There is a pervasive perception, and growing fear, that various far-right forces are trying to subvert American democracy. David Brock, bestselling author of Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative, shows, in this meticulously researched and incisive new book, that such concern is far more than just a perception. It is a frightening reality. And what's being used to undermine our entire democratic system is the very same body meant to safeguard it: the Supreme Court. Brock was once an important and vocal supporter of Clarence Thomas. But over the years, he came to realize that the people he trusted on the right had been lying to him, and to the country, and have been systematically working to promote their own financial and political interests-by taking over the courts. Devious, influential, and dangerous, these shadow operatives are gaining ground. Stench exposes the degree to which Leonard Leo, head of the Federalist Society, has played a role in presidential nominations to the Supreme Court and become one of the most powerful people in America. It shows how the ultraconservatrve wing of the Catholic Church dominates the court and has done away with such landmark decisions as Roe v. Wade. It sheds light on Justice Thomas's wife Ginni's financial corruption, and her involvement in the January 6 attempted coup to overturn the 2020 presidential election. And it makes clear that the Supreme Court is not the Roberts Court but the Thomas Court, controlled and corrupted by the far right. Stench: The Making of the Thomas Court and the Unmaking of America is an unflinching look behind the curtain at the country's true power brokers, how they wield their power, and how our entire country's fate is in their hands.