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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

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

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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

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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

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.

Roll Call

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

Salon

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

The Guardian - US

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.

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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.

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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.

The Independent UK

GOP lawmaker who voted to expel ‘Tennessee Three’ resigns after harassment probe finds ethics violation

A Republican lawmaker in Tennessee has resigned due to an ethics violation involving the Legislature’s workplace discrimination and harassment policy

Reuters

Probe of OAS chief draws members' push for ethics reforms

The Organization of American States passed a resolution on Friday calling for a plan to update its rules and ethics code in response to an outside investigation that found its chief showed poor judgment but did not commit serious misconduct in an intimate relationship with a staffer.

Fortune

People think Snapchat’s new My AI bot knows their location and is lying about it

A.I. ethics experts say Snap and other tech companies should be more transparent about the data that A.I. chatbots use and how they are set up.

The Week

The ethics of military drones

The RAF is pioneering new mini-helicopter drones that can fire missiles at targets four miles away.

WEKU

Roberts invited to testify at Senate hearing on Supreme Court ethics

The invitation to attend a Senate judiciary hearing comes amid reports that Justice Clarence Thomas did not disclose luxury trips.

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