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Senator files ethics complaint against supreme court justice Samuel Alito

Sheldon Whitehouse writes to Chief Justice John Roberts about ‘several’ ethics violations, citing Wall Street Journal interview

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Whitehouse makes ethics complaint against Alito to Roberts - Roll Call

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., complains about Justice Samuel Alito's ethics in a letter to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.

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Experts: Thomas trips are "corruption"

"In my career I don't remember ever seeing this degree of largesse given to anybody," ex-federal judge says

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How a Trump adviser manipulates free speech to advance his causes and ‘hurt his adversaries’

Leonard Leo, architect of the rightwing takeover of the US judiciary, champions the first amendment for political gain but does an ‘about-face’ when it’s used against him, critics say

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Samuel Alito opposition to ethics reform ‘unwelcome’ – leading Democrat

Dick Durbin, chair of Senate judiciary committee, criticizes supreme court justice in wake of billowing ethics scandals

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court ethics measure advances on party-line vote

WASHINGTON -- The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill Thursday that would place new transparency rules on Supreme Court filings, place new recusal standards on the justices and require the Supreme Court to adopt a code of ethics.

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Supreme Court ethics measure advances on party-line vote - Roll Call

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill that would set new ethics rules for the Supreme Court but enacting a law is unlikely.

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Senate panel to vote on Supreme Court code of ethics mandate

The Senate Judiciary Committee is planning a Thursday vote on a bill that would require the Supreme Court to adopt a code of ethics, but the legislation is expected to fall short of becoming law amid strong Republican opposition.

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Senate panel to vote on Supreme Court code of ethics mandate - Roll Call

The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to mark up a bill Thursday that would require the Supreme Court to adopt a code of ethics.

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‘Conservative justices? Yeah, in what way?’ Key senator on a supreme court in thrall to special interests

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

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Trump claims he ‘doesn’t want any help’ fighting federal indictment after he struggled to find attorneys willing to represent him

‘I don’t need any help. I don’t want any help in campaigns,’ Mr Trump said

The Independent UK

US dark-money fund spends millions to back Republican attorneys general

Concord Fund, linked to Federalist Society co-chair Leonard Leo, a lavish supporter of Republican Attorneys General Association

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Filing: Smith has multiple Trump tapes

Special counsel Jack Smith also turned over grand jury testimony and the witness list for Trump's upcoming trial

Salon

First Thing: More rescue equipment arrives amid fears for oxygen levels in Titan

Search for missing submersible enters fourth day, with more deep-sea vessels sent to site. Plus, the people turning to birth control after the fall of Roe

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Leonard Leo has key role in SCOTUS mess

Billionaire Paul Singer and the lodge owner "were both major donors to Leo's political groups," ProPublica reports

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"Beyond parody": Experts slam Alito trip

ProPublica asked Alito about the ethics concerns. He ran to the Wall Street Journal to attack their reporting

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Mega-donor faces new Senate subpoena threat over gifts to Clarence Thomas

Senator Ron Wyden, chair of finance panel, warns of ‘next steps’ to compel testimony of Harlan Crow about supreme court justice

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Cop28 president’s team accused of Wikipedia ‘greenwashing’

Exclusive: UAE using site to ‘control narrative’ amid criticism of oil boss leading climate summit, say critics

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Congress ‘absolutely’ can impose ethics reform on supreme court, senator says

Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse insists legislature has power to make justices follow ethics code but ‘It is not going to be easy’

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Carper retirement could leave two seats in Delaware open - Roll Call

Delaware's only House seat could be vacant if incumbent Lisa Blunt Rochester runs to succeed retiring Sen. Tom Carper.

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Carper retirement sets up committee leadership shuffle - Roll Call

The retirement of Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Thomas R. Carper will leave a vacancy on the committee.

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McCarthy says debt limit deal with Biden possible - Roll Call

Speaker Kevin McCarthy said key decisions could be made by the two parties’ chief debt limit negotiators when they meet on Monday evening.

Tribune News Service

Federal judge says Clarence Thomas ethics complaints mishandled more than a decade ago

WASHINGTON — The federal courts’ policymaking body in 2011 mishandled ethics complaints surrounding financial disclosures by Justice Clarence Thomas, a sitting federal judge testified Wednesday.

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Should US get rid of debt ceiling altogether? Lawmakers consider it as crisis looms

Its weaponization threatens US economic standing, so some are considering doing away with the ‘anachronistic’ rule

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Senate Democrats highlight ‘terrible choice’ of Republicans’ debt ceiling plan

Republican proposal mocked as ‘Default on America Act’ at hearing drawing attention to potential cuts to key programs

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