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Justice Thomas’ Quid Pro Quo with Extremist Billionaires Slammed by End Citizens United // Let America Vote Action Fund

End Citizens United // Let America Vote Action Fund President Tiffany Muller released the following statement on ProPublica’s report on the financial compensation Justice Clarence Thomas received from billionaire extremists in order to keep him on the Supreme Court:  “Justice Clarence ‘Quid Pro Quo’ Thomas clearly struck a corrupt bargain with far-right billionaires: if they showered him […]

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End Citizens United // Let America Vote Action Fund Condemns 8th Circuit Voting Rights Act Decision 

End Citizens United (ECU) // Let America Vote (LAV) Action Fund President Tiffany Muller released the following statement after the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that private citizens and groups cannot file lawsuits under provisions found in Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA): “Today’s ruling in the 8th Circuit is an outright

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All the Ways Justice Thomas has Violated the New Supreme Court Code of Conduct

Following the Supreme Court’s first attempt at instituting a Code of Conduct, which it claimed to already abide by and lacks any enforcement mechanism, we thought you would be interested in a sampling of the ways Justice Clarence Thomas has blatantly violated it over the years: Justice Clarence Thomas’ Code of Conduct Violations Code of Conduct:

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End Citizens United // Let America Vote Action Fund and Max Rose Launch $9 Million ‘Organize New York’ Youth Mobilization Campaign

Combating recent drop in youth voter turnout, program will register, educate, and mobilize youth voters across six congressional districts in New York NEW YORK – End Citizens United // Let America Vote Action Fund has partnered with former Congressman Max Rose to launch “Organize New York,” a $9 million youth mobilization campaign that will work to register, educate,

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ICYMI: ProPublica Exposes Extensive Depth of Leo’s Dark Money Network

Yesterday, ProPublica uncovered the appalling extent of conservative kingpin Leonard Leo’s money, power, and influence in shaping America’s courts and in pushing his extreme right-wing agenda. The article further exposed how his dark money network has gone far beyond influencing just the Supreme Court and includes lower courts, attorneys general, elected officials and more.  “Not only has

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Ahead of New Supreme Court Term, ECU // LAV Leads Call for Reform

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, retired federal Judge Nancy Gernter, legal ethics expert Professor Richard Painter, and Stasha Rhodes of United for Democracy join ECU // LAV President Tiffany Muller LINK TO VIDEO OF PRESS CALL End Citizens United (ECU) // Let America Vote (LAV) Action Fund hosted a press call with leading experts to outline the conflicts of

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Ahead of Koch-backed Chevron Case on SCOTUS Docket, ECU // LAV Condemns Justice Thomas’ Conduct and Calls for Urgent Reform 

ECU // LAV to host press call with leading lawmakers, legal and ethical experts on Tuesday, September 26 to preview upcoming Supreme Court term and call for reforms End Citizens United // Let America Vote (ECU // LAV) Action Fund President Tiffany Muller issued the following statement in response to the latest bombshell ProPublica report on Justice

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End Citizens United // Let America Vote Statement on 58th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act of 1965

End Citizens United // Let America Vote Action Fund Chief Program Officer Jody Murphy released the following statement commemorating the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965: “Fifty eight years ago, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law as a landmark piece of legislation that aimed to eliminate racially discriminatory voting practices

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ECU // LAV Welcomes Decision in Allen v. Milligan; Calls on Congress to Implement National Standards

End Citizens United (ECU) // Let America Vote (LAV) Action Fund President Tiffany Muller released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that Alabama’s racial gerrymandering likely violated the Voting Rights Act: “By rejecting Alabama’s discriminatory map, the Court has made a rare decision to protect Black and minority voters who, under the

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How to Tackle the Supreme Court’s Ethics Problem

With every new bombshell revelation involving the Supreme Court, it’s clear that the justices on our highest court are holding themselves to a different—a lower—set of standards than every federal judge and official in our democracy. These scandals have incensed a growing call on Congress to not only enforce Supreme Court ethics laws, but to strengthen them as

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