LEVER WEEKLY: Justices Are Deciding On Their Own Investments

What The Lever Reported This Week:

• Justices Have Financial Interest in Major Tax Case — John Roberts and Samuel Alito own shares of companies that could score billions in tax relief from the outcome of Moore v. United States.

• Automakers’ Electric Vehicle Lie — Corporations say they can’t meet auto workers’ demands while also transitioning to electric vehicles — but they just need to fork over the money.

• Rise of the RoboTruck Lobby — Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes driverless truck safety bill after autonomous vehicle interests spent big on lobbying and wined and dined his top aides.

• The Menendez Scandal Reflects The World That SCOTUS Built — The high court has been telling politicians that flagrant corruption is now perfectly legal.

• YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Baristas Win Back Pay — Hollywood writers make a deal, nurses back public power, and children keep their health care.

Stuff To Watch Or Listen To:

• LEVER TIME: American Intervention And Its Blowback — David speaks with the hosts of Blowback about the history of foreign intervention in Afghanistan.

• MOVIES vs. CAPITALISM: Back To The Future (w/ Jon Shelton) — The MVC team unpacks the subversive themes of Robert Zemeckis’ class conflict-oriented time travel film.

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