Future government settlement monetary disbursements must comport with the Constitution and the law, be specific and transparent, be rare, and truly remedy harm and benefit actual victims. Further research is needed to uncover the details of such politically-motivated settlement third-party disbursements. This paper outlines the moral, legal, and constitutional problems of executive agencies forcing litigants who settle their cases to pay monies to unrelated, politically-allied third parties as part of the settlements. These hypotheticals should trouble everyone, especially because something very similar actually happened. Treasury, $25 billion to the National Rifle Association, and $25 billion to the Colcom Foundation (4) in actuality, the DOJ reduced Big Tech’s total amount of fines because of the money paid to those organizations. “Big Tech,” alleging Title VII sex discrimination violations 1 (2) the DOJ settled with Big Tech for $100 billion (3) the DOJ mandated that Big Tech pay $50 billion to the U.S.
Now imagine that (1) the DOJ in a Republican administration sued the largest publicly traded Silicon Valley companies in the world, a.k.a. Treasury, $25 billion to the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, and $25 billion to the Earth Liberation Front (4) in actuality, the DOJ reduced Big Oil’s total amount of fines because of the money paid to those organizations. “Big Oil,” alleging securities law violations over global warming (2) the DOJ settled with Big Oil for $100 billion (3) as part of that settlement, the DOJ mandated that Big Oil pay $50 billion to the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) in a “Democratic Socialist” administration sued the largest publicly traded oil companies in the world, a.k.a.
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