Justice’s Liberal Slush Fund [A Must Read]

The Wall Street Journal ^ | December 3, 2015 | Kimberley A. Strassel

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Republicans talk often about using the "power of the purse" to rein in a lawless Obama administration. If they mean it, they ought to use their year-end spending bill to stop a textbook case of outrageous executive overreach.

This scandal comes courtesy of the Justice Department, which for 16 months has engaged in a scheme to undermine Congress's spending authority by independently transferring dollars to President Obama's political allies. The department is in the process of funneling more than half-a-billion dollars to liberal activist groups, at least some of which will actively support Democrats in the coming election.

It works likes this: The Justice Department prosecutes cases against supposed corporate bad actors. Those companies agree to settlements that include financial penalties. Then Justice mandates that at least some of that penalty money be paid in the form of "donations" to nonprofits that supposedly aid consumers and bolster neighborhoods.

The Justice Department maintains a list of government-approved nonprofit beneficiaries. And surprise, surprise: Many of them are liberal activist groups. The National Council of La Raza. The National Urban League. The National Community Reinvestment Coalition. NeighborWorks America (which awards grants to left-leaning community organization groups, and has been compared with Acorn).

[Zuben Elgenubi]

"It's also a classic Obama end run around the law. House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, who has spent a year investigating and pushing back against Justice’s slush fund, has noted that the Miscellaneous Receipts Act requires money received by the government from any source to be deposited in the Treasury. Directing banks to give money to third parties is a slippery way of evading that statute. "

This is a must read article for all FReepers.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

The LINK to WSJ might work better to read the full article.

[Regulator]

Been wondering how long this continues.

The National Council of La Raza gets money for “community development”?

When does The Klan get a similar grant?

And this crap just keeps going on and on...thanks, ‘Pubbies! You weakling clowns...

[Pearls Before Swine]

Corruption beyond my imagination.

Hangin’s too good for this crowd.

[JustTheTruth]

How can one not see that the head of our government is evil and corrupt and lawless; having become a law unto itself?

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

One must ask oneself; “Do normal political methods still apply?”

[DJ MacWoW]

Tis The Season
To End The FReepathon

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[Pearls Before Swine]

One must ask oneself; “Do normal political methods still apply?”

Did you ever see "Rollerball?" The original, with James Caan, not that unwatchable remake piece of trash?

There's a moment in the movie where the hero (Caan) is told that what he's doing is against the rules. He explodes and yells, "Don't you get it? There are no rules."

This situation, and your comment, reminds me of that scene.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

People have not been thoroughly advised as to what this administration has been doing; i.e. flooding the country with third world peoples; placing them is strategic locations; registering them to vote and then taking them to the polls overwhelming the poll watchers. Have you not wondered why the Democratic liberals are so sanguine about Hillary’s election prospects? The fix is in Hillary will be elected by a landslide. The Senate and House will be Democratic.

[Thom Pain]

And this surprises who?

[Starboard]

The Senate and House will be Democratic.

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That’s already the de facto situation now. Republicans allow the Dems to still control the congress.

Remember to vote GOP in 2016. /sarc

[Starboard]

This is a very serious problem that needs to be immediately halted, yet the Republicans do nothing except “investigate” and talk. They are complicit in allowing evasion of the law.

[eyeamok]

I’m sure the Republicans will do something, oh that’s right they are busy trying to derail Trump and Cruz, because of all things, the People Like Them!