Sheldon Whitehouse

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Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Two illustrative cases are Shelby County & Citizens United. Shelby was a challenge to provisions of the Voting Rights Act. The Republican majority found that “things have changed dramatically” — i.e. that discrimination was over in those states & gutted voting protections. Ok… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 27, 2021 Hibernated

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The penchant of the Supreme Court’s Republican Justices for “fact-finding” is peculiar. Even more peculiar is when these wrong facts are the hinge point on which politically loaded decisions turn. So peculiar in fact that I’m holding a hearing on it today in @JudiciaryDems.🙂 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 27, 2021 Hibernated

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Move on to Citizens United, which gave Republicans a boost by allowing unlimited political spending in elections. The Republican Justices claimed that massive corporate political spending would be transparent politics and could not be corrupting. That aged well. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 27, 2021 Hibernated