Common Cause asks DOJ to look into Scalia + Thomas misconduct in Citizens United Case

[FourScore]

Source: DailyKos

How Attorney General Holder responds to the Common Cause request for an inquiry could have absolutely huge implications for how political campaigns and advocacy are paid for in the future:

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...Common Cause President Bob Edgar said the group has asked Attorney General Eric Holder to examine whether Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas should have stepped aside rather than vote in the Citizens United case...

...Edgar wrote in a Jan. 19 letter to Holder. "If the department finds sufficient grounds for disqualification of either justice, we request that the solicitor general file a ... motion with the full Supreme Court seeking to vacate the judgment...

...According to Supreme Court disclosure statements, the justices were invited by the Federalist Society, a conservative legal group, to speak at dinners hosted by Koch Industries CEO Charles Koch and his wife, Elizabeth. The dinners were held at the Vintage Club in Indian Wells, Calif., Ms. Arberg said..



Read more: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/1/21/937075/-Common-Cause-asks-DOJ-to-look-into-Scalia-+-Thomas-misconduct-in-Citizens-United-Case-

[Demeter]

1. Oh, Come Now!

Do you think that Dynamic Duo of Obama and Holder, being given a map and all the gear, would be clever enough to take on the easiest job in the world and win a path to a runaway victory in 2012 by taking on Scalia and Thomas?

It would make a great escapist film.

[Qutzupalotl]

6. :) Obama came out strongly against the CU decision last year

at the SOTU. I doubt he'll mention it this year, not because he's planning to do nothing, but rather because he would support this challenge. Holder is another question, though.

[rhett o rick]

13. Wow he is STRONGLY against it. Wow. Words are cheap. nm

[Qutzupalotl]

15. State of the Union disses are few and far between.

[rhett o rick]

16. LOL. Words, words, words. I am sick of words. It is wayyyyyyy past time for action. nm

[Qutzupalotl]

17. Says a poster on a discussion board.

LOL indeed.

[BrotherLove]

22. Maybe it's time Obama and crew start showing some guts instead of but's

Actions speak louder than words

[highplainsdem]

2. K&R

[OnyxCollie]

3. This will go far. nt

[WCGreen]

4. Mucg ado About Nothing that will come to pass...

[Jefferson23]

5. Good luck with that! n/t

[Kingofalldems]

7. K and R

I like it.

[defendandprotect]

8. Signed it yesterday -- !!

[Chimichurri]

9. kr

[Miss_Underestimated]

10. Link for petition here. Sign it today!!

http://www.commoncause.org/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=6498987&auid=7646459

[rhett o rick]

14. Havent we gotten beyond petitions? Good grief. nm

[Miss_Underestimated]

21. please elaborate...thank you

[rhett o rick]

25. Sorry my frustration is showing. Petitions, emails, letters, phone calls dont seem to be getting us

any results.

[NoSheep]

24. Signed. thanks

[FogerRox]

11. see coffetalks comment @ D-kos

this is not a conflict.

[ProudDad]

12. Followed by impeachment?

Those two SHOULD be impeached...

And jailed...

For crimes against humanity...

[RainDog]

18. k and r n/t

[FogerRox]

19. Read @ Kos, this is not a conflict, Ginsberg gives similar talks

All Justices do this sort of thing, its not a conflict.

[Overseas]

20. K&R ! Yes Please !! //nt

[Enthusiast]

23. The court is a sad caricature of justice.

It's right in your face. They know the corporate media will protect them in anything they do.