The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to vote soon on Supreme Court ethics reform legislation, its chairman announced on July 6. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said in a press release: “The highest court in the land should not have the lowest ethical standards. That’s why, as I previously announced, the Senate Judiciary Committee will mark up…
LIVE NOW: Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Supreme Court Ethics Bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on “Ensuring an Impartial Judiciary: Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023” at 2:30 p.m. ET on June 14. Jennifer Mascott, assistant professor of law and co-executive director of the C. Boyden Gray Center at Antonin Scalia Law School; James J. Sample, professor of law at…
Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Supreme Court Ethics Bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on “Ensuring an Impartial Judiciary: Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023” at 2:30 p.m. ET on June 14. Jennifer Mascott, assistant professor of law and co-executive director of the C. Boyden Gray Center at Antonin Scalia Law School; James J. Sample, professor of law at…
‘Another Attempt to Manufacture a Scandal’: Friend of Clarence Thomas Hits Back at New Report Targeting the Justice
A friend of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is pushing back against a new report claiming a wealthy GOP donor paid for the private school tuition of the justice’s grandnephew. During the presidency of Donald Trump, Mark Paoletta was general counsel to the Office of Management and Budget and before that chief counsel to then-Vice…
Democrats Say Supreme Court Should Adopt Code of Conduct as Republicans Allege Partisan Attack
Democrats told a tense oversight hearing that the Supreme Court must adopt a code of conduct governing justices’ behavior or Congress will impose one on them, while Republicans pushed back, saying Democrats have manufactured a phony ethics crisis to justify cracking down on the conservative-led court. Discussion at the May 2 hearing largely centered on…
IN-DEPTH: Democrats’ Push to Impose Ethics Code on Supreme Court Won’t Work, Legal Experts Say
Senate Democrats’ efforts to impose a code of conduct on the Supreme Court and get Chief Justice John Roberts to testify in Congress about Supreme Court ethics policies are fraught with problems, legal experts told The Epoch Times. Congressional Democrats have responded with anger and indignation to an April 6 article published by ProPublica, a…
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