Topline Three Democratic lawmakers are urging U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett to recuse herself from an upcoming case that will determine whether charities have to disclose their major donors, arguing she should not hear the case after the organization that brought it spent at least a million dollars supporting her Senate confirmation. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October … [+] 14, 2020 in Washington, DC. Getty Images Key Facts Conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity, which is backed by the billionaire Charles Koch, lobbied senators to back Barrett’s confirmation to the high court, telling the Hill the amount spent on the campaign “would be in the seven figures.” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) sent a letter to Barrett on April 16 calling for her to voluntarily recuse herself from the case, saying that “statute, constitutional case law, and common sense all would seem to require” it. The lawmakers cited a past Supreme Court case in which the court required a West Virginia Supreme Court jus… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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Democratic Lawmakers Demand Amy Coney Barrett Withdraw From Dark Money Case Involving Group That Backed Her Confirmation
