Maggie WashburneDec 15, 2022
ProPublica

Newly obtained records show how Leonard Leo, an architect of the right-wing takeover of the courts, has been funding groups pushing to change #elections and anti-discrimination laws.

Flush with money after receiving the largest-known political advocacy donation in U.S. history, #conservative activist Leo & his associates are spending millions of dollars to #influence some of the most consequential recent #SupremeCourt cases.

#DarkMoney #Politics #SCOTUS #Courts

https://www.propublica.org/article/leonard-leo-scotus-elections-nonprofits-discrimination?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Conservative Activist Poured Millions Into Groups Seeking to Influence Supreme Court on Elections and Discrimination

Newly obtained records show how Leonard Leo, an architect of the right-wing takeover of the courts, has been funding groups pushing to change elections and anti-discrimination laws.

ProPublica
Dec 14, 2022 at 5:41pmWeb
Show threadGmbucks1Dec 14, 2022

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Citizens United has caused havoc in American politics. It's allowed the ultra wealthy & large corporations (is there really a difference) to take control of the country in almost every meaningful way. Voting out the GOP & overturning it is our only hope. Stacked courts & people buying into election lies will not be easily overcome.

#overturncitizensunited

Show threadChuck DarwinDec 14, 2022

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Reject the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United and other related cases, and move to amend our Constitution to firmly establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights.

#MoneyIsNotSpeech #CorporationsAreNotPeople #MoveToAmend
https://www.movetoamend.org

Move to Amend

We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling and other related cases, and move to amend our Constitution to firmly establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights.

Move to Amend
Show threadJDDec 14, 2022
@cdarwin @gmbucks1 @ProPublica publicly funded elections (my pipedream).
Show threadPro-Democracy Coalition GuyDec 15, 2022

@cdarwin @gmbucks1 @ProPublica

Not to be the turd in the punchbowl here, but a constitutional amendment is practically impossible.

We would have better chances with well-written legislation, passed through regular order.

Show threadMamasuceeDec 14, 2022
@ProPublica
#DarkMoney
#CorruptSCOTUS
#LenardLeoOwnsSCOTUS
Any possibility of impeaching certain Justices?
Show threadDamnKimberleeDec 14, 2022
@ProPublica purchased justice, isn’t justice—and the precedents set are hell in the making. The unnecessary obstructions of Justice must be held against the entire Republican Party.
Show threadJeffDec 14, 2022
@ProPublica companies raise prices to influence elections it's called inflation
Show threadmarismeanderDec 15, 2022
@ProPublica Leonard Leo has turned converting the country to fascism through hate into a very profitable grift for his “consulting” firms (plural).
Show threadPeace CoveyDec 15, 2022
@ProPublica good reporting on ProPublica
Show threadDatarewDec 15, 2022
This has been going on for literal decades, but they are really amping up to the hostile takeover part.
Show threadWill FischerDec 15, 2022
Rather amazing how little awareness that the current Supreme Leo lurch is not just a conservative Catholic but a fundamentalist, i.e., Opus Dei, lurch.