Ghostwriters Try Steering Supreme Court Justices Away from Cases

It was the tone, familiar turns of phrase, and arguments emphasized that made Sean Marotta suspicious.

The brief in opposition to the new case the US Supreme Court had just agreed to hear next term read like a seasoned advocate had written it, but it was signed by a New York consumer fraud attorney who had no known Supreme Court experience.

That’s what prompted the Hogan Lovells partner to suggest in an April 29 post on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, that the court filing had been ghostwritten.

Though some attorneys saw the comment as a ...