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Monday, January 2nd, 2023

“Why are these conflicts allowed?” Corporate giving to SCOTUS-linked group sparks blowback

Author:     JON QUEALLY
Source:     Common Dreams
Publication Date:     JANUARY 1, 2023 | 1:28PM (EST)
 Link: “Why are these conflicts allowed?” Corporate giving to SCOTUS-linked group sparks blowback
Stephan:   The United States is the only developed democracy in the world whose Supreme Court has no ethical standards. For two centuries a cultural standard was assumed but that is no longer the case. Today, we have the most corrupt Supreme Court of all the developed democracies in the world. And, as a result, our laws are no longer based on precedent and fairness, instead we have five justices who are trying to impose not fairly decided law but their ideological vision. I think, and hope, that in 2023 the Senate passes legislation establishing ethical standards for the court and impeaches Clarence Thomas.
Activists with The Center for Popular Democracy Action hold photos of U.S. Supreme Court justices as they block an intersection during a demonstration in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on December 01, 2021 in Washington, DC.
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Both alarm and concern were expressed Saturday in response to new reporting about a charitable group with close ties to the U.S. Supreme Court that has been soliciting and accepting donations from corporate interests and far-right activists with cases before the court.

The New York Timesexposé focused on the activities and fundraising of the Supreme Court Historical Society, a nonprofit that claims its mission is “dedicated to the collection and preservation” of the Court’s history.

While the group refused to disclose its donors to the Times, reporters from the newspaper determine that much of the funding came from powerful companies like Chevron, Goldman Sachs, Time Warner, and Facebook as well as anti-abortion activists like Rev. Rob Schenck.

According to the newspaper:

The society has raised more than $23 million over the last two decades. Because of its […]

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