Brendan Fischer

In Citizens United, the conservative justices asserted that political money can only be regulated to prevent corruption, and that "Ingratiation and access...are not corruption."

Some have speculated that the justices were naive and didn't get how politics really works.

But this story suggests the opposite: that some justices are politicians in robes who are perfectly comfortable with a system wherein the wealthy and well-connected can buy both access and influence.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/19/us/supreme-court-leak-abortion-roe-wade.html

Former Anti-Abortion Leader Alleges Another Supreme Court Breach

Years before the leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, a landmark contraception ruling was disclosed, according to a minister who led a secretive effort to influence justices.

The New York Times
Nov 21, 2022 at 4:29pmWeb
Show threadWrathofJan 🌞🌻🌎🖖Nov 21, 2022
@brendan_fischer Bingo!
Show threadWrathofJan 🌞🌻🌎🖖Nov 21, 2022
@brendan_fischer #CitizensUnited
Show threadcharvakaNov 22, 2022

@brendan_fischer Many of the things that we tend to instinctively consider bugs in our system of government are actually design features put in there by people with privilege and power.

We are led to think that any systemic problems are the inadvertent side effects of a naive, even idealistic, but at heart well-meaning policy. But reality is often the opposite.

Show threadHavyhh2Nov 30, 2022
@brendan_fischer ....yes...perhaps never truer than with this current gang of unbridled conservative SCOTUS members.