| Disclosing Junkets for Judges
Relying on a section of Nothing for Free, the Washington
Post published a front page story chronicling the
failure of the federal judiciary to obey federal
disclosure laws regarding privately funded trips. The
organizations holding the judicial seminars receive their
funding from conservative foundations, which in turn are
supported by large corporations such as Koch Industries,
Amoco and Proctor & Gamble. National
Public Radio also covered the story on Morning
Edition.
Following this Washington Post article, various newspapers
from across the country followed suit and wrote on the nondisclosure of
judges' trips. Below is a list of those stories:
1. The
Washington Post story ran in the
following papers:
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Los Angeles Times
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The Arizona Republic
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The Boston Globe
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The Atlanta Constitution
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The Sacramento Bee
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The Detroit News
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The Cincinnati
Enquirer
2. Arkansas Democrat
Gazette - "Judges failed to
disclose conservative junkets," June 30, 2000
3. The
San Diego Union-Tribune - "Judges' failure
to disclose junkets sparks new outcry; Seminar
attendance is legal, but sponsor influence
questioned," August 7, 2000
4. The Times -
"Group: Judges not reporting gifts,"
July 4, 2000
5. NBC News Radio -
interview with Doug
Kendall concerning the release of CRC
information on nondisclosure reports.
6. NPR - "Morning
Edition" - broadcast about the
breaking news of nondisclosures with Peter
Overbee.
To read about Nothing
for Free, CRC's report on junkets for judges, click here.
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