gaius- Did she approve giving money to the ACLU in the current year? I'll repeat… Should Justice(s) Scalia or Thomas (or even possibly, hopefully Kennedy!) be allowed to make a current 'personal and private donation' to the Federalist Society?…or, would they then be forced to "recuse" themselves whenever the FS even files an "amicus curiae" in support of one side of some pending litigation? I think this is an important (and interesting) question— Do the "Supremes" — or any other 'judges'– have the same 1st Amendment(free association/political advocacy) rights as the rest of us peons? (And, who actually makes this decision?)

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insert(“See McCain-Feingold”)—

Unsightly? Yeah. Unethical? I really don’t think so…

Consider Ruth Bader Gainsburger’s connections to the ACLU– should she have recused herself from every ‘civil liberties’ case that came before the court?

The first “trackback” mentions Alito, (the “Vanguard” thing I assume- I didn’t actually ‘click thru’.) admittedly not the same thing by any stretch. But, I’m sure there are similar “serious” conflicts within the past histories of the current “right-wing” judges.

Should Scalia or Thomas face ‘recusal’ for ever having donated any money to the “Federalist Society”? How about a current donation? Would a restriction on their current donations be a ‘deprivation’ of their rights? Should employment and/or merely ‘advocacy’(definition?) be considered “different” than a ‘cash donation’?

These are all questions that I’m not sure if I’m comfortable w/ the answers the gov’t will provide.

I am still a fan of “(absolutely)minimal restrictions-(absolutely)full disclosure”– and let the chips fall where they will.

P.S.– I also still favor the “she’s just a partisan idiot” argument…

A federal judge rules against an intel program that we know has prevented terrorist attacks, and this judge if feeding cash to the ACLU who she rules in favor of and against us (all Americans)…………………………

Crazy wrong………………………..

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