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Corporate-backed groups seek more pro-business judges in the Deep South

February 15, 2019 - Groups funded by Big Oil and other special interests are reviving a scheme — refined by a Koch brothers associate in the 1990s — to evaluate judges in Louisiana and Mississippi based on whether they rule in favor of corporations. It's the latest effort to stack the judiciary.

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Burning Gas: Port Arthur, Texas

By Kevin Sidel

December 1, 1980 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 8 No. 4, "Winter's Promise." Find more from that issue here.

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The South Coast Conspiracy

By Bill Rushton

September 1, 1974 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 2 No. 2/3, "Our Promised Land." Find more from that issue here.

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The Split Level Energy Crisis

By James Ridgeway

August 1, 1973 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 1 No. 2, "Special Report from Appalachia." Find more from that issue here.

Corporate-backed groups seek more pro-business judges in the Deep South

Burning Gas: Port Arthur, Texas

The South Coast Conspiracy

The Split Level Energy Crisis

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