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In response to House Republicans’ plans to use their new majority to investigate the ESG movement, three Democratic senators penned an op-ed accusing their GOP colleagues of overstepping. The three senators—Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)—also accused Republicans who oppose ESG of being anti-capitalist:

WASHINGTON — Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and other Democrats plan to push for new ethical standards for the Supreme Court in the next two years, even as the Republican control of the House may make that more difficult.

Groups submitting amicus briefs to supreme court case in support of Republican lawmakers received $90m in anonymous donations

Slate's legal correspondent questioned the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit about the Federalist Society.

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Letter urges sponsors provide ‘corporate climate political influencing statements’ after 630 lobbyists attend Cop27

"The court is unwilling or unable to police itself," advocates say

House and Senate Democrats are weighing rule changes that would set limits for serving as committee leaders.

The gifts were "among the largest ever donations to a politically-connected group"

Senate Judiciary Chair Richard J. Durbin said the party wants to get through as many of the nominees as possible by the end of the year.

Bloomberg's "The Trace" fabricates a conspiracy about amicus brief writers who adhere to Supreme Court Rules