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blaster g_o_p_ fundraiser is hosted by a right wing magazine the american
spectator tickets for the gala range between two hundred and fifty two twenty
five thousand bucks
among those antenna in attendance for a multimillionaire c_e_o_'s r_n_c_
chairman michael steele
and congresswoman michelle bachman who is also the keynote speaker the event
there's also one of the special guests posting bachmann at that republican
fundraiser last night
none other than supreme court justice sam alito
how do we know that
because we thought i think progress was also there and he has any idea what take
a look
definitely go
have a moment
filling up
i'm not on the ice like after just a question
is illegal for a bit m political fundraisers
while genesee announced lee fong reporter think progress we thanks for
coming out there very now and that my understanding is that that video that we
just saw view being threatened with arrest was actually after you had
a conversation the truth associate justice alito
well i was the subject part of the beginning of it that you know i didn't
have a ticket to go and also waited threshold
um as i saw aspirin for justice and we are going on
i walked up to him it had a conversation i asked them you know you pretended
actually many of these political fundraisers
when you're here with michael steele the head of the republican party freezing
all these global funds do you think it's appropriate person cream for justice to
be engaging the sort of activity
and he just reacted first by stuttering and kind of like a deer in the hell
headlights moment
and thence responded is not important that i'm here but i pointed out that
part just two years ago he went to the same political fundraiser in actually
headlined the event instead of a show of our panelists emily they're doing the
keynote and so obviously when you have a keynote speaker that's the main thrust
for a dollar to give money inattentive the event armed at reform that he kind
of growled at me and said
again that's not important and walk away
this the humorous the word that comes to mind i mean is this reminds me of
of uh... sculley going duck hunting with *** cheney
literally a couple of weeks before he was either here in the arguments are
issuing the opinion a case that involve a lawsuit against *** cheney
and saying so what that he didn't work accusing self-doubt but you know it's
not only are we are going to going to many other fundraisers copies also gone
too
last year you headlined a fund raiser for the dinner collegiate studies
institute which is basically the right wing front group the trains people like
james if you can actually trained christine o'donnell
ob by then i think that it's much larger than that part of the american
enterprise institute this very powerful
are corporate front group corporate think-tank
log we have three people on debate infrequently what are very common and
they're very influential but you know you have to realize that only a couple
decades ago they're known as the american enterprise association there
basically a trade association and it made me feel shifted their name to be
kept the appear more academic academic but the point is
they've given money and and and have fundraisers with clarence thomas
school we uh...
and thomas have been attending secret fundraisers with david and charles cook
since is larger actually that only ourselves wafers heritage and in fact
the day that the court took
which the core
hurt his wife was sending out
emails to a little over a hundred i'm if my recollection is correct conservative
activist same issues
betting people for job decisions in the bush white house attract communism
chronicle city isn't there
well i i i guess there is the code of conduct for spring for justice breyer
various kind of this but act technically they exempt themselves
and they just kind of live by this kind of broad definition of during the
ethical thing so
there's really no rules com for any lower court judge attending a fundraiser
speaking at a fundraiser
headlines but razor would be illegal
com but
given that subtle or other civil i believe under federal law
but you know
it's it's impossible to really go after this issue because after congress
changed
no impeachment would have to start a new house of representatives
and after january two that half of the house judiciary realized by lamar smith
a very right wing republican from
texas
on although we do have some hope that this issue might be investigated in the
senate unfortunately the subcommittee that would look bad look into this uh...
would was sub was shared by russ feingold
of course he lost his job but democrats still controlled the senate so it's
possible um... figure like gods senator ben cardin or us it at least initially
wipe
the subcommittee that could look into this but we really don't know right they
that they don't have the power to do anything because impeachment has to
originate house
and into the senate the senate tropicana least bring the issue ups of the public
can understand what's really going on because with has been such a reluctance
to do this for the for the democrats in the county you have to take a look into
the war crimes of the bush administration they could have looked
into the the some of the uh... you know frankly i think that could've
investigated why the republicans were filibustering every piece of legislation
the way that has been done since the founding of the public
especially i don't have much favor that i'm just plain options have to pay off
yeah this of this
was clearly not the framers idea and of an impartial judiciary
ob do you see the role any role in the list of the federalist society
yes i do for one thing part sculley help from the pharaoh society and the girls
say his right wing organization and trains nurtures moves along
lawyers and judges for my truck nar that's absolutely correct time
just a couple years ago that used to actually
disclose that they were dozens and dozens of large corporations that were
seeking
high-profile cases
before the court funding the federal society but the best defense crept up
information after website but larger than that is a organization
but maybe not larger but in addition to that partisan organization montana
called free f r_t_e_ it's funded by corporations and the pope brothers and
they basically have
papa junket program where they fly in federal judges
give them a position to give speeches