Senator Whitehouse on Right-Wing Think Tanks Manipulation

Episode 19 of the Drilled podcast, hosted by Pushkin Industries, titled "Senator Whitehouse on Right-Wing Think Tanks Manipulation" was published on June 7, 2022 and runs 25 minutes.

June 7, 2022 ·25m · Drilled

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Summary

I have been wondering for months what possible sense it makes for every right-wing think tank to have an amicus program. I mean...is any judge really surprised to learn that the Cato Institute is against regulation? But these are not folks who spend...

Episode Description

Why does every right-wing think tank have an amicus program? On the surface, it seems to make no sense—is any judge surprised to learn that the Cato Institute is against regulation? These organizations don't waste money, and the presence and size of amicus programs at conservative "public interest" law firms and thinks tanks have grown steadily over the years. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, one of the only politicans publicly speaking about this, shares his thoughts.

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