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Sarah Ziems's avatar

I agree completely. Leonard Leo helped shape this mess we're in. It's just as stupid to fawn over him now as it is to fawn over Elon Musk now, as some Democrats have done. These people are not on the side of democracy or even decency.

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Sarah Ziems's avatar

Actually, I'm not sure about Leo Leonard. But I AM sure about Leonard Leo. Edited to fix error lol.

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Becca's avatar

Great piece of opinion writing. Thank you for your work.

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Pete's avatar

Well written article that provides specifics and emphasizes the hazards of extremist “constitutionalism”. It has me wondering how much worse it will get? Who will be the new judicial Rasputin to Czar Donald?

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Duane Hybertson's avatar

Good analysis. Trump and Leonard are both corrupt and are both enemies of democracy and the rule of law and the Constitution.

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Laura Gay Pearson's avatar

They”

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Laura Gay Pearson's avatar

Oops! They are the Dark Money Laundering Gang They so happily accuse the “Woke” libs of being.

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Lynn's avatar

Aided and abetted by Moscow Mitch McConnell and the party of Putin.

Hopefully, someday, there will be a Dem back in charge and one who is NOT an institutionalist. Rather one who uses the power gifted to them by Leo and the corrupted and bought off Supreme Court.

If I were that person? My first order would go out to the IRS to look into these corrupted justices. Then I’d ram through legislation for real ethics reforms with real jail time. In addition to term limits.

These religious zealots must be dealt with pronto. They’ve destroyed enough of our democracy.

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Daniel Howley's avatar

I don't have a dog in this fight but you would think that Leonard Leo is actually more entrenched in the 2025 vision for a more authoritarian America than Trump who may merely use the appearance of white supremacy to unify his base

. I don't really know. Maybe Trump's racism is a genuine product of his upbringing, bonding with his dad over redlining and unrestricted greed and screwing over the next guy.

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David Getman Jr's avatar

Thank you for clarifying a tense situation in a remarkable manner

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news2lose's avatar

Please do not try to reinvent Leonard Leo as a good guy. His conservative principles come right out of 19th Century Pope Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors, about the sinfulness of Rational Government, cradled in his Opus Dei membership. His sole aim is to follow a medieval Catholic Church strategy of controlling the judiciary.

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TS Elliott's avatar

No, but I’ll take it.

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