Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse address judicial activism at Headliners Newsmaker, Dec. 4

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.  

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.,  will address judicial activism and what he calls “the capture of Americans’ judiciary by corporate and partisan donor interests” at a Headliners Newsmaker event at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 4.

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in the Second Amendment case New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. City of New York. The case tests New York City’s now-defunct ordinance on the transportation of firearms outside of city limits. The Court’s refusal to dismiss the case after the City of New York repealed the ordinance prompted Whitehouse and his Senate colleagues Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, to file an amicus brief last August.

The brief ignited swift backlash from leaders in the Republican Party – a response that, according to Whitehouse, helped to illustrate the outsized influence of corporate and partisan donors on the courts.

Whitehouse, a three-term senator and graduate of the University of Virginia Law School, previously served as the U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island and the Attorney General of Rhode Island.

This news conference will be held in the Club’s Zenger Room, and is open to credentialed media and members of the National Press Club; however, registration is required. Click here to register.