Judicial Capture
The Judicial Capture capture lane traces 645 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-27 | Musk announces $1 million for Wisconsin voter in Supreme Court race Elon Musk · Scott Ainsworth · Brad Schimel · Susan Crawford · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Musk and Trump ratchet up involvement in Wisconsin Supreme Court race Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Brad Schimel | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-22 | First Major Court Battle Over National Guard Deployment Authority Federal District Court · U.S. Department of Defense · State Governors · Donald Trump · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-22 | Supreme Court Continues to Sidestep Definitive Ruling on Presidential Emoluments U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · Ethics Watchdogs | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-22 | Trump's National Guard Federalization Triggers Constitutional Crisis in California Donald Trump · Gavin Newsom · Pete Hegseth · Charles Breyer · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-20 | Musk PAC Offers $100 to Wisconsin Voters for 'Anti-Activist Judge' Petition Elon Musk · Josh Kaul · Brad Schimel · Susan Crawford · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-20 | Trump Rescinds Executive Order After Paul Weiss Agrees to $40M Pro Bono Services Donald Trump · Paul Weiss Law Firm · Mark Pomerantz | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-19 | Musk Calls for Judicial Impeachment Wave, Supports GOP Lawmakers Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Republican Congressional Caucus | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-15 | Federal Judiciary Responds to Mounting Constitutional Threats in Emergency Closed-Door Conference Federal Judiciary Leadership · Judge Richard Sullivan · U.S. Marshals Service · Judicial Conference Leadership · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-15 | Supreme Court Conducts Unprecedented Hearing on Presidential Emoluments U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · Constitutional Scholars | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-10 | It's 'shoot first and ask questions later' as DOGE tries to dismantle CFPB: Official Department of Government Efficiency · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-04 | DAEO Ethics Waiver Abrogates Patel's One-Year Qatar Recusal 12 Days After FBI Confirmation Kash Patel · Jolene A. Lauria · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-28 | Multiple international democracy research groups declare U.S. in democratic crisis Freedom House · V-Dem Institute · International IDEA · Varieties of Democracy Project · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-21 | Supreme Court declines to let firing of OSC chief take immediate effect US Supreme Court · Hampton Dellinger | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | DOJ Kleptocracy Initiative Shuttered: Major Setback for Anti-Corruption Enforcement Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative · KleptoCapture Task Force · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Federal Courts Grapple with Unprecedented Emoluments Enforcement Challenge U.S. Supreme Court · Federal District Courts · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Federal Judges Address Escalating Threats to Judicial Independence Chief Justice John Roberts · Chief Judge James Boasberg · Federal Judiciary · U.S. Supreme Court · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Pro Bono Legal Support Coordination Mechanism Launched Democracy 2025 · American Civil Liberties Union · Institute for Justice · New Civil Liberties Alliance · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Strategic Litigation Framework Developed by Legal Resistance Network Constitutional Litigation Consortium · Electronic Frontier Foundation · American Civil Liberties Union | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Supreme Court Confronts Unprecedented National Guard Federalization Crisis U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · State Governors · Brian Schwalb · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Trump Administration Systematically Removes DOJ Prosecutors James McHenry · Michael Ben'Ary · Jack Smith · Donald Trump · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-14 | DOJ Public Corruption Division Systematic Dismantling Coordinated Across Agencies Emil Bove · Danielle Sassoon · Hagan Scotten (Assistant US Attorney) · Eric Adams · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-13 | How the Trumps Turned Social Media Platform Litigation into a Profitable Strategy Donald Trump · Alphabet Inc. · Google · YouTube · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-11 | Associated Press barred from White House events; later restored by court Associated Press · White House | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-07 | President fires Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger; litigation ensues Donald Trump · Hampton Dellinger · Office of Special Counsel · Judge Amy Berman Jackson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-05 | Trump Administration Shuts Down KleptoCapture Task Force Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Merrick Garland · Gary Kalman · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-29 | DOJ moves to drop charges against former GOP lawmaker in case criticized by Trump Donald Trump · Jeff Fortenberry · Trump Administration · U.S. Justice Department | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-24 | DOJ Orders Limits on FACE Act Enforcement, Weakening Abortion Clinic Protection Department of Justice · Chad Mizelle · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | JD Vance Sworn In as 50th Vice President, Positioned for Potential Constitutional Crisis Management JD Vance · Brett Kavanaugh · Donald Trump · Usha Vance · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump Signs Unconstitutional Executive Order Challenging Birthright Citizenship Donald Trump · Department of Justice · U.S. Supreme Court · Asian Law Caucus · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-01 | Systematic assault on judicial independence begins Trump Administration · Federal Judiciary · Law firms | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-30 | Federal Appeals Court Upholds $5 Million Carroll Verdict Against Trump E. Jean Carroll · Donald Trump · Second Circuit Court of Appeals | confirmed | |
| 2024-11-22 | Judge Merchan Grants Indefinite Postponement of Trump Sentencing After Election Victory Juan Merchan · Donald Trump · Alvin Bragg | confirmed | |
| 2024-10-21 | Institute for Justice Files Lawsuit Challenging Flock Safety Mass Surveillance as Unconstitutional Institute for Justice · Lee Schmidt · Crystal Arrington · Norfolk Police Department · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-08-09 | Oracle Agrees to $115 Million Settlement Over Mass Surveillance Data Brokerage Oracle · Judge Richard Seeborg · Irish Council for Civil Liberties | confirmed | |
| 2024-08-05 | Federal Judge Rules Google is Illegal Monopolist in Landmark Search Antitrust Decision Judge Amit Mehta · Department of Justice · Google · Sundar Pichai · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-08-03 | Trump Publicly Endorses Georgia Election Board Members at Atlanta Rally, Sparking Electoral Integrity Concerns Donald Trump · Janice Johnston · Rick Jeffares · Janelle King · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2024-07-15 | Judge Cannon dismisses Trump classified documents case, rules Jack Smith appointment unconstitutional Aileen Cannon · Jack Smith · Donald Trump · Clarence Thomas · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-07-11 | Judge Merchan Postpones Trump Sentencing to September After Supreme Court Immunity Ruling Juan Merchan · Donald Trump · Alvin Bragg | confirmed | |
| 2024-07-01 | Supreme Court Grants Broad Presidential Immunity in Trump v. United States, Creating King-Like Powers U.S. Supreme Court · Chief Justice John Roberts · Justice Clarence Thomas · Justice Samuel Alito · +10 | confirmed | |
| 2024-07-01 | Supreme Court Trump Immunity Ruling Institutionalizes WHIG Constitutional Crisis Precedent into Permanent Oligarchic Governance Framework Supreme Court of the United States · Chief Justice John Roberts · Donald Trump · Justice Clarence Thomas · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2024-06-28 | SCOTUS overrules Chevron deference (Loper Bright v. Raimondo) Supreme Court of the United States · Chief Justice John Roberts · National Marine Fisheries Service | confirmed | |
| 2024-06-27 | SCOTUS limits SEC use of in-house tribunals for civil penalties (SEC v. Jarkesy) Supreme Court of the United States · Securities and Exchange Commission · Chief Justice John Roberts · Justice Neil Gorsuch (concurring) · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2024-06-27 | SCOTUS stays EPA 'Good Neighbor Plan' for cross-state smog program Supreme Court of the United States · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · Justice Neil Gorsuch · Justice Amy Coney Barrett (dissent) · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2024-06-26 | SCOTUS: Plaintiffs lack standing in social-media coercion case (Murthy v. Missouri) Supreme Court of the United States · Justice Amy Coney Barrett · Justice Samuel Alito · Justice Clarence Thomas · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2024-06-13 | SCOTUS: No standing in challenge to mifepristone changes (FDA v. AHM) Supreme Court of the United States · Food and Drug Administration | confirmed | |
| 2024-05-30 | Trump Convicted on All 34 Felony Counts - First Former President Convicted of Crimes in U.S. History Donald Trump · Juan Merchan · Alvin Bragg | confirmed | |
| 2024-05-14 | DOJ Finds Boeing Breached Deferred Prosecution Agreement After Door Plug Blowout Department of Justice · Boeing · Federal District Court · Criminal Division Fraud Section · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-05-13 | Michael Cohen Testifies Trump Personally Directed Hush Money Scheme and Reimbursement Cover-Up Michael Cohen · Donald Trump · Allen Weisselberg · Juan Merchan | confirmed | |
| 2024-05-07 | Stormy Daniels Testifies in Graphic Detail About Sexual Encounter, Trump Visibly Angry Stormy Daniels · Donald Trump · Juan Merchan | confirmed | |
| 2024-04-15 | First Criminal Trial of Former U.S. President Begins - Trump Faces 34 Felony Counts in Manhattan Donald Trump · Juan Merchan · Alvin Bragg · Todd Blanche · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-03-19 | SCOTUS allows Texas SB 4 to take effect temporarily Supreme Court of the United States · State of Texas · Biden Administration · Justice Samuel Alito · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2024-01-15 | Systematic Supreme Court Ethics Violations Exposed: Thomas-Crow Revelations Reveal Institutional Corruption Clarence Thomas · Harlan Crow · Senate Judiciary Committee · ProPublica | confirmed | |
| 2024-01-05 | Boeing 737 MAX Scandal Summary - 346 Deaths, $2.5B Fine, Zero Executive Prosecutions Boeing · Federal Aviation Administration · 346 crash victims · Dennis Muilenburg · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2024-01-03 | Jeffrey Epstein Associates Documents Released to Public Loretta Preska · Virginia Giuffre · Ghislaine Maxwell · Bill Clinton · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-01-01 | Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events Clarence Thomas · Koch Network · Charles Koch · David Koch · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2023-11-09 | Senate Judiciary Subpoenas Harlan Crow Over Thomas Gifts After Resistance Senate Judiciary Committee · Dick Durbin · Harlan Crow · Clarence Thomas · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2023-11-06 | Trump Takes Stand in NY Fraud Trial, Delivers Combative Testimony Calling Case "Witch Hunt" Donald Trump · Arthur Engoron · Letitia James · Trump Organization · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2023-10-25 | Mike Johnson Elected Speaker of the House: A Christian Nationalist Becomes Second in Line to the Presidency Mike Johnson · David Barton · WallBuilders | confirmed | |
| 2023-09-08 | Fifth Circuit Finds Biden Administration Violated First Amendment Through Social Media Coercion Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · White House · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2023-09-01 | FTC Issues Policy Statement on Orange Book Patent Gaming: Pharmaceutical Evergreening as Unfair Competition Under Section 5 Federal Trade Commission · Andrew N. Ferguson · Food and Drug Administration · Amphastar · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2023-08-24 | Trump Surrenders at Fulton County Jail, Mugshot Taken - First Presidential Mugshot in History Donald Trump · Fani Willis | confirmed | |
| 2023-08-14 | Fulton County DA Fani Willis Indicts Trump and 18 Co-Defendants on Georgia RICO Charges Donald Trump · Fani Willis · Rudy Giuliani · Mark Meadows · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2023-08-01 | Jack Smith Indicts Trump on 4 Federal Counts for January 6 Conspiracy to Overturn Election Donald Trump · Jack Smith · Mike Pence · Rudy Giuliani · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2023-06-30 | Supreme Court Allows Religious Exemptions from Anti-Discrimination Laws in 303 Creative v. Elenis U.S. Supreme Court · Justice Neil Gorsuch · Chief Justice John Roberts · Justice Clarence Thomas · +12 | confirmed | |
| 2023-06-29 | Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action in College Admissions in Students for Fair Admissions Decisions U.S. Supreme Court · Chief Justice John Roberts · Justice Clarence Thomas · Justice Samuel Alito · +12 | confirmed | |
| 2023-06-27 | Supreme Court Rejects Dangerous "Independent State Legislature" Theory in Moore v. Harper US Supreme Court · North Carolina Legislature · Democracy advocates | confirmed | |
| 2023-06-20 | ProPublica Reveals Samuel Alito's Undisclosed Luxury Trip with Billionaire Paul Singer Samuel Alito · Paul Singer · Elliott Investment Management · Leonard Leo · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2023-04-06 | ProPublica Exposes Two Decades of Undisclosed Thomas-Crow Gifts ProPublica · Clarence Thomas · Harlan Crow · U.S. Supreme Court | confirmed | |
| 2023-04-06 | ProPublica reveals decades of luxury travel/gifts to Justice Thomas; 2023 Judicial Conference narrows hospitality exemption Justice Clarence Thomas · Harlan Crow · Judicial Conference of the United States | confirmed | |
| 2023-04-04 | Trump Arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court, Pleads Not Guilty to 34 Felony Counts Donald Trump · Juan Merchan · Alvin Bragg | confirmed | |
| 2023-03-30 | Trump Indicted by Manhattan DA on 34 Felony Counts - First Criminal Indictment of President in U.S. History Donald Trump · Alvin Bragg · Michael Cohen · Stormy Daniels | confirmed | |
| 2023-01-03 | Federal Court Orders Unsealing of Jeffrey Epstein Case Documents Loretta Preska · Virginia Giuffre · Ghislaine Maxwell · Miami Herald · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2022-12-05 | Kendal Price Files Whistleblower Complaint on Jane Roberts Commission Income and Chief Justice Non-Recusal Kendal Price · Jane Sullivan Roberts · John Roberts · Dick Durbin · +3 | ||
| 2022-11-10 | New York Adult Survivors Act Creates Window for Carroll to Sue Trump for Battery E. Jean Carroll · Donald Trump · Kathy Hochul · Brad Hoylman · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2022-07-13 | Celsius Network Files Bankruptcy After Freezing $4.7 Billion in Customer Deposits, Exposing Crypto Regulatory Void Celsius Network · Securities and Exchange Commission · Federal Trade Commission · Three Arrows Capital · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2022-06-30 | Supreme Court Establishes Major Questions Doctrine in West Virginia v. EPA, Limiting Regulatory Power U.S. Supreme Court · Chief Justice John Roberts · Justice Clarence Thomas · Justice Samuel Alito · +10 | confirmed | |
| 2022-06-27 | Kennedy v. Bremerton: Supreme Court Rules 6-3 for Public School Prayer, Effectively Overturning Lemon Test Joseph Kennedy · Neil Gorsuch · First Liberty Institute | confirmed | |
| 2022-06-24 | Dobbs v. Jackson: Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade — The 49-Year Institutional Capture Project Succeeds Samuel Alito · Leonard Leo · Federalist Society · Neil Gorsuch · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2022-01-13 | Judge Dismisses All Flint Criminal Charges on Technicality—Zero Accountability After Poisoning Thousands Elizabeth Kelly · F. Kay Behm · Rick Snyder · Michigan Supreme Court | confirmed | |
| 2022-01-13 | Supreme Court Blocks Biden OSHA Vaccine Mandate as Executive Overreach U.S. Supreme Court · Joe Biden · Occupational Safety and Health Administration · U.S. Department of Labor | confirmed | |
| 2022-01-03 | Virginia Giuffre Lawsuit Against Prince Andrew Proceeds Despite Sealed Settlement Documents Virginia Giuffre · Prince Andrew · Lewis Kaplan · Jeffrey Epstein | confirmed | |
| 2021-08-26 | Supreme Court Strikes Down CDC Eviction Moratorium as Unauthorized Executive Action U.S. Supreme Court · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Joe Biden · Alabama Association of Realtors | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-25 | Supreme Court Dismisses All Trump Emoluments Cases as Moot US Supreme Court · Donald Trump · CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) · District of Columbia · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-20 | Trump Environmental Rollbacks Cause 80,000 Excess Deaths Per Decade Donald Trump · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · Scott Pruitt · Andrew Wheeler · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-07 | Boeing Pays $2.5 Billion in Deferred Prosecution Deal, Zero Executives Charged for 346 Deaths Department of Justice · Boeing · 346 crash victims · Victims' families · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-06 | Ginni Thomas Attends "Stop the Steal" Rally Before Capitol Attack, CNP Board Member at Insurrection Ginni Thomas · Clarence Thomas · Council for National Policy · CNP Action · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-01 | Barre Seid Donates $1.6 Billion to Leonard Leo Dark Money Network Barre Seid · Leonard Leo · Marble Freedom Trust | confirmed | |
| 2020-12-23 | DOJ Secret Court Order Targets Washington Post Journalists Days Before Barr's Resignation William Barr · Michael R. Sherwin · U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Courts · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2020-09-26 | Rose Garden Amy Coney Barrett Ceremony Becomes White House COVID Superspreader Event Donald Trump · Amy Coney Barrett · Melania Trump · Mike Lee · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2020-09-18 | Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies 46 Days Before Election, McConnell Immediately Vows to Confirm Replacement Despite 2016 Standard Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Mitch McConnell · Donald Trump · Clara Spera · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-09-01 | CNP September 2020 Membership Directory Leaked - Current Network Exposed Council for National Policy · Documented | confirmed | |
| 2020-08-21 | DeJoy Senate Testimony Denies Sabotage as Gary Peters Details Severe Mail Delays Louis DeJoy · Gary Peters · Ron Johnson · USPS | confirmed | |
| 2020-08-01 | DeJoy Removes 711 Mail Sorting Machines During Mail-In Voting Surge Louis DeJoy · USPS · Donald Trump · Federal Courts | confirmed | |
| 2020-07-01 | During Title 42, unaccompanied children were held in hotels by contractors (e.g., Hampton Inn) before expulsion attempts Texas Civil Rights Project · MVM Inc. · ICE contractors · Detained families | confirmed | |
| 2020-06-30 | Espinoza v. Montana - Supreme Court Strikes Down State Bans on Religious School Funding Chief Justice John Roberts · Justice Clarence Thomas · Justice Samuel Alito · Institute for Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-06-15 | Louis DeJoy Begins Serving as Postmaster General Despite Conflicts of Interest Louis DeJoy · Donald Trump · USPS Board of Governors | confirmed | |
| 2020-03-13 | COVID-19 Emergency Triggers Student Loan Payment Pause - 44 Million Borrowers Get Relief Donald Trump · Joe Biden · U.S. Department of Education | confirmed | |
| 2020-02-11 | Bill Barr Intervenes to Reduce Sentences for Trump Allies Stone and Flynn Bill Barr · Roger Stone · Michael Flynn · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-12-13 | Conservative Lawsuit Forces Wisconsin to Purge 200,000 Voters Before 2020 Election Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty · Wisconsin Elections Commission | confirmed |