OA723: Right-Wing Judges Take the Money and Run… Away With Your Civil Rights

Liz and Andrew tackle three stories: an update on the dueling mifepristone rulings in Texas and Washington, Clarence Thomas’s latest corrupt activities, and (for patrons) an update on Steve Bannon’s sugar daddy.

Notes
OA 594: Impeach Clarence Thomas
https://openargs.com/oa594-impeach-clarence-thomas/

 OA 714 on Kwok
https://openargs.com/oa714-gonna-be-hard-for-steve-bannons-sugar-daddy-to-write-those-checks-from-prison/

Kwok superseding indictment
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.595325/gov.uscourts.nysd.595325.19.0_1.pdf

Ethics in Government Act of 1978, 5a U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5a/compiledact-95-521/title-I

Washington v. FDA Motion for Clarification
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.waed.102225/gov.uscourts.waed.102225.81.0_3.pdf

Washington v. FDA Motion to Expedite
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.waed.102225/gov.uscourts.waed.102225.82.0.pdf

FDA 5th Circuit Motion to Stay
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.213145/gov.uscourts.ca5.213145.20.0_4.pdf?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Intervenors 5th Circuit Motion to Stay
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.213145/gov.uscourts.ca5.213145.22.1_1.pdf

Robert EOY report on the Supreme Court 2021
https://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/year-end/2021year-endreport.pdf

NPR on 2022 state supreme court races
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/05/1134514218/money-is-pouring-into-state-judicial-campaigns-this-year

 ProPublica Thomas story
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-undisclosed-luxury-travel-gifts-crow

Wall Street Journal on federal judges violating the ethics laws
https://www.wsj.com/articles/131-federal-judges-broke-the-law-by-hearing-cases-where-they-had-a-financial-interest-11632834421

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OA714: Gonna Be Hard for Steve Bannon’s Sugar Daddy to Write Those Checks From Prison

Liz and Andrew break down the strange criminal indictment of Guo Wengui a.k.a. a lot of other names, grifter to the stars and patron to Steve Bannon, and discuss the larger implications of the far-right merger with anti-CCP grifters. You won’t want to miss it!

Notes
OA700
https://openargs.com/oa700-rumors-of-trumps-testimony-in-strzok-suit-may-be-greatly-exaggerated/

Steve Wynn indictment
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63317117/attorney-general-of-the-united-states-of-america-v-wynn/

Guo Wengui bankruptcy docket (CT)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ctb.307068/gov.uscourts.ctb.307068.78.0.pdf

Guo Wengui indictment
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1574491/download

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