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US ethics groups hail Senate subpoenas for Leonard Leo and Harlan Crow

Watchdogs applaud after Democrats vote to summon key rightwing duo to answer questions amid supreme court ethics row

The Guardian - US

Senate Judiciary authorises subpoenas of conservative activists in Supreme Court ethics probe

Thursday’s contentious hearing ended in an entirely Democratic vote after Republican members of the committee walked out

The Independent UK

Second Amendment Roundup: Concessions by the Government in the Rahimi Oral Argument

Misdemeanants don’t fall within the “not law-abiding” category.

Reason

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SCOTUS plays dumb about the public's ire

It's not just the useless "code of ethics" — the Dobbs decision revealed the real life impact of an imperious court

Salon

SCOTUS ethics code is "peak gaslighting"

"Without any kind of enforcement mechanism, this has all the heft of a set of New Year's resolutions," expert says

Salon

The Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics, but it has no means of enforcement

The new rules leave compliance up to each justice. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor have been under scrutiny for gifts, benefits, travel received from outside sources.

Chicago Sun-Times

US supreme court announces ethics code amid pressure over gift scandals

Code of conduct published following months of criticism of rightwing justices accepting undisclosed gifts

The Guardian - US

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These Public Officials Blocked Critics on Social Media. Was That Constitutional?

The Supreme Court considers whether and when banishing irksome constituents violates the First Amendment.

Reason

At the Supreme Court, 'First Amendment interests all over the place'

At issue were cases that test the ability of public officials to block critics from their "personal" social medial pages, a practice that Donald Trump often engaged in when he was president.

WEKU

Democrats plan to subpoena Leonard Leo over perks to supreme court justices

Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow will also be subpoenaed over roles in paying for gifts for Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito

The Guardian - US

SCOTUS could soon make shootings worse

A case made to appeal to Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito may end mental health and domestic violence gun restrictions

Salon

Clarence Thomas may not have paid off friend’s secret $267K RV loan

Wealthy benefactor defended loan to Justice Thomas as help for a friend

The Independent UK

SCOTUS Will Decide When the Government's Social Media Meddling Violates the First Amendment

The justices agreed to consider whether the Biden administration's efforts to suppress online "misinformation" were unconstitutional.

Reason

Amy Coney Barrett says she supports an ethics code for Supreme Court justices

Several justices have faced ethics questions in recent months, but the Supreme Court has so far resisted imposing a code of ethics.

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The Guardian - US

Amy Coney Barrett calls ethics code for scandal-hit supreme court ‘a good idea’

Conservative justice nominated by Trump offers no timeline for implementation or details of what code would contain

The Independent UK

Justice Barrett expresses support for a formal US Supreme Court ethics code in Minnesota speech

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says it would be a good idea for the nation’s highest court to adopt a formal code of conduct

The Independent UK

A couple with powerful help is asking the Supreme Court for a ruling that could affect a wealth tax

Charles and Kathleen Moore are about to have their day in the Supreme Court over a $15,000 tax bill they believe is unconstitutional

Salon

The man behind SCOTUS right-wing rule

The inside story of how Leonard Leo built machine that remade American legal system — and what he plans to do next

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The Independent UK

Supreme Court conservatives doubt South Carolina map discriminates against Black voters

A federal court already rejected the state’s congressional map. Conservative justices are sceptical

Salon

Thomas' Koch trip undermines his defense

“Even using Thomas’ flawed logic... there’s no way this chartered flight fits into that exception," expert says

The Guardian - US

The US supreme court is facing a crisis of legitimacy

There’s a growing sense among many Americans that the Roberts court with its 6-3 hard-right supermajority is irrevocably broken

The Guardian - US

Biden worries ‘extreme’ supreme court can’t be relied on to uphold rule of law

Trump installed three conservative justices, tilting the court 6-3 to the right, which delivered significant victories for conservatives

The Independent UK

The Supreme Court will take up abortion and gun cases in its new term while ethics concerns swirl

The Supreme Court is returning to a new term with familiar topics such as guns and abortion, as well as concerns about ethics swirling around the justices

The Guardian - US

Chief justice urged to make Alito and Thomas step aside in megadonor cases

More than 40 watchdog groups call on John Roberts to force US supreme court justices to step aside after ethics scandals

Al Jazeera

Top US court halts order limiting officials’ contact with social media orgs

The injunction would have barred the administration of President Joe Biden from weighing in on social media content.

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