Supreme Court’s Conservatives Come Through for Republicans and Their Donors in Two Decisions
Al Drago/GettyAt last! On the final day of the term, having saved Obamacare and only slightly abridged LGBTQ equality, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority did what the Federalist Society, Donald Trump, and a coterie of dark money funders put them there to do: degrade American democracy.In two cases, both split 6-3 along ideological lines, the Supreme Court allowed states to make it harder to vote while prohibiting them from unmasking ‘dark money’ groups. What’s more, it did so in broad, expansive terms, giving a green light both to the wave of voter suppression initiatives in Republican-controlled states and to the mysterious, anonymous donors who are funding them.Today’s news is a gigantic win for the Republican party. Its secretive billionaire donors—one of the cases was brought by the Koch family front group, Americans For Prosperity—now have a blank check to write more checks. And its efforts to reduce turnout among Democratic-leaning voters—primarily Black and other voters of color—can proceed full speed ahead.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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