Part of this Federalist Society movement is fighting the battles lost over the civil rights amendments and the civil rights acts, the battles lost in the Nixon administration, the battles lost in the Reagan administration, and it has come to the fore to basically give victories to battles that even a majority of Republicans would not take on, such as dismantling the Voting Rights Act. He was chosen because they had every reason to believe he was not going to be like David Souter, that he was going to use that position on the court to reverse our rights, to roll back the law, and use the post of chief justice to steadily advance this right-wing movement and, in Citizens United, to unleash this massive amount of money into our elections that has emboldened these right-wing billionaires in particular. Groups associated with Koch have announced that they will be spending big again in this midterm election like they did in the presidential, like they did in the midterm before that, to try to ensure that Donald Trump has a majority in both houses of Congress, regardless of the destruction that is unfolding for the rest of us.
Author: Dahlia Lithwick
Published at: 2025-12-01 22:24:56
Still want to read the full version? Full article
