Quote by Jane Mayer Download Open image ““More controversial still were Law and Economics seminars that the Olin Foundation funded for judges.”” — Jane Mayer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Afterward, the Constitutional Accountability Center, a watchdog group, revealed that the judges in the majority had previously attended one of the all-expenses-paid legal seminars… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“against a backdrop of serious clashes with the increasingly robust regulatory state that John Olin directed his lawyer to enlist his fortune in the… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
You should not forget that without all the work in law and economics, a great part of which has been supported by the John… — Ronald Coase Copy Share Image
“the John M. Olin Foundation in 1953, Olin embarked on a radical new course. He began to fund an ambitious offensive to reorient the… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“These guys, individually and collectively, created a new philanthropic form, which was movement philanthropy,” said Rob Stein, a progressive political strategist, speaking of the Olin Foundation and a handful of other private foundations that funded the creation of a conservative counter-intelligentsia during this period. “What they started is the most potent machinery ever assembled in a democracy to promote a… — Jane Mayer Copy Share
It's always interesting to see what judges do when their legal philosophy conflicts with their political views. — Jeffrey Toobin Copy Share Image
“Listening to other opinions was invariably more profitable than antagonizing their owners by pointing out tiresome objections.” — William Haggard Copy Share Image
There are actually many justices in history who have used the dissent mechanism to discuss the law in ways that others find over time… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
“issue a statement attacking the disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision. I announced that I would only nominate justices to the Supreme Court who… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
“Those who based decisions on principle, not some snapshot of public opinion, were often vindicated over time.” — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“in the eyes of critics, the Kochs had not so much enriched as corrupted academia, sponsoring courses that would otherwise fail to meet the… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“in 2005, the Olin Foundation had supported eleven separate programs at Harvard, burnishing the foundation’s name and ideas and proving that even the best-endowed… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“David Brock, a conservative apostate who became a liberal activist, described the Heritage Foundation, where he was a young fellow, as almost completely under… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“The early think tank was not a spy operation, but it was funded by wealthy men who had no objections to using pretexts and… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“Americans for Prosperity annoyed some of the Tea Partiers,” recalls the libertarian blogger Ralph Benko. “These people drove up, opened the door, put T-shirts… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“When Barack Obama took office, the fossil fuel industry was not only eager to preserve its perks but also more militant in its opposition… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
One of the oddities of this election is the man that [Donald] Trump chose as his vice-president, Mike Pence, is one of the Kochs'… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“The candidates promised to cut taxes for those in the highest brackets, preserve Wall Street loopholes, tolerate the off-shoring of manufacturing jobs and profits,… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“radicals in Congress refused to back down, bringing virtually the entire federal government to a halt for sixteen days in October, leaving the country… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
What I write about is how much influence it's had in things like state legislatures and governorships and congressional races. The other thing that's… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“Two months into their tenure, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee also led a crusade against alternative, renewable energy programs. They successfully… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image