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The Senate Judiciary Committee announced on Monday it will vote on subpoenas for Harlan Crow and Robin Arkley II — both wealthy Republican donors — and conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo, who have been tied to controversial luxury trips involving Supreme Court justices. “The Supreme Court is in an ethical crisis of its own making,”…
The Supreme Court justices will take the bench Monday for the first argument of the new term, a year filled with battles over guns, social media and the administrative state. The court so far has agreed to hear roughly 35 cases this term, though the justices are all but certain to add more throughout the…
Despite the best efforts of Chief Justice John Roberts, the U.S. Supreme Court is still the only court in the country that has never adopted a written ethics code. Although all nine justices issued a statement recognizing the “significant importance” of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, adopted in 1973 by the lower federal courts, they have not…
Senate Democrats got a scare last week when Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) was briefly admitted to the hospital after a fall at her home, underscoring the slim margins the party has when they return to Washington after Labor Day with an ambitious agenda on deck. Feinstein’s office said she was admitted and released from the…
Democratic lawmakers are criticizing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s recent interview with the Wall Street Journal in which he stated “no provision” in the Constitution allows Congress to regulate the Supreme Court. “I know this is a controversial view, but I’m willing to say it,” Alito said Friday, referencing Congressional Democrats’ recent efforts to to…
Justice Samuel Alito said Congress has “no authority” to regulate the Supreme Court in an interview with the Wall Street Journal’s opinion section published Friday, pushing back against Democrats’ attempt to mandate stronger ethics rules. Alito, one of the high court’s leading conservatives, is just one of multiple justices who have come under recent scrutiny…
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines after a more-than-three-hour markup Thursday to advance a Supreme Court ethics reform bill in the wake of media reports that conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito accepted tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of gifts and perks from wealthy Republican donors. The committee voted 11…
A New York Times investigation revealed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was brought access to the wealthy through relationships he built with members of the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. The Times reported that just months after Thomas joined the bench in 1991, he was welcomed into the Horatio Alger Association, a nonprofit…
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (Ill.) criticized Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday for failing to enact ethics reform before the court wrapped up its term this month and pledged to advance a Democratic ethics reform bill soon. “Many questions remain at the end of the court’s latest term regarding its reputation, credibility, and…
The Supreme Court just shot down the use of race-based admissions in a move that will force many colleges to change the standards by which they admit students. The ruling came in response to cases against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), which both released statements that didn’t outline…