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Experts: Thomas trips are "corruption"

"In my career I don't remember ever seeing this degree of largesse given to anybody," ex-federal judge says

Salon

Supreme Court ethics measure advances on party-line vote

WASHINGTON -- The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill Thursday that would place new transparency rules on Supreme Court filings, place new recusal standards on the justices and require the Supreme Court to adopt a code of ethics.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court ethics measure advances on party-line vote - Roll Call

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill that would set new ethics rules for the Supreme Court but enacting a law is unlikely.

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Senate Judiciary panel to consider ethics rules for Supreme Court

The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote Thursday on a new ethics code for the Supreme Court, an attempt to respond to recent revelations about justices’ interactions with wealthy donors and others

The Independent UK

Senate panel to vote on Supreme Court code of ethics mandate

The Senate Judiciary Committee is planning a Thursday vote on a bill that would require the Supreme Court to adopt a code of ethics, but the legislation is expected to fall short of becoming law amid strong Republican opposition.

Tribune News Service

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

Senators call for Supreme Court to follow ethics code like other branches of government

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says it's time for Supreme Court justices to bring their conduct in line with the standards of other branches of government

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Senators want privacy safeguards in renewing surveillance tool

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee told intelligence officials Tuesday that a contentious surveillance tool that expires at the end of the year needs more privacy safeguards for Americans.

Tribune News Service

Senate panel to question agencies on key foreign surveillance tool - Roll Call

Lawmakers of both parties are using the expiration of the law known as FISA this year as a leverage point to demand changes.

Roll Call

Bill to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youths in Louisiana resurrected

Amid mounting pressure from Republicans, a bill banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youths in Louisiana that was narrowly killed by a legislative committee last week has been resurrected

The Independent UK

Harlan Crow says the Constitution bars investigation into his relationship with Clarence Thomas

The Senate Judiciary Committee asked Mr Crow to provide information regarding his gifts to Mr Thomas

The Independent UK

Harlan Crow dismisses Senate panel’s questions about gifts to Clarence Thomas

WASHINGTON — A billionaire Republican donor brushed off questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee about his relationship with Justice Clarence Thomas, in a letter Monday that argues the panel did not have the authority to investigate the lavish gifts he provided to the member of the Supreme Court.

Tribune News Service

Crow sidesteps panel's questions about gifts to Clarence Thomas - Roll Call

A billionaire Republican donor brushed off questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee about his relationship with Justice Clarence Thomas.

Roll Call

Democrats and Republicans say they want to help Afghan veterans. So why haven’t they done anything?

A bill to give Afghans who assisted American service members permanent status has languished in Congress. It faces even bigger hurdles now, Eric Garcia reports

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A frail Sen. Dianne Feinstein continues to vote as new details emerge about her health

WASHINGTON — It's police week here at the nation's Capitol, and, with law enforcement officers flowing through the halls, the Senate Judiciary Committee took up several bills meant to support the police.

Roll Call

Sen. Dianne Feinstein makes her return to Judiciary Committee - Roll Call

Sen. Dianne Feinstein returned to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday after a months-long absence due to illness.

Salon

Thomas GOP defenders got $500K from Crow

Lindsey Graham, the top Senate Judiciary Republican, has gotten tens of thousands of dollars from Harlan Crow

Chicago Sun-Times

Senate Democrats’ effort to overhaul Supreme Court ethics faces GOP opposition

Democrats hope to strengthen ethics rules governing the nine justices in the wake of reports that Justice Clarence Thomas accepted expensive vacations from a GOP donor.

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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.

WEKU

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.

The Independent UK

What should Democrats do about Dianne Feinstein?

From judicial nominations to holding the Supreme Court accountable to administration rules, Feinstein’s absence has become hard to ignore for Senate Democrats. They are still hoping she returns, Eric Garcia reports

Reason

Chief Justice Roberts's Letter to Senator Durbin

Last week Senator Dick Durbin invited Chief Justice Roberts to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Despite my hope that the Chief would send Justice Breyer, Roberts respectfully declined Durbin's invitation. And he sent a letter explaining his decision. The letter is short--only one page--but Roberts packs a lot in…

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Senate panel airs fallout from Supreme Court abortion decision - Roll Call

The Senate Judiciary Committee explored the aftermath of last year’s Supreme Court decision that overturned a right to an abortion.

The Independent UK

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

WEKU

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.

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