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As HuffPost reported in 2023-04 (https://www.huffpost.com/entry/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-business-interests_n_64494a12e4b0d840388c2935), a trade group chaired by Ken Valach - currently the CEO of the development platform of Crow Holdings - was directly involved in the Sackett case (Sackett v. EPA II, 2023), pouring cold water over Clarence Thomas' claim that Harlan Crow's gifts weren't a conflict of interest because the billionaire had no business before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) - a trade group that counts three of Harlan Crow's companies as dues-paying members - filed an amicus brief in the case, calling for the rollback of regulations they viewed as stifling housing construction.
The NMHC has been a long-standing opponent of more expansive interpretations of the definition of "waters of the United States" (WOTUS) covered by the Clean Water Act, ...
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.. which among other things can hinder, delay, and or even outright block developers' plans if they might have an adverse impact on surrounding wetlands and other local water bodies.
But this already serious conflict of interest goes even deeper.
The NMHC, whose board of directors Ken Valach has served on since 2015, is a founding member of the Waters Advocacy Coalition (WAC), ...
