The Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) is a Georgia-based right-wing litigation group that was founded in 1976 by a former legislator, Rep. Ben Blackburn, whose nomination to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board was rejected after he became known for urging the “hanging” of public housing tenants behind on their rent and for supporting “literacy tests” for voting, a notorious weapon used to suppress voting by Black Americans. Over the years, SLF has become better known for challenging anti-corruption measures like the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act and pro-environment measures like the Endangered Species Act and the EPA’s efforts to mitigate climate changes that are harming people and the planet.
Horatio Alger Association
The Horatio Alger Association is an exclusive circle of wealthy business elites that has lavished Clarence Thomas with luxury gifts and received unprecedented access to the Supreme Court building. Home Depot co-founder and Republican megadonor Bernard Marcus is a 1993 inductee into the Horatio Alger Association. Marcus’s charitable nonprofit, the Marcus Foundation, gave the Southeastern Legal Foundation a combined $680,000 in 2021 and 2022.
