Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
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The Scheme 22: Justice Alito and the Polluter Page
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July 12, 2023
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20:52Now PlayingJuly 12 | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee, delivered the twenty-second in a series of speeches titled “The Scheme,” exposing the machinations by right-wing donor interests to capture the Supreme Court and achieve through the Court what they cannot through the elected branches of government.
Whitehouse discussed Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s cozy relationship with right-wing billionaire benefactors and his curious links to the Wall Street Journal editorial page.
The Senator’s speech follows a bombshell report by ProPublica last month that found Justice Alito accepted and failed to disclose a luxury Alaskan fishing vacation with Republican billionaires Paul Singer and Robin Arkley II. According to the report, Justice Alito’s billionaire-funded vacation was planned and attended by Leonard Leo. Leo is the orchestrator of right-wing influence campaigns around the Supreme Court. A subsequent New York Times report raises to six the number of right-wing billionaires that have provided services and benefits to Justice Alito and Justice Clarence Thomas.
This week, Whitehouse and Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced that the Committee will mark up Whitehouse’s comprehensive Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act on Thursday, July 20th.
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