Paul Singer funded the SCOTUS case that gutted the Voting Rights Act

When ProPublica reported on the undeclared luxury fishing trip
Justice Samuel Alito took courtesy of billionaire Vulture Fund
manager Paul Singer, they reported there was a major conflict of
interest with a case that Singer brought in front of the Supreme
Court against the Nation of Argentina (which I wrote about in my
book Billionaires & Ballot Bandits). But they failed to
mention another very important case Singer was involved in. 


Singer's big goal in influencing the judiciary was to overturn
the Voting Rights Act. He was a big promoter of Shelby v.
Holder. Now, Shelby, Alabama didn’t have the money to take the
case to the Supreme Court, it came from two groups of donors: the
Koch Brothers, through Donors Trust, and Paul Singer, through the
Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank which he funds and
pretty much directs.


So, Shelby v. Holder, the most devastating decision against
voting rights, was directly created and propagated by Singer. His
fishing buddy, Justice Alito should have recused himself. That
would've changed the outcome, because the decision was made 5 to
4, with Alito's being the surprise deciding vote.


Alito should not have been on that case, and if he'd recused
himself — as he should have done — we would still have the full
Voting Rights Act.


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