No Friend-of-the-Court Senator
Sheldon Whitehouse doesn’t disclose his own donors, while he tries to stifle other amicus briefs.
Sheldon Whitehouse is back, so hide the Constitution. The Rhode Island Senator was last spotted examining high school yearbooks to keep Brett Kavanaugh off the Supreme Court. Now the Democrat is trying to muzzle Americans trying to influence the High Court via legal arguments.
In a Jan. 4 letter to Chief Justice John Roberts, the Senator chided the Court for accepting amicus—friend of the court—briefs from “special interest groups that fail to disclose their donors.” He calls out the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, as well as think...