Posted on 09/22/2020 5:34:11 AM PDT by karpov
The Supreme Court is now a central issue in the election campaign, and House Democrats are helpfully holding a hearing Tuesday on the subject. This is a chance for the Republican minority to ask Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse about his ties to what he likes to call “dark money” and court packing.
The subject of Jerry Nadler’s Judiciary Committee hearing is "Maintaining Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law: Examining the Causes and Consequences of Court Capture.” One purpose of the hearing is to give Mr. Whitehouse, who is in the Senate minority, a chance to showcase his political campaign against the High Court.
The Senator has released reports accusing Republicans of “working hand-in-hand” with “anonymously-funded outside groups” to pack the judiciary with “far-right extremists, who then enjoy life tenure as federal judges.” He calls the current High Court “Chief Justice Roberts’ Right-Wing Rout.” His evidence is mostly innuendo and news clips. But as a House witness Mr. Whitehouse has an obligation to tell the truth, and Rep. Jim Jordan and other committee Republicans ought to find out what they can about the Whitehouse method.
They can start by asking about Arabella Advisors. This for-profit entity manages nonprofits including the Sixteen Thirty Fund and the New Venture Fund that support progressive groups and projects. Together the two reported more than $987.5 million in revenue in 2017 and 2018, mostly from contributions and grants, according to their most recent public disclosures. That’s a lot of political cash. As nonprofits, they need not disclose their donors or most vendors, so the money trail goes dark.
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Whitehouse is a weird dude.
Rhode Island is even weirder.
Weldon $hithouse, one of the most execrable Sinators in a truly ghastly and evil Demonrat caucus.
So many flavors of sh!t, so little to choose from.
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