Conservative Supreme Court justices let Leonard Leo do their homework

The Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats can add a few questions to the list for conservative Supreme Court fixer Leonard Leo, if they can get him to comply with the subpoena they approved last week. Those questions revolve around the extent to which the network Leo has spun to shape both the court and the cases it hears are influencing decisions by the conservative justices.

Politico’s Heidi Przbyla continues her investigations of Leo and his reach on the Supreme Court with a deep dive into the amicus briefs filed by conservative groups. She found that “Leo and his network of nonprofit groups are either directly or indirectly connected to a majority of amicus briefs filed on behalf of conservative parties in seven of the highest-profile rulings the court has issued over the past two years.”