Much of the news involving the Supreme Court this year has involved the corruption of Supreme Court justices, in particular Clarence Thomas, and Chief justice Roberts’ refusal to adopt the Code of Conduct for United States Judges for the Supreme Court. Congress can pass law to do it for him. The Roberts Court has been … Read more
Update to ‘America Does Not Negotiate With Terrorists’ – Invoke the 14th Amendment Against The Unconstitutional Federal Debt Ceiling. The Washington Post reports, Senate Democrats ask Biden to ready 14th Amendment, bypass GQP on debt limit: A group of Senate Democrats is circulating a letter urging President Biden to prepare to invoke the 14th Amendment … Read more
The hits just keep coming on the unethical conduct of Justice Clarence Thomas. It was always hiding in plain sight for decades but “insider” and “access” journalists never cared. It takes investigative journalists to do the job. The Washington Post reports, Judicial activist directed fees to Clarence Thomas’s wife, urged ‘no mention of Ginni’: Conservative … Read more
Update to ProPublica Reports On How a Billionaire GQP Megadonor Has Bought And Paid For Access To Justice Clarence Thomas. The hits just keep coming on the unethical conduct of Justice Clarence Thomas. ProPublica reports, Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition. In 2008, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas … Read more
Steve Benen reports, Senate Republicans flub an easy test on Supreme Court ethics: The U.S. Supreme Court was already struggling with its weakened reputation in the wake of a series of far-right rulings, but recent revelations have clearly made an unfortunate situation worse. As regular readers know, Justice Clarence Thomas is facing an intensifying ethics … Read more