The libertarian think tank, the Cato Institute, came into the media spotlight recently following a lawsuit against two Board members: the conservative activist Koch brothers. The Board is made up of 16 members, however power is mainly held by a four member ‘shareholder’ group. Currently two of these seats are held by the Koch brothers, and they wish to seize control of the third following the vacancy of one of the seats. Robert A. Levy, another of the institute’s founders, has been outspoken in his statements to the media over how this would damage the way forward for the Cato Institute in receiving future funding from parties who wish it to remain a nonpartisan research center.
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