This Essay explores how amicus briefs became a tool for coordinated judicial lobbying by dark-money interests. I show how current funding-disclosure rules for amici fail to provide genuine transparency—undermining fairness—and discuss reforms that could improve the judiciary’s amicus-disclosure regime and restore faith in the courts.

 

中文翻译：

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大量司法游说：法庭之友影响力和资金透明度

本文探讨了法庭之友摘要如何成为黑钱利益协调司法游说的工具。我展示了当前的法庭之友资金披露规则如何未能提供真正的透明度——破坏公平——并讨论了可以改善司法机构的法庭之友披露制度并恢复对法院信任的改革。