Posted on 01/22/2011 9:43:24 AM PST by prairiebreeze
Liberal nonprofit Common Cause is asking the Department of Justice to investigate Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia in relation to the Citzens United Supreme Court case, arguing that their decision in the case raised "serious questions about the impartiality of" both justices.
"It appears both justices have participated in political strategy sessions, perhaps while the case was pending, with corporate leaders whose political aims were advanced by the decision," writes Common Cause President and CEO Bob Edgar in a petition to the Justice Department filed this week.
The organization contends that the justices should have recused themselves from the case, which opened the door to greater spending by corporations on election campaigns -- and that the controversial 5-4 decision in the case should be vacated.
The groups cited as evidence the apparent appearances of Thomas and Scalia at past political retreats sponsored by energy and manufacturing conglomerate Koch Industries. (The New York Times reported last year that the latest invitation to the event advertises Scalia and Thomas as previous guests at the retreats.)
Common Cause argues that if either justice "attended or spoke at a Koch Industries meeting" between 2008 and 2010 - during which period the court was considering various aspects of Citizens United - "it would certainly raise serious issues of the appearance of impropriety and bias." The invitation did not specify when the justices had attended the retreats in the past.
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Overthrow the court by any means necessary. Wonder which bright light on the left will take the case, and for how much?
It continues.
I am SO SICK of these people doing their darndest to destroy our country.
It has been a full fledged attack day in and day out since Obama took office. From EVERY conceivable angle.
all the executive branch can do is appoint judges....after that, they have no control......the shooting of giffords, though sad and totally unnecessary, has created an opening on the federal court. A pro fence conservative judge was killed, and will be replaced by a constitution ignoring flaming lib commie....the real power is in the judiciary, and the house has control...all they need to do is their jobs
TO YOU LIBERALS I SAY:
INVESTIGATE OBAMA OVER HIS UNDISCLOSED CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH
Agreed.
good point
So when it Geitner going to resign? He’s the fox in the hen house when it comes to the country’s money. Mr. I-Couldn’t-Figure-Out-the-Tax-Software.
That sort of corruption goes for quite a few in Zero’s administration.
Common Cause should investigate itself for its racist members that call for lynching and killing people...
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