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Billionaires Try to Buy the Supreme Court

PLUTOCRATS FOR POPULISM

Republicans say ‘let the people decide’ the next justice, but 1 percenters are helping them block Merrick Garland so they can place a conservative on the bench.

Jay Michaelson
Jay Michaelson
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