Supreme Court capture runs deeper than bribery

Supreme Court corruption isn’t just some conspiracy theory at this point - you just have to look at the six Republican justices sitting there right now. Every single one was handpicked for Republican presidents by the Federalist Society, a powerful legal group that’s basically a pipeline for hard-right judges. And it’s not a coincidence. These justices weren’t selected for being brilliant legal minds, but because groups like Leonard Leo’s Federalist Society - which gets big money from ultra-conservative Catholic circles like Opus Dei (the same folks who openly admired Franco’s dictatorship in Spain) - wanted people who would deliver on a political project: anti-LGBT, anti-feminist, anti-liberal, and reliably on the side of power. It’s not just about Clarence Thomas getting caught with bribes, though that’s damning enough. The bigger picture is a court that’s being steered, very deliberately, toward authoritarian rulings. These justices have handed down decisions that attack reproductive rights, gut environmental protections (like killing the Chevron doctrine), roll back gun control, and make it easier for presidents to dodge accountability. This isn’t some legal debate on the margins - it’s a coordinated plan, backed by mountains of cash and decades of organizing, to push the court and the country hard to the right. And let’s not pretend there’s no way to stop it. Congress and the President could hold these justices accountable any time, but they refuse, just like they refuse to go after war criminals, corrupt lawyers, or the same political fixers who keep popping up every time the GOP is in power. The real engine behind all of this is the religious right - churches teaming up with think tanks like the Heritage Foundation, pouring grassroots energy into the MAGA movement and making this takeover possible. Republicans aren’t looking for neutral judges; they want loyal enforcers for their agenda. Honestly, I miss when corruption just meant Nixon or Bush cronies going to jail, instead of having it baked into the Supreme Court while the whole system shrugs and looks the other way.