Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Ethics

Partisan clash expected during Supreme Court ethics hearing - Roll Call

The Senate Judiciary Committee will host a partisan clash Tuesday over the Supreme Court at a hearing on an ethics code for justices.

Roll Call

The Senate holds its Supreme Court ethics hearing this week — with no justices

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.

WEKU

Marijuana job lands Oregon Secretary of State in trouble

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

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

The US supreme court’s alleged ethics issues are worse than you probably realize

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

The Guardian - US

Hugh Grant accuses Sun publisher of unlawful acts including ‘burglary to order’

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

The Independent UK

The Supreme Court's Statement of Ethics Principles and Practices

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…

Reason

Roberts refuses to testify before Senate

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

Salon

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Supreme Court on ethics issues: Not broken, no fix needed

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

The Independent UK

Push for Supreme Court ethics code gets bipartisan boost - Roll Call

A pair of senators announced bipartisan legislation Wednesday to require the Supreme Court to adopt an ethics code within a year.

Roll Call

Democrats condemn Roberts’ refusal to testify over US supreme court ethics row

Chief justice declined to face Senate judiciary committee after reports of Clarence Thomas’s ties with Republican megadonor

The Guardian - US

Chief Justice John Roberts declines to appear at Senate judiciary hearing

After reports of ties between Justice Clarence Thomas and a Republican donor, the Senate invited Roberts to testify about judicial ethics

The Guardian - US

Roberts declines Senate request to testify on court ethics

Chief Justice John Roberts has declined a request from the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify at a hearing next week on ethical standards at the court, instead providing the panel with a statement of ethics reaffirmed by the court’s justices

The Independent UK

Chief Justice Roberts declines to testify before Senate panel

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing to examine proposals to hold Supreme Court justices to the same ethical standards as the rest of the federal judiciary.

WEKU

More ethics questions rise for Supreme Court justices

The sale came a month after Gorsuch was appointed to the Supreme Court.

Axios

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Roll Call

Chief justice declines Senate invitation to testify about ethics - Roll Call

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has declined an invitation to testify at a Senate hearing next week on ethics rules for the Supreme Court.

Salon

SCOTUS review case involving Thomas' pal

"It would be supremely naive" to think Crow didn't have stake in a case before the court, watchdog says

The Guardian - US

Law firm CEO with US supreme court dealings bought property from Gorsuch

Justice did not report identity of buyer in latest ethics question involving supreme court

The Guardian - US

Senator calls on Republican mega-donor to explain Clarence Thomas gifts

Senate finance chair Ron Wyden demands Harlan Crow end ‘unacceptable’ secrecy over dealings with supreme court justice

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Roll Call

Senate Democrats press on Clarence Thomas ethics concerns - Roll Call

Democrats demanded information Monday from a Republican donor as as part of their response to ethics questions about Clarence Thomas.

WEKU

Justice Thomas gifts scandal highlights 'double standard' for ethics in government

Ethics watchdogs are raising alarms after a report showed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted lavish gifts without disclosing them as required.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Inside the Board of Ethics' case against the super PAC supporting Philadelphia mayoral candidate Jeff Brown

PHILADELPHIA — At 6 p.m. on a temperate Tuesday last September, a group of wealthy donors sat down for dinner at Philadelphia's swanky Steak 48, known for its aged cuts and high-grade Australian and Japanese wagyu beef.

The Guardian - US

Supreme court justices believe they are exempt from rules, top Democrat says

Judiciary chair Dick Durbin seeks testimony from chief justice amid scandal over gifts to Clarence Thomas

Tribune News Service

How rich are the US Supreme Court justices?

WASHINGTON — The nine Supreme Court justices in total are worth at least $24 million. Or it might be closer to $68 million.

Tribune News Service

Chief Justice Roberts hasn’t responded to invitation to testify on ethics matter, Durbin says

WASHINGTON — A request by Senate Democrats that Chief Justice John Roberts investigate possible ethics violations by Justice Clarence Thomas has instead been referred to a judicial panel, prompting a renewed request for Roberts to testify on the matter.

WEKU

Congress has clashed with Supreme Court justices over ethics in the past

The Thomas-Crow connection recalls past relationships that caught the attention of Congress, resulting in hearings that undermined a potential chief justice and the court's longest-serving member.

1 … 60 61 62 63

People

Alexandria OcasioCortez

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Justice Department

the Department of Justice

Senate Judiciary Committee

the Senate Judiciary Committee

167 stories

Judiciary

152 stories

News Group Newspapers

123 stories

the News ofWorld

105 stories

the Judicial Conference

39 stories

OLCC

13 stories

the Campaign Legal Center

11 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.