A new report details how the judiciary has become more corporate over the past few decades—and names the specific judges who are most responsible.
Zachary Groz
Zachary Groz is a writing fellow at The American Prospect. He previously wrote for New York Focus, where his investigative reporting was recognized by the New York Press Association. Before that, he served as co-editor in chief of The New Journal, a long-form magazine at Yale University.
He can be reached on Signal at zg123.87.
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