Clarence Thomas may not have paid off friend’s secret $267K RV loan Wealthy benefactor defended loan to Justice Thomas as help for a friend The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2023
Clarence Thomas failed to fully repay $267,000 loan for luxury RV, inquiry finds Loan to conservative justice from businessman Anthony Welters – which tax expert says ‘made no logical sense’ – was forgiven in 2008 The Guardian - US · Oct 25, 2023
SCOTUS Will Decide When the Government's Social Media Meddling Violates the First Amendment The justices agreed to consider whether the Biden administration's efforts to suppress online "misinformation" were unconstitutional. Reason · Oct 22, 2023
Review: Slow Burn Steps Inside the House at the Center of Clarence Thomas Controversy A podcast about a man everyone already has an opinion about. Reason · Oct 20, 2023
Amy Coney Barrett says she supports an ethics code for Supreme Court justices Several justices have faced ethics questions in recent months, but the Supreme Court has so far resisted imposing a code of ethics. WEKU · Oct 17, 2023
Amy Coney Barrett calls ethics code for scandal-hit supreme court ‘a good idea’ Conservative justice nominated by Trump offers no timeline for implementation or details of what code would contain The Guardian - US · Oct 17, 2023
Justice Amy Coney Barrett calls for ethics code for Supreme Court: 'It would be a good idea for us to do it' “It would be a good idea for us to do it, particularly so that we can communicate to the public exactly what it is that we are doing in a clearer way.” Fortune · Oct 17, 2023
Justice Barrett expresses support for a formal US Supreme Court ethics code in Minnesota speech U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says it would be a good idea for the nation’s highest court to adopt a formal code of conduct The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2023
New Hampshire man pleads guilty to threatening Matt Gaetz in voicemail The man said he was ‘emotional and intoxicated when he left the voicemail,’ court documents revealed The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2023
Radical SCOTUS is "not an accident" Salon talks to the Emmy-winning documentarian about SCOTUS corruption, Mitch McConnell and the court's rich history Salon · Oct 12, 2023
The man behind SCOTUS right-wing rule The inside story of how Leonard Leo built machine that remade American legal system — and what he plans to do next Salon · Oct 12, 2023
Thomas' Koch trip undermines his defense “Even using Thomas’ flawed logic... there’s no way this chartered flight fits into that exception," expert says Salon · Oct 5, 2023
The US supreme court is facing a crisis of legitimacy There’s a growing sense among many Americans that the Roberts court with its 6-3 hard-right supermajority is irrevocably broken The Guardian - US · Oct 5, 2023
Supreme Court sounds skeptical that Congress overstepped spending power - Roll Call Several justices seemed hesitant to curtail the congressional power to make federal funding decisions in oral arguments Tuesday. Roll Call · Oct 3, 2023
The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023 Clarence Thomas recuses himself from John Eastman appeal amid ethics criticism Conservative justice has faced scrutiny for not reporting lavish gifts from right-wing groups, figures with interests before his court
Roll Call · Oct 2, 2023 Clarence Thomas recuses from Supreme Court case on House Jan. 6 panel - Roll Call Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas bowed out of a Jan. 6-related case at the center of a congressional committee’s power to investigate.
The Guardian - US · Oct 2, 2023 Abortion, guns, democracy: US rights at stake as supreme court term begins As rightwing supermajority starts third term, legal experts ask how far it will go in reconfiguring the legal landscape of US
The Guardian - US · Oct 1, 2023 Biden worries ‘extreme’ supreme court can’t be relied on to uphold rule of law Trump installed three conservative justices, tilting the court 6-3 to the right, which delivered significant victories for conservatives
The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2023 The Supreme Court will take up abortion and gun cases in its new term while ethics concerns swirl The Supreme Court is returning to a new term with familiar topics such as guns and abortion, as well as concerns about ethics swirling around the justices
Roll Call · Sep 29, 2023 Feinstein broke glass ceilings during decades of Judiciary Committee work - Roll Call Sen. Dianne Feinstein carved out part of her legacy with high-profile work on the historically male-dominated Judiciary Committee.
WEKU · Sep 29, 2023 Dianne Feinstein, longest serving woman in the Senate, has died at 90 Feinstein suddenly became the mayor of San Francisco when two other officials were assassinated. Later she was elected to the U.S. Senate after male senators grilled Anita Hill in public hearings.
The Guardian - US · Sep 29, 2023 Chief justice urged to make Alito and Thomas step aside in megadonor cases More than 40 watchdog groups call on John Roberts to force US supreme court justices to step aside after ethics scandals
The Conversation · Sep 26, 2023 Supreme Court supermajority will clarify its constitutional revolution this year, deciding cases on guns and regulations The first Monday in October, the traditional date for the beginning of the U.S. Supreme Court’s term, is almost here: On Oct. 2, 2023, the court will meet after the summer recess, with the biggest case of the term focused on the limits of individual gun rights.
Salon · Sep 25, 2023 Call for Clarence Thomas to recuse grow Ethics violations by Justice Thomas and others on the Supreme Court keep piling up
The Guardian - US · Sep 24, 2023 AOC joins calls for Bob Menendez to resign from Senate over corruption charges Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is just the latest voice in a Democratic chorus calling for the New Jersey senator to leave office