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Pressure mounts on Supreme Court to reconvene virtually, hear case over Trump's tax returns (The Washington Times) “Millions of Americans are working remotely — why can’t the Supreme Court?
According to a new poll, Americans want to see the court, which has been shuttered by the COVID-19 pandemic, back at work — remotely if need be — hearing oral arguments, including for highly watched cases concerning President Trump’s financial records.
In the PSB Research poll, 72% of Americans said the justices should hear oral arguments virtually and 61% want those arguments livestreamed, according to the Fix the Court, an advocacy group pushing for greater judicial transparency that commissioned the survey.”
Also see: EXCLUSIVE: Treasury IG sends report to House Dems on handling of Trump tax returns (The Hill)
Bernie Sanders’ small-dollar fueled campaign comes to an end (Center for Responsive Politics) “Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) dropped out of the presidential race Wednesday, ending his second White House bid, which revolutionized the way political candidates raise money and talk about wealthy campaign donors.
Sanders’ exit comes weeks after he ceased all fundraising activities for his campaign and raised over $2 million for charities providing resources amid the coronavirus outbreak. With former Vice President Joe Biden set to challenge President Donald Trump, 80 percent of Sanders supporters said they would back Biden, 15 percent said they would vote for Trump.”
Also see: Six Steps to a Healthy Transition (Public Citizen)
‘Dark money’ groups pushed Trump to back unproven COVID-19 treatment (Center for Responsive Politics) “A conservative “dark money” group that received funding from the pharmaceutical industry’s largest trade organization pushed President Donald Trump to use unproven antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 and make it more widely available.
Last month, the conservative nonprofit group Job Creators Network collaborated with health care nonprofit Physicians for Reform to launch an online petition, a series of Facebook ads and a mass text message campaign urging Trump to make hydroxychloroquine available to treat patients battling COVID-19, Sludge reported. These groups do not disclose their sources of funding.”
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