I hadn't been thinking much about "Public Choice" theory recently, nor it's founder James Buchanan, an economic Nobelist far to the right of Milton Friedman.  (Not to be confused with columnist Pat Buchanan.)  James Buchanan kept a low profile, as it turns out.

About all I remember about "Public Choice" theory was that it was anything but "public choice."  It's about how public choice doesn't work and therefore only the most powerful economically must rule, and how they must seize power by taking over the law.

Anyway, this author ties it into Koch funded think tanks, ALEC, 2/5's of currently serving judges.

https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/meet-the-economist-behind-the-one-percents-stealth-takeover-of-america?fbclid=IwAR2T8t5VWB4wvFJLXTH7uU6bQkq1kDjYjlEH5yQi200pEhgkyVCLFPssyzw