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That sound you may have detected rising from the ether of social media this weekend was the gnashing of teeth by COVID conspiracy-mongers, outraged by a U.S. government report debunking their most cherished claims.

The problem for the justices is that all the recent ethics stories — and more — are a corrosive drip, drip, drip, eroding public confidence in the court.

Alito has a close relationship with Charles Cooper, whose law firm is representing petitioners in the pivotal case

The Journal editorial page accused ProPublica of misleading readers in a story that hadn’t yet been published

Judge charged with interpreting 1st Amendment rights "can’t bear others exercising their free speech rights"

Sheldon Whitehouse says recent court may be undergoing a ‘course correction’ following backlash to its extremist ruling and ethics scandals

Americans want the Supreme Court to be the place where justices dispassionately and thoughtfully rule on cases that affect their lives. The latest reporting by ProPublica undermines that confidence even further.

Finance committee focusing on tax treatment of billionaire mega-donor’s gifts to supreme court justice

The Federalist Society keeps SCOTUS judges in a perpetually whiny state

Editorial board calls latest investigative report into Supreme Court ethics a ‘non-scandal built on partisan spin’

In a series of stories, ProPublica has charged Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito with two types of misconduct. First, the reports contend that the justices failed to disclose certain travel they received. Second, ProPublica alleges that the justices failed to recuse themselves from cases that indirectly involved the people…