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      Critics Say New Revelations in Judicial Record Bolster Case for Thomas Impeachment

      "The lack of options for real accountability highlights why we so desperately need robust judicial ethics reform—now," said one ethics watchdog.

      Julia Conley
      Apr 20, 2023

      Calls for impeachment proceedings against U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas intensified Thursday amid new reporting that revealed several specific conflicts of interest related to the justice's financial ties to right-wing real estate magnate and Republican donor Harlan Crow.

      Following a bombshell report by ProPublica earlier this month regarding trips Thomas took on Crow's private jet, his superyacht, and to his properties in New York and Texas which had not been included in financial disclosures as required by federal law, the conservative justice brushed off criticism by saying he benefited only from "personal hospitality from close personal friends" and that Crow "did not have business before the court."

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      'New Hampshire Rebellion' Kicks Off Fight Against Money in Politics

      Democracy advocates trek across state for campaign finance reform

      Jacob Chamberlain
      Jan 11, 2014

      Staging what they have dubbed "the New Hampshire Rebellion," a group lead by Harvard intellectual and activist Lawrence Lessig set out for a 185 mile journey across the "live free or die" state on Saturday, calling attention to what they see as one of the most important issues in U.S. politics today--the dire need for campaign finance reform.

      "On Saturday, we begin a walk across the state of New Hampshire, to launch a campaign to bring about an end to the system of corruption that we believe infects DC. This is the New Hampshire Rebellion," states Lessig in a recent op-ed.

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      Delaware State Legislature Calls on the First State's Congressional Delegation to Overturn Citizens United

      Bipartisan Letter Signed by House and Senate Majorities

      Newswire Editor
      Jun 10, 2013

      A majority of members in both of Delaware's state legislative chambers have signed on to a letter seeking support and action by Delaware's Congressional delegation for Congress to pass a Constitutional amendment reversing the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Delaware is now the 15th state to back a constitutional amendment to curb unlimited spending in elections and adding to the national momentum to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling.

      In its Citizens United decision, the Supreme Court unleashed a flood of corporate money into our political system by ruling that, contrary to longstanding precedents, corporations have a First Amendment right to spend unlimited amounts of money to promote or defeat candidates. The decision overturned a century of campaign finance law and led to record spending by outside groups and super PACs in the 2012 elections.

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