describes serious complications in pregnancies and births, and it mentions suicide. One… Read »Doctors warned her pregnancy could kill her. Then Tennessee outlawed abortion.
by Megan Rose For 50 years, Roe v. Wade shut down the biggest ambitions of the anti-abortion movement. Last summer, the Supreme Court overturned that… Read »States abortion rights in 2023
Although the courts are supposed to be seen seen as fair and impartial arbiters of justice, recent political events have highlighted the extent to which they are subject to political influence. From large scale partisan gerrymandering cases to decisions about individual congressional or presidential impeachment proceedings, to the decision to overturn Roe V Wade it is clear that the judicial system must be considered a highly politicized entity.
