5. Corporate Donors Against Alito

Web Posted Dec. 14, 2005
Corporate America is Funding the Fight Against Alito's Nomination.

"Wal-Mart, Ford Motor Co., AT&T, and Fannie Mae are among the major U.S. corporations whose foundations fund the liberal groups now waging war against Samuel Alito.

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"The left-wing Coalition for a Fair and Independent Judiciary has launched a series of advertisements aimed at defeating Alito. The group describes itself as 'a national coalition of public interest organizations,' and includes NARAL Pro-Choice America, the NAACP, the National Organization for Women, and Americans United for Separation of Church and State among others. The Alliance for Justice, People For the American Way, and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights head the coalition.

"Many of these groups are very well-funded, getting most of their money from foundations. Among the foundations bankrolling them are the philanthropic arms of many of America’s largest corporations."

Last known link:
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=10881
Human Events Online 12/15/05

The so-called Coalition for a Fair and Independent Judiciary has cobbled together a list of professional grievance and victimhood organizations to oppose the Alito nomination.

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The table below is based upon the story by Human Events Online, and it lists the leading organizations opposing Alito's nomination, as well as some of their sources of corporate funding.

None of these corporate donors, and none of the listed advocacy groups, have ever donated one penny in support of equal treatment under the law without regard to race, ethnicity or gender!

TABLE: Anti-Alito Funding Sources

Organizations Opposing Alito's Nomination:	Member of the Coalition for a Fair and Independent Judiciary?	Receives Funding from:
Alliance for Justice	Yes (co-heads the anti-Alito Coalition)	Fannie Mae Foundation
American Association of University Women	Yes	Ford Motor Co. Fund
American Association of People with Disabilities	Yes	AT&T Foundation
Americans United for Separation of Church and State	Yes
CBC Foundation (Congressional Black Caucus Foundation)		AT&T Foundation Fannie Mae Foundation Wal-Mart Foundation
Human Rights Campaign	Yes	AT&T Foundation
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights	Yes (co-heads the anti-Alito Coalition)	Ford Foundation (not affiliated with the Ford Motor Co. fund) Open Society Institute (George Soros' group) Time Warner Foundation UPS Foundation
MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund)	Yes	AT&T Foundation Fannie Mae Foundation Ford Motor Co. Fund
NAACP (and/or its affiliate chapters)	Yes	AT&T Foundation Fannie Mae Foundation Ford Motor Co. Fund Wal-Mart Foundation
NARAL Pro-Choice America	Yes
National Organization for Women	Yes
People For the American Way (PFAW)	Yes (co-heads the anti-Alito Coalition)	Eastman Kodak Charitable Trust

News Story: Funding of Anti-Alito Groups
As published in the Washington Times 12-16-05

HEAD: Bankrolling the left

PUBLICATION: Washington Times, 12/16/05, page A5

"Wal-Mart, Ford Motor Co., AT&T Corp. and Fannie Mae are among the major U.S. corporations whose foundations fund the liberal groups now waging war against Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s nomination to the Supreme Court, Human Events reporter Timothy P. Carney writes at www.humaneventsonline.com.

"The left-wing Coalition for a Fair and Independent Judiciary has launched a series of advertisements aimed at defeating Mr. Alito. The group describes itself as 'a national coalition of public interest organizations,' and includes NARAL Pro-Choice America, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the National Organization for Women and Americans United for Separation of Church and State, among others.

"The Alliance for Justice, People For the American Way and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights head the coalition [the Coalition for a "Fair" and Independent Judiciary].

"The AT&T Foundation, for example, has contributed about $1 million since 2000 to groups that now actively are opposing Judge Alito's confirmation, Mr. Carney said. It has also given $675,000 to the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Foundation and $120,000 to the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF). The AT&T Foundation also has given about $200,000 to the NAACP or its affiliates.

"The Fannie Mae Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the secondary mortgage giant Fannie Mae -- officially a government-sponsored enterprise -- also prolifically funds anti-Alito groups, Human Events said. The Fannie Mae Foundation funds the CBC Foundation and the NAACP. In the past, the foundation also has funded the Alliance for Justice and MALDEF.

"While Wal-Mart is under attack from the left [for it's stance on "right to work without belonging to a labor union"], some of its philanthropic money is bankrolling the left's attacks on Mr. Alito.

"Wal-Mart's foundation gave the CBC Foundation $25,000 in 2003."

Last known link:
http://washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20051216-125648-4055r
Washington Times 12/16/05, page A5

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