US conservative thinktank’s links to extremist fraternal order

The Guardian reported last August that on his website Haywood has repeatedly envisioned serving as a "warlord" at the head of an "armed patronage network" which might at some point find itself in conflict with the federal government…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/11/claremont-institute-society-for-american-civic-renewal-links

And keep in mind that this group has the backing of Leonard Leo, the influential and wealthy Catholic who gets other wealthy people to lavish gifts on justices Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito.

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/feb/09/leonard-leo-federalist-society-trump-ballot-supreme-court