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Grants to:

Citizens for A Sound Economy

Profiles:

Citizens for A Sound Economy
Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies
FreedomWorks (created by merger of CSE and Empower America)

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Original MT Report How The Conservative Philanthropies, C. Boyden Gray, and the Law and Economics Movement Nearly Sank the Federal Regulatory State
Original MT Report The Conservative Cabal That s Transforming American Law

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New Republic profile of Gray

PERSON PROFILE

C. Boyden Gray

In a lengthy profile of Gray in 1997, The New Republic magazine wrote "So many different money trails lead to, by and through Gray it is bewildering." There is Gray the lobbyist, Gray the lawyer, Gray the former White House counsel, Gray the [co] chairman of Citizens for a Sound Economy, Gray the head of the Alliance for Reasonable Regulation, Gray the co-chair of the Air Quality Standards Coalition, Gray the board member of The Federalist Society, Gray the major "soft money" contributor to the Republican Party, Gray the friend of judges and justices (many of whom owe their jobs to him), to name but a few.C. Boyden Gray In a lengthy profile of Gray in 1997, The New Republic magazine wrote "So many different money trails lead to, by and through Gray it is bewildering." There is Gray the lobbyist, Gray the lawyer, Gray the former White House counsel, Gray the [co] chairman of Citizens for a Sound Economy, Gray the head of the Alliance for Reasonable Regulation, Gray the co-chair of the Air Quality Standards Coalition, Gray the board member of The Federalist Society, Gray the major "soft money" contributor to the Republican Party, Gray the friend of judges and justices (many of whom owe their jobs to him), to name but a few.

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People for the American Way
July 14, 2003

The Misrepresentations of Boyden Gray and the Committee for Justice

In July of 2002, C. Boyden Gray established the Committee for Justice “to offset the influence of People For the American Way” and to lobby on behalf of President George W. Bush’s judicial nominations. One year later... two conclusions can be drawn. First, as he does for the other corporate front that he co-chairs, Citizens for a Sound Economy, Mr. Gray is working hard for all the corporate special interests that he represents....The second conclusion is that in his TV ads and in his public statements, Mr. Gray and the Committee for Justice make one misrepresentation after another.

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C. Boyden Gray at SourceWatch

Media Matters
June 30, 2005

Fox's "Supreme Court Analyst" C. Boyden Gray is also founder of group pressuring Senate to confirm Bush nominees

Fox News featured extended commentary by C. Boyden Gray in its initial coverage of the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, identifying Gray as a "Fox Supreme Court Analyst." But how can Fox News hire as a "Supreme Court analyst" someone who also founded the Committee For Justice -- a group committed to ensuring the confirmation of President Bush's judicial nominees -- without disclosing the conflict to its viewers?

A May 24 Washington Post profile of Gray explained that White House senior adviser Karl Rove encouraged Gray to form the Committee for Justice to raise money to wage confirmation battles...

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