Soros doubles funding for Left-Wing Legal Group To Overthrow the Supreme Court
After losing court packing and filibuster reform, Demand Justice doesn’t give up.
George Soros / Getty Images Josh Christenson • January 4, 2023 5:50 pm
George Soros, a progressive megadonor, has increased donations to a group that is dedicated to packing the Supreme Court. This signals the determination of progressives to reshape our judiciary despite a series of defeats.
Demand Justice raised $4.5 million from Soros’s Open Society Foundations for “supporting policy advocacy.” court reform“2021 Fiscal Year Tax Filings show. This is almost. double The group received $2.5 million from Soros in 2018, when it formed To oppose Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation.
Demand Justice could benefit from Soros’s higher donations as it fights for ground. Two major setbacks for the group in the past two years were the confirmation of two conservative justices as well as the cooling off by centrist Democrats on efforts to end filibuster in the Senate and pack the Court.
Demand Justice is not willing to back off, a position that was evident by its calls to increase protests during Court’s last term. historic victories Information about abortion and Second Amendment rights
After the 2022 leak Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Brian Fallon, Demand Justice executive director called for To help protesters, the Court was removed from its protective perimeter. “more accountability” All justices.
“SCOTUS leaks are good,” He said Follow us on Twitter. “Rip the veil off.”
The Department of Homeland Security warned There were increased threats to Supreme Court justices as well as violence due to the opinion leak. Within weeks, a male was arrested Kavanaugh confessed outside Kavanaugh’s home to plans to assassinate Justice, citing the Court’s anticipated overturning Roe v. Wade.
Fallon was present when the June decision was made. urged Democrats to expand Court seats, referred to conservative majority “illegitimate.”
Demand Justice and the Open Society Foundations did not respond to our request for comment. Fallon was the former press secretary of Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 campaign. told Vanity Fair He supported protests outside the homes of conservative justices after the leak. “as long as they’re peaceful.”
“I don’t believe that you should tell those who are at the frontlines of having to bear all the consequences of these decisions that they won’t get any redress.
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