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Senate Democrats urge action to increase federal prison pay rates - Roll Call

A group of Senate Democrats have urged the federal prison system to request pay raises to address a staffing crisis within the system.

Roll Call

CEOs of Meta, X, TikTok grilled about online child safety at US hearing

Parents and lawmakers say executives are not doing enough to thwart dangers, including sexual exploitation and bullying.

Al Jazeera

Senate grills TikTok CEO on China ties, platform's impact on youth

The Senate Judiciary Committee grills the CEO of TikTok, pressing him on China's involvement in the company and the platform's impact on American youth.

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Biden to nominate Sunil Harjani to federal bench in Chicago

If confirmed, Sunil Harjani, a magistrate judge since 2019, would further the goal of Biden and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., to diversify the federal bench.

Chicago Sun-Times

Congress must protect our privacy rights by stopping ‘warrantless surveillance’

Law enforcement routinely circumvents laws meant to protect privacy, by purchasing peoples’ personal information via data brokers. Sen. Dick Durbin should do more to stop it, the head of Lucy Parsons Lab writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz walk out of U.S. Senate hearing as Democrats vote on Harlan Crow subpoena

The Texas Republicans opposed subpoenaing conservative donor Crow over his ties to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, casting it as a partisan attack.

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GOP senators cry foul as Durbin disallows more debate on two committee votes - Roll Call

Republicans erupted at a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting Thursday after Chair Richard J. Durbin blocked them from speaking on nominations.

Roll Call

Senators clash over plans for subpoenas tied to Supreme Court ethics push - Roll Call

Senate Judiciary Committee members clashed Thursday over plans to subpoena two Republican donors and a conservative judicial activist.

Roll Call

Weathy friend forgave $267K Thomas loan

"Thomas takes cash while crushing your freedoms. He's corrupt as hell," Democratic lawmaker says

Salon

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California dies at age 90, sources tell the AP

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has died

The Independent UK

Sen. Dianne Feinstein dies at 90

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat who was elected to the Senate in 1992, was the oldest sitting U.S. senator.

Chicago Sun-Times

Giannoulias, Durbin push back against book bans at Capitol Hill hearing as GOP senators urge parents to ‘speak up’

The heated Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, chaired by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., with testimony from Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, put on display the national clash over library book bans.

Chicago Sun-Times

Giannoulias to testify at Durbin’s Senate hearing on growing number of book bans

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, who drafted the state’s first-in-the-nation ban against book bans, will testify at a Capitol Hill hearing Tuesday on book bans.

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The Independent UK

Senate Judiciary panel to consider ethics rules for Supreme Court

The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote Thursday on a new ethics code for the Supreme Court, an attempt to respond to recent revelations about justices’ interactions with wealthy donors and others

TV Tech

Senate Judiciary Committee Passes the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act

“This legislation will enable local media to negotiate for the fair market value of our news content,” the NAB said

Evening Standard

AI clones child’s voice in kidnapping scam

AI deepfakes are being used to attempt to extort money out of people, including through kidnapping scams

WEKU

Senate Democrats demand more details from Harlan Crow on gifts to Justice Thomas

Top Senate Democrats are pushing for new disclosures from a wealthy GOP donor with ties to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Supreme Court ethics hearings face tough, but necessary, road to reform

The hearings, led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin, began this week and are perhaps the only vehicle, at this stage, to leverage public pressure that could lead to an ethics code for the nation’s highest court.

Reason

Chief Justice Roberts's Letter to Senator Durbin

Last week Senator Dick Durbin invited Chief Justice Roberts to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Despite my hope that the Chief would send Justice Breyer, Roberts respectfully declined Durbin's invitation. And he sent a letter explaining his decision. The letter is short--only one page--but Roberts packs a lot in…

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

Supreme Court chief justice asked to testify before Senate on ethics rules after Clarence Thomas revelations

John Roberts has been asked to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on 2 Ma

Reason

Senator Durbin Invites CJ Roberts "Or Another Justice Whom [He] Designate[s]" To Testify Before Senate Judiciary Committee

Send Justice Breyer!

Salon

Collins helps sink Feinstein replacement

Democrats can't advance Biden judge picks while Feinstein is recovering from shingles

Los Angeles Times

Facing calls to resign, Feinstein vows to return to Senate after illness but temporarily gives up Judiciary seat

Weeks after U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced she had been diagnosed with shingles, her extended absence from the Senate has left Democrats in a tight spot given the party’s slim majority in the chamber, spurring some high-profile calls for her resignation.

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