Justice Kennedy announced he was leaving the Supreme Court a few hours ago. A dark money group is already out with an ad. Let's talk about them. 1/
Thought dark money was just about trying to buy presidential and congressional elections? Think again. JCN's going up with a million-dollar ad buy to pressure vulnerable Senate Democrats to support President Trump's next Supreme Court nominee. 2/ politico.com/story/2018/06/…
Never heard of JCN? We have. The Judicial Crisis Network is already spending big to back Kennedy's replacement. That's what they do. They're a dark money group that works to place right wing judges on the bench. 3/ citizensforethics.org/judicial-crisi…
JCN spent $7 million to block Merrick Garland and $10 million to back Neil Gorsuch. $17.9 million--or 96.6 percent of its revenue--came from a single donation. 4/ maplight.org/story/dark-mon…
It's not just the Supreme Court that JCN is trying to influence, they also spend big to put right wing attorneys general in place across the country. 5/ citizensforethics.org/groups-tied-no…
The Judicial Crisis Network (JCN), the dark money group fighting to replace Justice Kennedy, donated more than $3.3 million to groups affiliated with Scott Pruitt and temporarily employed his after Pruitt enlisted an aide’s help in finding her a job 6/ opensecrets.org/news/2018/06/w…
It's important to note that it's not just about replacing Kennedy. JCN is impacting the judiciary across the country, yet we still know little about who's behind it. 7/ thedailybeast.com/the-jcn-story-…
This is where America finds itself in 2018: the next Justice of the Supreme Court may be decided by a dark money group spending millions of dollars of secret money. You may have been surprised by Kennedy's resignation. They were ready for it. 8/8
