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TomCADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-25-10 11:42 PM
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Any Word On What Was Agreed During The Meeting Between Koch Brothers and Justices? Court Support?
Edited on Mon Oct-25-10 11:45 PM by TomCADem
There have been recent news reports of Supreme Court justices Clarence Thomas, whose wife is an active member of the Tea Party, Antonin Scalia, and the Koch brothers who run the largest privately-held oil company in the country and who are major contributors to the Tea Party and other right wing causes.

Any word on what kind of communications are taking place between Justices of the Supreme Court and the Koch brothers? Is there any express of tacit agreement by Justices Thomas and Scalia to provide Supreme Court on the Koch brothers efforts to buy the election or support efforts to impeach President Obama?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/20/scalia-thomas-koch-industries_n_769843.html


Reports that two Supreme Court Justices have attended seminars sponsored by the energy giant and conservative bankroller Koch Industries has sparked a mild debate over judicial ethics.

On Tuesday evening, the New York Times reported that an upcoming meeting in Palm Springs of "a secretive network of Republican donors" that was being organized by Koch Industries, "the longtime underwriter of libertarian causes." Buried in the third to last graph was a note that previous guests at such meetings included Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, two of the more conservative members of the bench.

It's not rare for a Justice to attend a seminar sponsored by a group with judicial or political interests. Members of the court, for instances, often speak at academic institutions or think tanks. Virtually all companies, meanwhile, are affected by the judicial branch. So long as Scalia and Thomas did not participate in overt partisan activities, there would be no apparent conflict of interest



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