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  1. BrownPolitico on

    If you’re interested in how this network operated and how Leonard A. Leo used the network to reshape the American judiciary (6 Supreme Court judges and 220+ federal appellate judges) here’s the documentary on YouTube that uses this chart:
    https://youtu.be/7lUkCNHE0i0

    The mods want to know where I got this data from and which tools I used to create it. Here are the sources:

    https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/leonard-leos-firm-continues-to-rake-in-millions-from-his-own-dark-money-network/
    https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/leonard-leo-tied-nonprofits-businesses-88-million/
    https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/02/leonard-leo-federalist-society-00094761
    https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Marble_Freedom_Trust
    https://www.propublica.org/article/we-dont-talk-about-leonard-leo-supreme-court-supermajority
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-01/charles-schwab-donor-advised-fund-fuels-leonard-leo-s-network
    https://baptistnews.com/article/following-leonard-leos-dark-money-in-pushing-america-to-the-far-right/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concord_Fund
    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/leonard-leo-koch-networks-pour-millions-prep-potential-second-trump-ad-rcna144360
    https://electionlawblog.org/?p=142098
    https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/law/leonard-leo
    https://apnews.com/article/trump-leonard-leo-federalist-society-judges-trade-454c4ae1b946bd2d37a29de9b24b02a1
    https://newrepublic.com/article/166993/leonard-leo-christian-right-future

    I used mostly Claude to create the chart once I collected the data, but then I took it into Photoshop to fix the visual errors.

  2. WOW! That’s a powerful lawyer! How did you make that chart?!? Is there an app or something?