Judicial Capture
The Judicial Capture capture lane traces 667 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.
Top 10 actors in this lane
10 actors · 1787–2026
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-24 | Dobbs v. Jackson: Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade — The 49-Year Institutional Capture Project Succeeds
2 src 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
4 src Elizabeth Kelly · F. Kay Behm · Rick Snyder · Michigan Supreme Court | confirmed | |
| 2022-01-13 | Supreme Court Blocks Biden OSHA Vaccine Mandate as Executive Overreach
4 src 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
3 src Virginia Giuffre · Prince Andrew · Lewis Kaplan · Jeffrey Epstein | confirmed | |
| 2021-08-26 | Supreme Court Strikes Down CDC Eviction Moratorium as Unauthorized Executive Action
4 src 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
3 src 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
3 src 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
4 src 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
4 src 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
4 src Barre Seid · Leonard Leo · Marble Freedom Trust | confirmed | |
| 2020-12-23 | DOJ Secret Court Order Targets Washington Post Journalists Days Before Barr's Resignation
3 src 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
3 src 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
4 src Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Mitch McConnell · Donald Trump · Clara Spera · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-09-01 | CNP September 2020 Membership Directory Leaked - Current Network Exposed
2 src Council for National Policy · Documented | confirmed | |
| 2020-08-21 | DeJoy Senate Testimony Denies Sabotage as Gary Peters Details Severe Mail Delays
4 src Louis DeJoy · Gary Peters · Ron Johnson · USPS | confirmed | |
| 2020-08-01 | DeJoy Removes 711 Mail Sorting Machines During Mail-In Voting Surge
3 src 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
6 src 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
3 src 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
4 src 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
3 src 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
3 src 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
4 src Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty · Wisconsin Elections Commission | confirmed | |
| 2019-12-10 | New York Loses ExxonMobil Climate Fraud Lawsuit in Major Accountability Failure
4 src Barry Ostrager · Letitia James · ExxonMobil · New York Supreme Court · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-11-07 | Judge Orders Trump to Pay $2 Million for Misusing Trump Foundation Charity Funds
4 src Saliann Scarpulla · Donald Trump · Letitia James · Trump Foundation | confirmed | |
| 2019-10-24 | Federal Judge Holds DeVos in Contempt for Illegally Collecting on Corinthian Loans - $100K Fine
3 src Betsy DeVos · Sallie Kim · U.S. Department of Education | confirmed | |
| 2019-10-07 | Sutter Health Settles Antitrust Case for $575 Million, Admits to All-or-Nothing Contracting and Price Concealment
3 src Sutter Health · Xavier Becerra · California Attorney General | confirmed | |
| 2019-10-01 | Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Big Four Meatpackers Conspired to Fix Beef Prices and Manipulate Markets
3 src Tyson Foods · JBS · Cargill · National Beef · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-09-17 | Edward Snowden Publishes Memoir "Permanent Record"; DOJ Immediately Sues for Proceeds
3 src Edward Snowden · Department of Justice · American Civil Liberties Union | confirmed | |
| 2019-09-15 | Purdue Pharma Files Bankruptcy to Shield Sackler Family from Civil Lawsuits
3 src Purdue Pharma · Sackler Family · Richard Sackler · David Sackler · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2019-09-12 | France Orders Google to Pay €1B for Tax Fraud, Settles for €945M
4 src Google · French tax authority · French government · Bruno Le Maire (Finance Minister) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-08-26 | Oklahoma Wins $572 Million Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson for Opioid Public Nuisance
3 src Thad Balkman · Johnson & Johnson · State of Oklahoma | confirmed | |
| 2019-08-10 | Epstein found dead in cell at 6:30 AM - cameras malfunctioned, guards slept, ruled suicide
4 src Jeffrey Epstein · MCC prison staff · FBI investigators · Medical examiner · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-07-01 | Clarence Thomas Takes 8-Day Indonesia Yacht Trip with Harlan Crow
4 src Clarence Thomas · Virginia Thomas · Harlan Crow | confirmed | |
| 2019-06-28 | James Alex Fields Sentenced to Life Plus 419 Years for Charlottesville Murder
4 src James Alex Fields Jr. · Heather Heyer · Susan Bro | confirmed | |
| 2019-06-27 | Supreme Court Rules Partisan Gerrymandering Beyond Federal Court Jurisdiction
4 src U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Robert Rucho · Common Cause | confirmed | |
| 2019-06-21 | E. Jean Carroll Publicly Accuses Trump of Sexual Assault in New York Magazine
4 src E. Jean Carroll · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2019-06-04 | Claims from Michael Wolff ('Siege') and later commentary; no public evidence of 'Trump money laundering' via Epstein
4 src Jeffrey Epstein · Michael Wolff · Donald Trump | disputed | |
| 2019-05-21 | FTC v. Qualcomm: Judge Lucy Koh Finds Antitrust Violations in Standard Essential Patent Licensing, Later Reversed on Appeal
4 src Federal Trade Commission · Lucy Koh · Qualcomm · Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-05-21 | McGahn Defies Scheduled Congressional Testimony Despite House Subpoena
3 src Donald McGahn · House Judiciary Committee · Jerry Nadler · William Burck · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-04-09 | Trump Claims Absolute Immunity from Congressional Oversight
3 src Donald Trump · Pat Cipollone · Don McGahn · John Bolton · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-03-07 | Paul Manafort Sentenced to Combined 7.5 Years in Federal Prison, Longest Mueller Investigation Sentence
3 src Paul Manafort · Donald Trump · Judge T.S. Ellis III · Judge Amy Berman Jackson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-02-21 | Federal Judge Rules Epstein Plea Deal Violated Crime Victims' Rights Act
3 src Kenneth Marra · Bradley Edwards · Paul Cassell · Alexander Acosta · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-01-17 | HHS Inspector General Reveals Thousands More Children Separated Than Disclosed
4 src HHS Office of Inspector General · Donald Trump · Kirstjen Nielsen · Jeff Sessions · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-01-01 | Ginni Thomas Joins CNP Action Board - Supreme Court Spouse in Conservative Coordination Hub
2 src Ginni Thomas · Clarence Thomas · Council for National Policy · CNP Action | confirmed | |
| 2018-12-18 | New York Judge Orders Trump Foundation Dissolved, Assets Distributed to Charities
3 src Saliann Scarpulla · Donald Trump · Trump Foundation · Barbara Underwood | confirmed | |
| 2018-12-18 | Trump Foundation Admits to Misusing Charity Funds, Agrees to Dissolve Under Court Supervision
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Foundation · Barbara Underwood · New York Attorney General | confirmed | |
| 2018-11-06 | Michigan Voters Approve Independent Redistricting Commission, Ending Partisan Gerrymandering
4 src Voters Not Politicians · Michigan voters | confirmed | |
| 2018-10-16 | AbbVie Humira Patent Thicket Delays US Biosimilars Until 2023 Despite 2016 Patent Expiration and European Competition
4 src AbbVie · Amgen · Samsung Bioepis · Mylan · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2018-10-06 | Senate Confirms Kavanaugh 50-48 Despite Sexual Assault Allegations and Severely Limited FBI Investigation
4 src Brett Kavanaugh · Susan Collins · Joe Manchin · Lisa Murkowski · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-09-27 | Christine Blasey Ford Delivers Credible, Emotional Testimony Alleging Kavanaugh Sexual Assault, He Responds with Partisan Rant
4 src Christine Blasey Ford · Brett Kavanaugh · Lindsey Graham · Chuck Grassley · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-06-27 | Janus v. AFSCME - Supreme Court Strikes Down Public Sector Union Fees, Targeting Teachers' Unions
6 src Justice Samuel Alito · Justice Neil Gorsuch · National Right to Work Foundation · State Policy Network · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2018-06-20 | Trump Signs Executive Order "Ending" Family Separation After International Outcry
4 src Donald Trump · Kirstjen Nielsen · Jeff Sessions · Stephen Miller | confirmed | |
| 2018-06-11 | Supreme Court Upholds Ohio's Aggressive "Use It Or Lose It" Voter Purge System
4 src U.S. Supreme Court · Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor · Jon Husted | confirmed | |
| 2018-06-01 | Trump Family Separation Policy Detains 5,500 Children in Cages
3 src Donald Trump · Stephen Miller · Jeff Sessions · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2018-05-31 | European Court Finds Romania and Lithuania Hosted CIA Torture Sites, Orders Damages
4 src European Court of Human Rights · Romania · Lithuania · Central Intelligence Agency · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-05-21 | Epic Systems v. Lewis: Supreme Court Allows Mandatory Arbitration Blocking Class Action Labor Claims
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Neil Gorsuch · Federalist Society · Corporate employers · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-05-16 | Michigan State University Agrees to $500 Million Settlement with 332 Nassar Survivors—Largest University Sexual Abuse Settlement in History
4 src Michigan State University · Lou Anna Simon · John Engler · Larry Nassar · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-05-10 | Kirstjen Nielsen Defends Family Separation as Deterrent, Later Denies Policy Exists
4 src Kirstjen Nielsen · Jeff Sessions · Stephen Miller · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-05-08 | Armenian Velvet Revolution Succeeds: Anti-Corruption Movement Achieves Peaceful Transition
3 src Nikol Pashinyan · Serzh Sargsyan · Armenian Civil Society · Civil Contract Party · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-04-10 | Judge Finalizes Trump University Settlement After Appeal Resolved, Victims Receive Payments
3 src Gonzalo Curiel · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2018-04-06 | Jeff Sessions Announces "Zero Tolerance" Policy Designed to Separate Families
4 src Jeff Sessions · Donald Trump · Stephen Miller · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-03-13 | Trump Nominates Gina Haspel as CIA Director Despite Role in Torture Program and Evidence Destruction
4 src Gina Haspel · Donald Trump · Mike Pompeo · Central Intelligence Agency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-02-26 | Texas Leads 20 Republican States in Lawsuit Seeking to Eliminate Entire ACA
6 src Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton · Judge Reed O'Connor · 20 Republican State Attorneys General · California Attorney General Xavier Becerra · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-24 | Larry Nassar Sentenced to 40-175 Years After 156 Victim Impact Statements; Rachael Denhollander's Powerful Testimony
5 src Larry Nassar · Rosemarie Aquilina · Rachael Denhollander · Aly Raisman · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-22 | Pennsylvania Supreme Court Strikes Down Congressional Map as Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymander
4 src Pennsylvania Supreme Court · League of Women Voters · Pennsylvania General Assembly | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-01 | Clarence Thomas Attends Koch Network Donor Summit - Supreme Court Ethics Violations
2 src Clarence Thomas · Koch Network · Council for National Policy | confirmed | |
| 2017-12-21 | DeVos Replaces Full Debt Relief With Earnings-Based Formula - Corinthian Victims Get Pennies on Dollar
3 src Betsy DeVos · U.S. Department of Education | confirmed | |
| 2017-08-15 | Trump Defends White Nationalists with "Very Fine People On Both Sides" Remarks
3 src Donald Trump · Heather Heyer · James Alex Fields Jr. | confirmed | |
| 2017-08-12 | White Supremacist Rally in Charlottesville Ends with Heather Heyer Murdered by Neo-Nazi
3 src James Alex Fields Jr. · Heather Heyer · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2017-06-01 | Project Blitz Launches Christian Nationalist Legislative Playbook: Model Bills for All 50 States
2 src Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation · David Barton · WallBuilders · Lea Carawan | confirmed | |
| 2017-05-22 | TC Heartland v. Kraft: Supreme Court Limits Patent Forum Shopping, Curbing Eastern District of Texas Troll Haven
4 src U.S. Supreme Court · Clarence Thomas · TC Heartland · Kraft Foods · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-04-16 | Neil Gorsuch Sells Property to Law Firm CEO Days After Supreme Court Confirmation
4 src Neil Gorsuch · Brian Duffy · Greenberg Traurig | confirmed | |
| 2017-04-07 | McConnell Invokes Nuclear Option, Eliminates Filibuster for Supreme Court Nominees, Gorsuch Confirmed 54-45
4 src Mitch McConnell · Neil Gorsuch · Chuck Schumer · Harry Reid · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-31 | Judge Curiel Approves $25 Million Trump University Settlement, Victims to Receive 90% Refunds
3 src Gonzalo Curiel · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-06 | Trump Signs Travel Ban 2.0 (Executive Order 13780) - Revised Muslim Ban After Courts Block Original
2 src Donald Trump · Derrick Watson · Doug Chin · Rudy Giuliani | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-31 | Federalist Society Captures Federal Judiciary with $250M Dark Money
3 src Federalist Society · Leonard Leo · Donald Trump · Judicial Crisis Network · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-27 | Stephen Miller's Muslim Ban Creates Chaos at Airports Nationwide, Detains Legal Residents
3 src Stephen Miller · Donald Trump · Steve Bannon | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-27 | Trump Signs Muslim Ban (Executive Order 13769) Causing Airport Chaos and Mass Visa Revocations
3 src Donald Trump · Rudy Giuliani · Jim Mattis · State Department | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-20 | Trump Organization Receives 3.6M from Foreign Governments
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Organization · Saudi Arabia · China · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2016-10-27 | Federal Jury Acquits Bundy Brothers and Five Others for Armed Occupation of Malheur Wildlife Refuge
8 src Ammon Bundy · Ryan Bundy · Jeff Banta · Shawna Cox · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2016-10-10 | Anheuser-Busch InBev Completes $107 Billion SABMiller Acquisition: Beer Industry Consolidates Into Duopoly
3 src Anheuser-Busch InBev · SABMiller · Molson Coors · Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2016-07-29 | North Carolina Voter ID Law Struck Down for Targeting African Americans
3 src North Carolina General Assembly · Governor Pat McCrory · Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · NAACP Legal Defense Fund · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2016-06-02 | Trump Attacks Federal Judge Curiel as "Mexican" Despite Indiana Birth, Paul Ryan Calls It "Textbook Racism"
3 src Donald Trump · Gonzalo Curiel · Paul Ryan | confirmed | |
| 2016-06-01 | Trump University Victims Testify to Losing Retirement Savings, Disability Income to Fraudulent Scheme
3 src Donald Trump · Ronald Schnackenberg · George Hanus | confirmed | |
| 2016-05-31 | Judge Unseals Trump University Documents Revealing Predatory Sales Playbook Targeting Vulnerable Consumers
3 src Gonzalo Curiel · Donald Trump · Ronald Schnackenberg | confirmed | |
| 2016-05-18 | Trump Promises All Supreme Court Picks Will Come From Federalist Society
3 src Donald Trump · Leonard Leo · Don McGahn · Neil Gorsuch · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2016-04-27 | Dennis Hastert Sentenced to 15 Months, Judge Calls Him 'Serial Child Molester'
3 src Dennis Hastert · Thomas Durkin · Scott Cross | confirmed | |
| 2016-03-16 | Obama Nominates Merrick Garland to Supreme Court, McConnell and Senate Republicans Refuse to Hold Hearings or Vote
4 src Barack Obama · Merrick Garland · Mitch McConnell · Chuck Grassley | confirmed | |
| 2016-03-01 | Trump Model Management Lawsuit Dismissed on Technicality Despite Evidence
4 src Alexia Palmer · Trump Model Management · Donald Trump · Federal Courts · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2016-02-13 | Justice Antonin Scalia Dies, McConnell Immediately Vows to Block Any Obama Nominee
4 src Antonin Scalia · Mitch McConnell · Barack Obama | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-25 | Supreme Court Rejects King v. Burwell Challenge to ACA Subsidies in Federal Exchanges
4 src U.S. Supreme Court · Chief Justice John Roberts · Justice Antonin Scalia · King (Plaintiff) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-02-26 | FCC Votes 3-2 for Strong Net Neutrality Protections Through Title II Reclassification After Record Public Engagement
3 src Tom Wheeler · Federal Communications Commission · Ajit Pai · Michael O'Rielly · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2015-01-01 | Eastern District of Texas Patent Troll Haven: Judge Rodney Gilstrap Handles 25% of All U.S. Patent Cases, Forum Shopping Peak
5 src Rodney Gilstrap · Eastern District of Texas · John Roberts · Lex Machina | confirmed | |
| 2014-12-09 | Senate Report Documents CIA Torture Worse Than Disclosed - Rectal Feeding, Mock Executions, Deaths
4 src Central Intelligence Agency · Gul Rahman · Senate Select Committee on Intelligence · James Mitchell · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2014-10-20 | Harlan Crow Purchases Clarence Thomas's Mother's House in Undisclosed Deal
4 src Clarence Thomas · Harlan Crow · Leola Williams (Thomas's mother) · Crow Holdings | confirmed | |
| 2014-10-01 | Model Files Federal Lawsuit Against Trump Model Management for Wage Theft
3 src Alexia Palmer · Trump Model Management · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2014-07-24 | European Court Rules Poland Violated Human Rights by Hosting CIA Torture Black Site
4 src European Court of Human Rights · Poland · Central Intelligence Agency · Abu Zubaydah · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2014-06-25 | Supreme Court Rules Warrantless Cell Phone Searches Unconstitutional in Riley v. California
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts | confirmed | |
| 2014-06-19 | Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank: Supreme Court Restricts Software Patents, Reducing Patent Troll Leverage Over Abstract Business Methods
4 src U.S. Supreme Court · Clarence Thomas · Alice Corp · CLS Bank International · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2014-06-16 | Supreme Court backs broad discovery in Argentina debt case (Alito joined majority); Singer's fund later benefited
4 src Samuel Alito · Paul Singer · Elliott Management · Republic of Argentina · +1 | confirmed |