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The king of dark money effectively controls the US supreme court now | Joel Warner (www.theguardian.com)
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From its recent rulings to its billionaire donor scandals, this supreme court term has been defined by judicial activist Leonard Leo

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

As the Lever helped expose last year, Leo’s judicial activism was supercharged in 2021 when a conservative surge protector magnate secretly funneled $1.6bn to his new dark money fund – the largest known political advocacy donation in US history.
Even the design of the student debt case reeks of Leo’s involvement, since just like the Colorado suit, it appears to have been based on DC machinations. As the Lever reported, the student loan servicer at the heart of the case – whom Republican attorneys general argued would be harmed by Biden’s student loan plan – would in reality face no financial harm at all.

The US has a serious problem about the impartiality of the SCOTUS. Dems not going hard to fix the problem is not helping the situation. Future of US Legal System is not looking good for the average Joe.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Imagine what the Rs would do if the same scandal leaked for D judges.