Pay to Play: Donors Were Four Times As Likely to Get Heard

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C. Donors Were Four Times As Likely to Get Heard

The justices were almost four times more likely to accept petitions filed by contributors than petitions filed by non-contributors. Of the 442 petitions that the court accepted, 70 percent (310 petitions) involved at least one petitioning party or law firm that contributed to a justice.

Donors Accounted for 40% of Petitions Filed... Petitions Filed Contributors = 1,582 petitions; Non-contributors = 2,360 petitions.	Contributors filed 40 percent of the petitions. Non-contributors filed 60 percent of the petitions.
The court accepted 20 percent of the petitions filed by contributors. The court accepted just 5.5 percent of petitions filed by non-contributors.	... And 70% of Petitions That the Justices Accepted. Petitions Accepted Contributors = 310 petitions; Non-contributors = 132 petitions.