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Rhiannon12866

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Thu Sep 28, 2023, 05:16 AM Sep 2023

The Scheme 24: The Justice Alito Complaint - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse



September 27 - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee, delivers the twenty-fourth 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 outlines the ethics complaint he submitted earlier this month detailing ethical lapses by Justice Samuel Alito, which support billionaires’ lawyers’ blockade of congressional investigations into other ethical lapses by Alito, and underscore the lack of formal process at the Court for receiving or investigating such complaints.



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The Scheme 24: The Justice Alito Complaint - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Sep 2023 OP
Everyone should listen to the entire speech Layzeebeaver Sep 2023 #1
This is so obviously dirty it goes beyond "the appearance of impropriety." Dustlawyer Sep 2023 #2

Layzeebeaver

(1,864 posts)
1. Everyone should listen to the entire speech
Thu Sep 28, 2023, 06:30 AM
Sep 2023

It is spot on. Amazing!

Thank you for posting the video link! You are a star!!! (As always!!!)

Dustlawyer

(10,518 posts)
2. This is so obviously dirty it goes beyond "the appearance of impropriety."
Thu Sep 28, 2023, 08:43 AM
Sep 2023

I think one solution is to have the Judicial Conference hear all matters related to the operation of SCOTUS. Roberts is a product of the Federalist Society himself and is tainted by the same process.

These billionaires already control the politicians through donations, media through advertising dollars, and SCOTUS through the Federalist Society who hand picked them and put them in power.

People, we have a shadow government that runs this country. The root causes of this are our campaign finance system and media propaganda designed to manipulate the masses. We should be demanding of our politicians to make it their number one issue to address these root causes. All other issues we face in this country will not be solved satisfactorily or fairly until and unless we address these root causes!

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