After the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling on tariffs, Trump said "It's my opinion that the court has been swayed by foreign interests and a political movement that is far smaller than people would ever think."
Trump is likely referring to the ideology of supranationalism -- a centuries-old ideology that considered tariffs to be among the highest economical blunders, not for economic reasons, but because tariffs dare to assert national rights in a telos of universal liberalism.
But is he right about the foreign influence?
As has been widely reported, @MikeBenzCyber has unpacked the details of the friendship between John Roberts and Norm Eisen, and their Prague vacations where they discussed "American and European rule-of-law issues" together.
But there's more to it. A lot more. 👇
As always, patience as I pull the thread together.
Read all about Mike's exposure here:
Eisen is a leading figure in the supranational democracy network being an expert in color revolutions (but don't dare suggest that he's orchestrating one here). He's a co-founder of the States United Democracy Center (which I called out for simply producing a Muppet show), co-counsel for Trump's first impeachment council, formerly US Ambassador to Czech Republic, CREW chair. He's
I don't know how accurate it is, but Propublica reports that John Roberts reported payments from foreign government-funded universities: University of Melbourne ($10K), Victoria University of Wellington ($10K), University of Tokyo ($13,559).
According to whistleblower documents obtained by Business Insider, Roberts' wife Jane earned $10.3 MILLION in commissions recruiting lawyers at firms with Supreme Court interests.
Beyond Roberts, Justice Kagan met with 15 foreign ambassadors in a private roundtable as part of the Lugar Diplomacy Series, a program to "strengthen diplomatic relationships" between foreign diplomats.
Senator Collins and former CIA director Petraeus were involved as well.
Senator Collins and former CIA director Petraeus were involved as well.
Kagan was also the "guest of honor" at a 2017 Aspen Institute dinner on "Billionaire Mountain" for $10K/year donors, including lawyers with active Supreme Court cases. @businessinsider obtained the guest lists.
Kavanaugh attended but was not on the SCOTUS at the time. Kagan was.
Kavanaugh attended but was not on the SCOTUS at the time. Kagan was.
@BusinessInsider George Mason University flew Kagan to Iceland, put her up for almost a WEEK, and paid all expenses... for ONE DAY of teaching. Kagan's trip cost thousands.
@BusinessInsider The most direct foreign influence appears to reside with Justice Sotomayor. In 2009, she said: "International law and foreign law will be very important in the discussion of how to think about the unsettled issues in our own legal system."
@BusinessInsider Sotomayor left 6 trips off her 2016 financial disclosure and had to amend it. Fix the Court found the omissions via public records request.
@BusinessInsider I found a press release where Sotomayer taught international law in Prague in 2020. Same city where Roberts visited Eisen.
Overall - I don't think there's much actual foreign influence in the sense of one country influencing any SCOTUS justice.
But do any of the SCOTUS justices see the "rules-based international order" as a higher virtue than the nation-state model that our country was founded upon?
That's a different question altogether.
But do any of the SCOTUS justices see the "rules-based international order" as a higher virtue than the nation-state model that our country was founded upon?
That's a different question altogether.
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Roberts alone has always been anticonstitutional. No one seems to want to say truth anymore. They accused Thomas and Ginnie, his wife, of this and that, all while crimes were committed. All 3 top schools, which are LAW, "MEDICINE,' and DIVINITY, all need to be REBIRTHED in truth. Sayin' a thing again.