Three Democratic lawmakers are demanding Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett recuse herself from an upcoming high-profile donor privacy case because one of the litigants spent money helping to get her confirmed to her current post on the court. Nominated by then-President Donald Trump, the constitutionalist-conservative Barrett was confirmed by the U.S. Senate just before Election Day 2020. She replaced the liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died Sept. 18, 2020. The case is Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Rodriquez, and a companion case, Thomas More Law Center v. Rodriquez, which have been consolidated and will be heard together by the court on April 26. Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) and its sister organization, Americans for Prosperity, are influential libertarian-conservative nonprofits funded by businessman Charles Koch and his late brother David Koch that have chapters throughout the nation. The Thomas More Law Center—not to be confused with the Chicago-based public interest …
Democrats Demand Justice Barrett Recuse Herself From Campaign Donations Case
April 21, 2021
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