When Half The Supreme Court Has Book Deals With The Same Publisher, Who Decides Its Cases?

From the Perla Theatre, in the Torreón Urban Forest, Ana María Ibarra Olguín, candidate for Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, recorded the last live of her campaign before an enthusiastic audience composed of sympathizers, lagunera families and people committed to the transformation of the country. In front of a court that has defended privileges of the wealthy and blocked advances in justice for the people, Ibarra made a c…

When Half The Supreme Court Has Book Deals With The Same Publisher, Who Decides Its Cases?

When five Supreme Court Justices recuse themselves from a single case, that's news. When they do it because most of them have book deals with the same publisher, that's potentially a problem. Last week's Monday order list included this unusual admission: five Justices recused from Baker v. Coates, a silly plagiarism case involving Ta-Nehisi Coates…