🚨 more rightwing corruption🚨

More news out of the mifepristone case highlights the apparent corruption and influence we've seen in SCOTUS and now the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In his concurring opinion, Judge James Ho argued that doctors suffer “aesthetic injury from the destruction of unborn life.” 

And while the absurdity of the argument is clear, what was not made evident was the ties Judge Ho shared to the conservative group bringing forward the case. Per reporting from Jacobin and The Lever, the judge's wife had previously received payments from and participated in events with the Alliance Defending Freedom. This group is one of the nation's most active conservative and religious law groups, bringing forward cases on topics ranging from abortion to LGBTQ+ discrimination. 

Per the judge's response: “I consulted the judiciary’s ethics advisor prior to sitting in this case and was advised that there was no basis for recusal.”