The Gaping Hole in Supreme Court Rules for Tracking Links Between Litigants and Influence Groups

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The Gaping Hole in Supreme Court Rules for Tracking Links Between Litigants and Influence Groups

In 2022, the Silicon Valley trade group NetChoice cut a $450,000 check to TechFreedom, a nonprofit tech think tank. Over the next year, TechFreedom filed multiple friend-of-the-court briefs — called “amicus” briefs, from the Latin for “friend” — supporting NetChoice’s federal lawsuits against social media laws in two states. Those cases, which have been consolidated before the U.S. Supreme Court, challenge laws that Texas and Florida passed in 2…