Pa.'s richest man is pouring money in upcoming supreme court election
Carrying signs and braving the rainy weather, a crowd of protesters from the All Eyes on Yass coalition marched on the billionaire’s Susquehanna International Group on Thursday to condemn his spending in the upcoming Pennsylvania Supreme Court Election.
Democrats currently hold a 5 to 2 majority on the bench, but this November, three Democratic justices are up for a “yes” or “no” retention vote to determine if they will serve another 10-year term or not.
“ We have retained every single Supreme Court justice on our courts when we’ve had the opportunity to do so except for one,” Kadida Kenner, CEO of the New Pennsylvania Project, said on Thursday. “You have to have a lot of money to disrupt our democracy in this moment, and that is where [Yass] comes in.”
She added, “ our judges and justices, they don’t wear red robes, they don’t wear blue robes. They wear black robes for the people.”
Yass, who is Pennsylvania’s richest man with a net worth of $65 billion, has spent $1.25 million funding a “vote no” campaign through a series of political action committees that he funds.
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