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UPDATE: Extra, Extra is now available to all listeners! Thank you to our loyal subscribers for their support — monthly Spotify subscribers will no longer be charged after April, and monthly and annual Apple subscribers will receive prorated refunds for April and beyond within 30 days. In the meantime, enjoy this episode of Extra Extra from late 2022 about the Supreme Court... I mean, it's one Supreme Court, Michael. What could it cost? 580 million dollars? Sami goes deep into the decades-long scheme that resulted in a 6-3 conservative court taking away our abortion rights (and more). If that sounds like one of Sami's speculative theories, you'd be wrong, at least this time. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joins the episode to explain what he's named "The Scheme", and unpacks how a very small group of right-wing donors have gradually spent $580 million dollars in dark money to build a covert operation for the sake of "court capture", complete with its own ecosystem of advertising, faux scholarship, and talent pipeline. Plus they answer the question everyone’s been asking: is it finally time to appoint more Supremes? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices