Deep Cut: Leonard Leo, Judicial Kingmaker
Episode description
A Deep Cut from January's Patreon.
Control the Court. Overturn Roe. Funnel anonymous donations and shady gifts. Deregulate for Jesus. Roll back the cultural clock. Celebrate. Rinse and Repeat.
Leonard Leo’s libertarian Catholic agenda has made him a preeminent power-broker in right-wing American politics. He’s reshaping society while enjoying the pipeline of cash and influence that connects billionaire GOP mega-donors and the SCOTUS judges he helped install.
Julian tracks how Leo’s Federalist Society used Trump as part of a decades-long systematic takeover of the judicial system that culminated in the current ethics and corruption scandal in the SCOTUS.
Show Notes
ProPublica “Friends of the Court” investigative journalism series
The Guardian Club For Growth GOP Insurectionist Support
Open Secret 2022 Donor List
Dark Money Spending After Citizen’s United
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse “The Front Group Swarms”
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