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Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Mysterious $1 Million Prize
Free Beacon ^ | 7/12/22 | Andrew Kerr

Posted on 07/19/2023 8:10:35 AM PDT by CFW

When the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg accepted a $1 million prize from a liberal billionaire’s foundation, she pledged to pass the money to a list of designated charities. Four years later, it is unclear where Ginsburg sent that money—an ambiguity that experts say raises conflict of interest concerns.

The Berggruen Institute, a private foundation founded by billionaire investor Nicolas Berggruen, awarded Ginsburg its annual $1 million Philosophy & Culture award during a swanky star-studded event in December 2019. At the time, ethics experts raised red flags over Ginsburg’s acceptance of the prize, noting that the bounty far exceeded the $2,000 limit placed on honoraria by Judicial Conference regulations. But Ginsburg temporarily assuaged those concerns when she pledged to donate the prize money to more than 60 charities that reflected her personal causes, including the American Bar Foundation, the American Cancer Society, and the Metropolitan Opera.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: berggrueninstitute; corrupticrat; corrupticrats; corruption; democrat; ginsburg; nicolasberggruen; rbg; ruthbaderginsburg; scotus
The left's double-standard continues to be on display on every issue that arises.
1 posted on 07/19/2023 8:10:35 AM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

How does the Metropolitan Opera qualify as a charity? Isn’t it a business?


2 posted on 07/19/2023 8:18:14 AM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: skr

“How does the Metropolitan Opera qualify as a charity? Isn’t it a business?”


I guess it depends on who is giving the MET the money.

I thought I had included the two paragraphs below in my excerpt, but apparently not:

“What Ginsburg failed to mention was that she also directed the Berggruen Institute to conceal the full list of her designated charities from the public, a spokeswoman for the institute told the Washington Free Beacon. The Berggruen Institute even engaged in some creative accounting in its Form 990 tax return to ensure the recipients remain shrouded in secrecy.

“That list, per her wishes, is not for publication,” Berggruen Institute spokeswoman Rachel Bauch told the Free Beacon.”


3 posted on 07/19/2023 8:20:50 AM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
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To: CFW

Oh yeah. They never relent. They are on the march, and that march is no longer hidden in the shadows, because it’s no longer necessary to operate in the shadows.


4 posted on 07/19/2023 8:26:14 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: CFW

typical liberal hypocrite


5 posted on 07/19/2023 8:27:08 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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To: CFW

This is America, you can’t force Ruth Bader Ginsburg to share her bribe.


6 posted on 07/19/2023 8:31:37 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: CFW

Now only Ruth and the devil know the truth.


7 posted on 07/19/2023 8:36:34 AM PDT by Levy78 (Reject modernity, embrace tradition. )
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To: skr

Nope, it is owned by a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.


8 posted on 07/19/2023 8:38:28 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Robert DeLong

“Oh yeah. They never relent. They are on the march, and that march is no longer hidden in the shadows, because it’s no longer necessary to operate in the shadows.”


I think part of the left’s current attack on SCOTUS is meant to be a warning. For one, it’s letting them know their recent rulings were not appreciated and they need adjust their thinking. And next, it is a warning for them not to interfere in the left’s persecution of President Trump. “You are teetering on the edge, SCOTUS! Lean much further right and interfere with our plans, and we will add five members who will rule as WE say!”

Democrats ignore the fact that the Supreme Court is a co-equal branch of our government and is not, in fact, under the rule of the legislative or executive branch. Sheldon Whitehouse, the most vocal Senator on the left on SCOTUS issues, is the worst offender of them all.


9 posted on 07/19/2023 8:39:26 AM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
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To: skr

The Met is a 501(c)(3).


10 posted on 07/19/2023 9:21:12 AM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: CFW

1/4 went to fund Hunter’s cocaine and strippers habit. 3/4 went to the Biden crime bribery network


11 posted on 07/19/2023 11:30:53 AM PDT by no-to-illegals ( The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
'Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don't care what you do to her. Tear her face off, strip her to the bones. Not me! Julia! Not me!' -- George Orwell, "1984", end of chapter 5

12 posted on 07/20/2023 8:00:49 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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obama kept the noble peace prize money he said he would give to charity. The clintons stole all the money they could from their charity foundation and the Haitian charity.


13 posted on 07/21/2023 12:11:26 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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14 posted on 08/09/2023 7:36:00 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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