The Latest Breaking News from Ethics

Keir Starmer accused Rishi Sunak of attempting to stoke a row about his decision to hire the former government ethics chief as he has nothing to say about the cost of living crisis

Senators heard from witnesses, ranging from judicial ethics experts to a former attorney general in the George W. Bush administration, but used their questioning to reinforce their own arguments.

Ahead of the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on Supreme Court ethics reform, Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono tells NPR that the highest court in the U.S. should have the highest ethical standards.

Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan is in hot water, with Republican lawmakers calling for her resignation and the Democratic governor seeking investigations because Fagan took a consulting job with a marijuana firm

Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch have both been accused of ethics violations – and John Roberts refuses to discuss the matter with Congress

News Group Newspapers is trying to have claims brought by the actor and the Duke of Sussex thrown out.

Earlier, I blogged about Chief Justice Roberts's letter to Senator Durbin. That letter bore only the Chief's signature, so we do not know if his eight colleagues concurred. (I suspect that Justice Thomas would have dissented from the shoddy historical analysis). Here, I'll turn to the attached "Statement on Ethics…

Dems said the hearing will go on with or without the participation of Roberts or the other justices

The Supreme Court is speaking with one voice in response to recent criticism of the justices’ ethical practices: No need to fix what isn’t broken