The Supreme Court has ruled that political contributions are a form of political speech and therefore should be protected under the constitution. However, they have also emphasized the importance of transparency in political donations.
Dictators in foreign countries, such as Nigeria and Zaire, paid Washington lobbyists including Paul Manafort, using funds received from U.S. foreign aid, effectively subsidized by American taxpayers.
Founders of the United States, including Morris Davis, engaged in a white-supremacy project to build a luxury resort with a golden torch flag on a 400-acre artificial island in the South Pacific, despite the damage to indigenous people and their land.
The outraged can incite change, as seen in the civil rights and suffragette movements. Genuine outrage is an investment of emotion that can be used effectively when channeled towards a cause.
The logic behind the Dred Scott decision and the desire to criminalize abortion and limit family size can be traced back to the fear of black people having guns and control over their bodies, according to legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick. Justice Clarence Thomas recently cited the common law from a 1821 trial where Black people were denied bodily autonomy as authority for his interpretation of the Second Amendment.
The group discusses the ethics of nonprofit companies becoming for-profit companies and compares the funding that can be raised for nonprofits versus for-profits.