Senate panel to vote on Supreme Court code of ethics mandate - Roll Call The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to mark up a bill Thursday that would require the Supreme Court to adopt a code of ethics. Roll Call · Jul 19, 2023
Voters want Supreme Court ethics rules, liberal groups’ polling shows Some 61 percent of voters were more likely to back Senate candidates who want a Supreme Court ethics code, a poll by liberal groups found. Roll Call · Jul 19, 2023
Noah Feldman: As justices snipe, Supreme Court's image suffers The Supreme Court justices are getting testy with one another. As the court’s conservative revolution proceeds, the tone of the court’s opinions is getting increasingly confrontational — and increasingly personal. Extreme decisions are provoking extreme reactions. The leak of the Dobbs opinion last year, and the court’s botched investigation into… Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2023
Thomas yacht trips cut Crow's tax bill In lavishing gifts on the Supreme Court justice, the billionaire GOP donor may have violated tax laws, experts say Salon · Jul 17, 2023
Progressives Should Be Grateful For President Trump's Not-So-Conservative SCOTUS Picks Recently, Ron DeSantis, the Governor of Florida and GOP presidential candidate, offered a mild criticism of President Trump's three Supreme Court nominees. "I respect the three [Trump] appointees," DeSantis said, "but none of those three are at the same level of Justice Thomas and Justice Alito." DeSantis is not wrong.… Reason · Jul 17, 2023
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones gave Clarence Thomas a Super Bowl ring that could be worth $100,000 Thomas did report the ring in 1995. Fortune · Jul 17, 2023
Clarence Thomas' feigned originalism Gaps in ethics on the High Court lead to extreme rulings. No justice is more tainted than Clarence Thomas Salon · Jul 15, 2023
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, a Clarence Thomas benefactor, is a big GOP donor WASHINGTON — Ongoing scrutiny of Justice Clarence Thomas has drawn yet another Dallas billionaire into the spotlight — though unlike real estate magnate Harlan Crow, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is hardly averse to publicity. Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2023
Donald Trump: Arizona attorney general investigating attempts to overturn 2020 vote, reports say – as it happened Kris Mayes reportedly moving forward with investigation into election tampering The Guardian - US · Jul 13, 2023
How the Supreme Court's conservative majority came to be The 6-3 majority was solidified in former President Donald Trump's term, but its roots go back to the Bushes and the political circumstances of 1991 and 2005. WEKU · Jul 13, 2023
The Dwindling Jewish Representation And Evolving Composition Of The U.S. Supreme Court Diversity on the Supreme Court: A changing landscape of justices from all backgrounds and walks of life. Zenger · Jul 12, 2023
What ethical controversies are US supreme court justices facing? Ethical concerns are swirling around the nation’s highest court, centering on Clarence Thomas and other conservative justices The Guardian - US · Jul 12, 2023
SCOTUS lawyers paid Thomas aide on Venmo "There is no excuse for it," says former White House ethics chief Salon · Jul 12, 2023
Lawyers with supreme court business paid Clarence Thomas aide via Venmo Payments to Rajan Vasisht, an aide from 2019-21, underscore ties between the justice and lawyers who argue cases in front of him The Guardian - US · Jul 12, 2023
USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 11, 2023 Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas received Super Bowl ring from Cowboys owner Jerry Jones Cowboys owner Jerry Jones once gave Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas a sweet gift
The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2023 LOCALIZE IT: Colleges and universities use visits by Supreme Court justices to court wealthy patrons EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS:
The Guardian - US · Jul 11, 2023 The US supreme court has hijacked American democracy The court has vastly overextended its own power and flaunted its corruption. It will take a political movement to stop them
Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 11, 2023 Ethics reform not enough to restore public confidence in partisan Supreme Court Our nation seems stuck with a court that is selectively responsive to the arguments and interests of only some Americans — those on the right.
The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2023 Book sales, a lure for money and more takeaways from the AP investigation into Supreme Court ethics What happens behind the scenes when Supreme Court justices travel to colleges and universities for lectures and other events
The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2023 Campus visits and travel by Supreme Court justices put them in the company of big money donors Records obtained by The Associated Press show that Supreme Court justices have attended publicly funded events at colleges and universities that allowed the schools to put the justices in the room with influential donors, including some whose industries have had interests before the court
The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2023 Clarence Thomas accepted lavish gifts before joining Supreme Court, report claims Mr Thomas has recently been under fire for accepting gifts from wealthy GOP donors
The Guardian - US · Jul 10, 2023 US supreme court: Clarence Thomas reportedly accepted more undisclosed gifts as calls for reform grow – as it happened Media reports say justice has benefited from being part of elite, wealthy circle; campaigners to call on Congress calling for corruption investigation
The Guardian - US · Jul 10, 2023 US supreme court ethics: chief justice urged to testify for ‘good of democracy’ Ro Khanna of California wants John Roberts’ account of controversies besetting the ‘out of touch’ court
WEKU · Jul 9, 2023 Supreme Court dissents and rejoinders, with respect and disrespect Feelings seem raw at the court, certainly for the court's three liberal justices, who were on the losing end of some of the court's biggest cases this term, but also for the conservatives.
The Guardian - US · Jul 9, 2023 ‘Democracy is at risk’: inside the fight for supreme court reform As the court concludes another term that upended lives, conservative justices are attracting criticism for their rulings and their behavior away from the bench