Epstein Secrets

ssee, John T. Nixon, J., 568 F.Supp. 161, denied the law firm's sum- mary judgment motion, but granted the Secretary's. On appeal by the law firm, the Court of Appeals, Bailey Brown, Senior Circuit Judge, held that (1) the LMRDA provision exempting, from requirement that "persuaders" file reports, persons ad- vis

t recognized that the Supreme Court had declared un- constitutional compelled disclosure of mem- bership in groups involved in advocacy, such as in NAACP Alabama ex rel. Patterson, 357 U.S. 449, 78 S.Ct. 1163, 2 L.Ed.2d 1488 (1958), and that in doing so, the Court held that disclosure laws that si

s, harassment, or reprisals to specific individuals?' IS at 704 (citing Buckley.. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1, 74, 96 S.Q. 612, 661, 46 L.Ed.2d 659 (1976)); NAACP, 357 U.S. at 462-63, 78 S.Ct. at 1171-72 (1958). (121 In NAACP, the Court found that the statutorily mandated disclosures of the NAACP's members

erfect judge and I worked hard behind the scenes to do everything I could to help his chances of serving on the bench. I helped him get confirmed for the Court of Appeals and lobbied President Clinton to appoint him to the Supreme Court. On the night of his nomination, he had his wife came to our home for an intimate c

rights projects. During law school I also developed interests in civil rights, especially with regard to desegregation. In college I had joined the NAACP and had participated in a bus protest to Washington. In my second summer at law school I went to Howard University in Washington 44 HOUSE_OVERSIGH

urther petitions. I told him I would be obliged to bring a further petition, if the evidence warranted it. Such new evidence has now been found, and the Court of Appeals recently ordered the district court to consider all the new “evidence as a whole.” So the case is far from over. I continue to confer on the case wit

will be defeated in the marketplace of ideas Ultimately, I did not represent Hale because he refused to allow me to donate his legal fee to the ADL, NAACP and other organizations that seek to combat his racist views in the marketplace of ideas. He lost his case and is now in prison for trying to arrange