The Court
The evidence belongs together.
Here we bring together every investigation, volume, supporting essay, and exhibit. Some entries introduce the case. Others document individual mechanisms. Together, they assemble the evidence.
Each entry examines one mechanism within a larger system.
The Court is the Institutional Capture Archive
Across these exhibits, you’ll find recurring patterns of institutional capture, personnel capture, policy capture, governance, ideology, and other systems of power.
Much of this work examines the relationship between Christian nationalism, fundamentalist movements, and the institutions they seek to influence.
Each entry can be read on its own, but together they reveal how individual mechanisms reinforce one another over time.
Investigative Files of Institutional Capture
How My Research Began to What It’s Become
In the beginning to Now When I first started researching Project 2025, I thought I understood what I was looking at. I thought the Heritage Foundation was a think tank that had produced Project 2025, and that Project 2025 was essentially the policy blueprint waiting for a sympathetic administration to implement it. Then I started…
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Exhibit 2 – Executive Branch Institutional Profiles
About This Archive This archive is built one institution at a time. Each Institutional Profile is researched individually using publicly available primary sources and supporting documentation. In addition to maintaining these evidence files, LTEC publishes articles that explain the institutions, evidence, and implementation documented throughout this investigation. Because every profile and article is researched, written,…
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Understanding the Mechanisms: Why Leadership Matters
Why Leadership Matters If you’ve read through the previous articles, you may be wondering why so much attention has been given to personnel. It’s a fair question. Every presidential administration appoints people to leadership positions. Cabinet secretaries change. Agency heads change. White House staff changes. None of that, by itself, is unusual. So why spend…
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Article IV: Independent Agencies, Intelligence & Federal Administration
Independent Agencies, Intelligence & Federal Administration (Continued) Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary of Energy: Chris Wright Documented Organizational Connections Sources Why This Position Matters The Secretary of Energy oversees national energy policy, energy research and development, nuclear security programs, energy infrastructure, and federal energy initiatives affecting both domestic and international energy markets. Because of the…
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Article III: Policy Capture: When Personnel Become Policy
Cabinet Departments: Executive Administration In the previous article, we examined appointments within the Executive Office of the President and the first Cabinet departments. This analysis continues through additional Cabinet leadership, documenting publicly available organizational affiliations and examining the positions responsible for implementing federal policy across the executive branch. Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary of Defense:…
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