Even the judiciary is an organ of political hegemony, not neutral arbiter.

Evidence

Unity of the State in the differentiation of powers: Parliament more closely linked to civil society; the judiciary power, between government and Parliament, represents the continuity of the written law (even against the government). Naturally all three powers are also organs of political hegemony, but in different degrees: 1. Legislature; 2, Judiciary; 3. Executive. It is to be noted how lapses in the administration of justice make an especially disastrous impression on the public: the hegemonic apparatus is more sensitive in this sector, to which arbitrary actions on the part of the police and political administration may also be referred. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 923

Categorization

• DEFINE: Extends hegemony into the state’s internal structure — all three powers serve hegemony in differing degrees, a key mechanism for the toolkit.
• XREF: Connects to later arguments that legal neutrality masks domination; also pairs with readings on law as racialized/Islamophobic apparatus. — connects to: No judicial selection system fully eliminates political influence — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 498