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SCOTUS plays dumb about the public's ire

It's not just the useless "code of ethics" — the Dobbs decision revealed the real life impact of an imperious court

Salon

The Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics, but it has no means of enforcement

The new rules leave compliance up to each justice. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor have been under scrutiny for gifts, benefits, travel received from outside sources.

Chicago Sun-Times

Senate Judiciary delays votes on subpoenas over Supreme Court ethics - Roll Call

The Senate Judiciary Committee abruptly adjourned Thursday without voting on whether to authorize subpoenas related to Supreme Court ethics.

Roll Call

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Ohio votes on abortion rights in test of post-Roe backlash

Vote will have both political and medical consequences that go beyond Ohio as supporters of Issue 1 are cautiously optimistic

The Guardian - US

Mike Johnson, theocrat: the House speaker and a plot against America

Second-in-line to the presidency, the Republican makes claims about the constitution and Christianity, and his wish to impose his faith on others, that do not withstand serious scrutiny

The Guardian - US

Senators clash over plans for subpoenas tied to Supreme Court ethics push - Roll Call

Senate Judiciary Committee members clashed Thursday over plans to subpoena two Republican donors and a conservative judicial activist.

Roll Call

Democrats plan to subpoena Leonard Leo over perks to supreme court justices

Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow will also be subpoenaed over roles in paying for gifts for Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito

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Blinken meets with Johnson at Capitol amid disagreement over Israel and Ukraine aid – as it happened

This blog has now closed. The secretary of state called meeting with the new House speaker ‘very positive’

The Guardian - US

Leonard Leo's strategy becomes clear

Leonard Leo helped elect a judge in Wisconsin. Without him, the GOP feared their agenda would be “toast"

Salon

MAGA legal exposed: Powell folds first

At the eleventh hour, Sidney Powell folded. Her co-defendants should be very worried with trial set to start Friday

Salon

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

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

Rightwing activist helps fund ‘predatory payday lenders’ in supreme court case

Watchdog group says entities backed by Leonard Leo have invested over $9m in ‘dark web’ of special interest groups

The Guardian - US

Revealed: Thomas went to Koch events

Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, helping a political network that has brought cases to SCOTUS

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The Guardian - US

‘You want to think America is better’: can the supreme court be saved?

Documentarian Dawn Porter’s expansive new series Deadlocked looks back at the history of an institution that has shaped the US for better and, more recently, worse

The Guardian - US

Ginni Thomas and rightwing activists exploited supreme court ruling – report

Ahead of Citizens United decision that unleashed dark money flood, Thomas worked with Leonard Leo and Harlan Crow

The Independent UK

Justice Alito rejects Senate Democrats' call to step aside from an upcoming Supreme Court case

Justice Samuel Alito is rejecting demands from Senate Democrats that he step aside from an upcoming Supreme Court case because of his interactions with one of the lawyers, in a fresh demonstration of tensions over ethical issues

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Senator files ethics complaint against supreme court justice Samuel Alito

Sheldon Whitehouse writes to Chief Justice John Roberts about ‘several’ ethics violations, citing Wall Street Journal interview

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Whitehouse makes ethics complaint against Alito to Roberts - Roll Call

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., complains about Justice Samuel Alito's ethics in a letter to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.

The Guardian - US

Eminem demands Vivek Ramaswamy cease using his music on campaign trail

Rapper sends letter to Republican presidential hopeful objecting to candidate’s use of his song

The Guardian - US

Vivek Ramaswamy says he wants Elon Musk to be his presidential adviser

Republican candidate and biotech entrepreneur names Twitter CEO when asked about potential advisers should he win election

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Billionaire-linked US thinktank behind supreme court wealth tax case lobbying

Manhattan Institute one of eight conservative advocacy groups that filed amicus briefs urging the court to hear Moore v US

The Guardian - US

‘He’s an insider’: Ramaswamy’s deep ties to rightwing kingpins revealed

Republican candidate brands himself as an ‘outsider’ but has close links to prominent figures Leonard Leo and Peter Thiel

The Guardian - US

Rightwing activist Leonard Leo under investigation in Washington DC

Scope of investigation by district’s attorney general into man behind efforts to install conservative judges remains unclear

The Guardian - US

The kingmaking Trump ally behind a cadre of rightwing judges

Aileen Cannon, the judge assigned to the documents case, is under increasing scrutiny – reflecting Leonard Leo’s impact on the US judiciary

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