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Leonard Leo is a lawyer, but he's never argued a case in court. He's never held elected office. But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority. (Published Oct. 2023)

propublica.orgWe Don’t Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court SupermajorityThe inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that remade the American legal system — and what he plans to do next.

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now well-known ProPublica article. if you had read it in 2023, you wouldn't have been puzzled about SCOTUS decisions and Trump's victory in 2024.

MAGA can't make Trump POTUS, but SCOTUS can, without any campaign or votes. SCOTUS can even make the criminal POTUS by putting him above the law.

What a total piece of shit this well-hidden opponent of democracy is. His name should enter the English language as the opposite of "justice." We can talk about 2 kinds of courts: one is interested in promoting justice; the other is a Leonard Leo court that is filled with promoters of injustice.

This is a necessary read. Leonard Leo, Newt Gingrich, the Federalist Society, Rupert Murdoch/Fox news, Stephen Miller, Steve Bannon, Jared Kushner, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham,+++

How can anyone be so rabidly reactionary (no matter what they say, these guys are NOT conservatives) to make it their life mission to dismantle their own country?

Is it possible that conservative republicans are better strategizers? Fanatical but far seeing and privy to the connections of the ‘old boy’ club. Democrats get your shit together and get a plan! And if you have a plan, start implementing it!!

The answer to the first question is yes. For most democrats, especially leadership, the strategy and goal has just been to hold on to their chairs. That’s it. However, whenever. The GOP has a plan, however diabolical. Then you have progressives, all vision, but would rather be 100% pure than win.

That’s the one thing that’s so disheartening. Purity is usually a very ineffective way to advance anything. The Democratic Party and MAGA are shining examples of it. Yet some people like this somehow manage to be very effective while maintaining a very pure breed of evil.

The Left needs to get busy making this guy famous! Can you imagine if there was a secretive left wing organization whose main mission for the last 30yrs was to stack the courts with only the most extreme left wing jurists? The hair on fire freak out on the right would be epic!

data4democracy.substack.comThe Supreme Court Is at War With Its Own JudiciaryBetween May 1 and June 23, federal judges ruled against the Trump administration 94% of the time. The Supreme Court backed it 94% of the time.
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Because that's exactly what is happening. Between 5/1-6/23, federal courts ruled against the admin 94.3% of the time, but the supreme court sided with the admin 93.7% of the time. (Source: data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-suprem...)

Sure. And look closely at Moscow Mitch McConnell while you’re at it. Both sculpted what passes as SCOTUS as now constituted. Great work, guys. And, all of the senate lackeys who confirmed these pathetic choices. John Roberts flying below the radar for the most part, but is complicit.

Leo, the Opus Dei Secret Club Catholic is the reason for all the Anti-Abortion Shit going on in the court system and Project 2025 destruction.