Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Overturning Roe was horrifying. It’s part of pattern, and it will continue until we intervene. — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s time for judicial ethics rules, an end to dark money, and serious oversight. Without real guardrails, the captured Court will descend further into partisanship, brazen conflicts of interest, and disarray. — PolitiTweet.org

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Thanks to this scheme, we can’t give the Court the benefit of the doubt. It’s incapable of giving the American people the justice and impartiality they deserve. — PolitiTweet.org

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In Citizens United, the Court pulled a curtain of anonymity over this judicial-influence machine. One donor can spend unlimited  millions to campaign against your rights, while a corporation might drop even more to secure a favorable ruling. Money talks, and the Court delivers. — PolitiTweet.org

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First, the situation is dire & you’re right to be angry. Far-right donors spent over $580M to select these justices – unelected politicians whose ideology would never wane. They set their sights on Roe a long time ago. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Supreme Court has become an unaccountable weapon for the right-wing donors who control it. For the first time, the Court ripped away a fundamental constitutionally protected right relied on by half the population. How did we get here? — PolitiTweet.org

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Rhode Island saw this coming and took action to protect women. In 2019, the General Assembly wisely ensured that abortion access would remain fully protected here in the Ocean State. https://t.co/U6cPLe2VkS — PolitiTweet.org

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The thoughtful and measured Linda Greenhouse saying this to the FedSoc Six is a sign: “What you have finished off is the legitimacy of the court on which you are privileged to spend the rest of your lives.” https://t.co/WIUMEQ1WqD — PolitiTweet.org

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"The ‘stench,’ as Sotomayor once warned, will not dissipate just because the majority can’t smell it." Or won’t. https://t.co/KNBz7oG7Ea — PolitiTweet.org

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Atlantic magazine publishing this is a sign: “The 6–3 majority has removed any appetite for caution or restraint, and…rendered their approach to the law lazy, clumsy, and malicious.” https://t.co/4U9xqreyds — PolitiTweet.org

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When George Will thinks the captured Supreme Court has gone too far, that’s a sign. https://t.co/jFzRFQ3GXS — PolitiTweet.org

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Lindsey Graham and I wrote an article about how getting the world off fossil fuel will make it a safer and better place — and we wrote it before Putin’s fossil-fuel-funded butchery in Ukraine proved our case. https://t.co/jwxLHDNuPO — PolitiTweet.org

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Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

The captured Court will likely continue its far-right rampage next week with WV v. EPA. This case could gut EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. And it could hamstring modern government’s ability to ensure safe food, meds, consumer products, & working conditions. — PolitiTweet.org

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Nota bene: “A misrepresentation is a false or misleading statement or a material omission which renders other statements misleading, with intent to deceive. Misrepresentation is one the elements of common law fraud, and other causes of action for fraud, such as securities fraud.” — PolitiTweet.org

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More and more people are understanding what I’ve been saying is going on — how the Court got captured by special interests using gobs of dark money. — PolitiTweet.org

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As we watch this Court majority go berserk for its right-wing overlords, is there any regret that the anodyne, feckless Supreme Court commission missed all the major issues: no transparency, no ethics code, dark money appointments, secret gifts, hypocrisy, capture, corruption? — PolitiTweet.org

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Yesterday, the Supreme Court effectively threatened marriage equality, contraception, and the LEGALITY of same-sex relationships. Americans do not want to lose these freedoms, but the Court and its dark money donors have the power to take them. That is horrifying. — PolitiTweet.org

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I’ll say it again - this Court is captured and compromised. https://t.co/0tF62DIsJR — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s also time for Congress and the administration to address the rot at The Court That Dark Money Built. This is exactly the outcome right-wing special interests had in mind when they installed the FedSoc Six. Special-interest control of the Court must end. — PolitiTweet.org

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On top of that, the Biden administration must take all possible steps to protect women’s reproductive and constitutional rights – including the right to travel to access reproductive care. — PolitiTweet.org

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We have to fight back, and swiftly: a. The Senate must immediately pass the Women’s Health Protection Act to codify Roe v. Wade b. We must also repeal the “Hyde Amendment”—a misguided law that prevents federal dollars from being used for abortion care — PolitiTweet.org

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Justice Thomas made it crystal clear: he wants to overturn the Court’s decisions protecting the rights to contraception, same-sex marriage, and same-sex intimacy. Expect to see conservative activists leap at this invitation. https://t.co/eMcVyaZz7k — PolitiTweet.org

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And this right-wing project is not limited to abortion. The FedSoc Six are paving the way to roll back more constitutional rights. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s what Republicans will target next: a. Republicans in Congress are talking about a national abortion ban b. Also on the agenda is prosecuting women for getting an abortion (or trying to) c. They’ll try to ban women from traveling to other states to get reproductive care — PolitiTweet.org

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And it won’t stop there. We already know that states like Texas will even come after anyone who helps another person get an abortion, whether that’s donating to a GoFundMe or driving them in an Uber. — PolitiTweet.org

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Abortion is now banned, or will be almost immediately, in 13 states with “trigger” bans, and 13 more states are poised to follow suit. These bans mean providing abortion care is now criminalized, with harsh penalties or imprisonment for doctors and medical professionals. — PolitiTweet.org