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President Donald Trump shakes hands with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts before the State of the Union on Feb. 4, 2020. (Leah Millis-Pool/Getty Images)

John Roberts betrayed America for Trump

Chauncey DeVega
Right-wing activist Leonard Leo, C, attends the 2023 Antonin Scalia Memorial Dinner that is part of the Federalist Society's 2023 National Lawyers Convention at the Washington Hilton Hotel on November 9, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

GOP megadonor: "Weaponize" conservatism

Nicholas Liu
Donald Trump and Samuel Alito (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

MAGA has a Catholic gender gap problem

Michael Devaney
Signage outside the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center in St. Louis, Missouri on June 24, 2022. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

The campaign to gut Planned Parenthood

Rachana Pradhan - KFF Health News
Leonard Leo | US Supreme Court Building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The man who set the stage for theocracy

Dennis Aftergut
Judge Aileen Cannon and Leonard Leo of the Federalist Society (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/USDC for the Southern District of Florida)

Judge Cannon's secret right-wing getaway

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Leonard Leo speaks at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC on April 23, 2019. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The right's "dark money ATM" funds hate

Areeba Shah
Leonard Leo speaks at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC on April 23, 2019. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Leonard Leo's strategy becomes clear

Andrea Bernstein, Andy Kroll - ProPublica
Leonard Leo speaks at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC on April 23, 2019. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The man behind SCOTUS right-wing rule

Andy Kroll, Andrea Bernstein, Ilya Marritz - ProPublica
Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts at the Supreme Court on Friday, Oct. 01, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Billionaires' SCOTUS investment pays off

Dennis Aftergut
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Why GOP justices are so whiny

Amanda Marcotte
Leonard Leo speaks at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC on April 23, 2019. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Leonard Leo has key role in SCOTUS mess

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
Leonard Leo speaks at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC on April 23, 2019. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Watchdog: Leo profits from non-profit

Areeba Shah
Republican gubernatorial candidate for Florida Ron DeSantis speaks during an election night watch party at the Convention Center in Tampa, Florida, on November 8, 2022. (GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images)

Ron DeSantis caught in leaked video

Andy Kroll, Nick Surgey - ProPublica
Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A Federalist Society for all things

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Leonard Leo speaks at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC on April 23, 2019. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

New Leo group seeks to influence culture

Andy Kroll, Andrea Bernstein, Nick Surgey - ProPublica
White House Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Alarm over Kellyanne Conway's $1M+ deal

Travis Gettys - Raw Story
Leonard Leo speaks at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC on April 23, 2019. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Leonard Leo funds right-wing SCOTUS push

Andy Kroll, Andrew Perez, Aditi Ramaswami
Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Justice for sale: The dark-money tsunami

Austin Sarat
The Federalist Society's Leonard Leo and Mother Assumpta Long at the Washington Hilton Hotel for the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast 13 April 2007. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Secretive GOP billionaire's $1.6B gift

Andrew Perez, Andy Kroll, Justin Elliott - ProPublica
Leonard Leo speaks at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC on April 23, 2019. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Leonard Leo gets biggest donation ever

Alex Henderson - Alternet
Ketanji Brown Jackson and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Anti-Jackson funders have ties to Jan. 6

Igor Derysh
Donald Trump; Mitch McConnell (AP/Salon)

McConnell's true legacy: Those judges

Sophia Tesfaye
Donald Trump; Jamal Khashoggi; Mohammed bin Salman (AP/Getty/Salon)

Trump: Mob boss gone mad

Heather Digby Parton
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