The following is adapted from Master Plan: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America, the new book from David Sirota’s investigative newsroom, The Lever. Click here for a discount and a free e-book version. On the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Roberts Supreme Court, one point of …
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