Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell after a right-wing group receives a record $1.6 billion donation to boost conservative causes. Leonard Leo, who Sen. Whitehouse says we can thank for a Supreme Court we can “no longer trust,” now runs the group
Mar 29, 2023 #msnbc #scotus #ginnithomas
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse tells MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell it feels “good” to get a new ethics rule that Supreme Court justices have to disclose certain gifts and trips, but describes the “huge” gap that remains to gaining ethical transparency, including the lack of process to investigate any possible ethical violations such as the $600,000 anonymous donations to a group led by Ginni Thomas.
A little history:
Elizabeth Kennedy - August 9, 2011
By Rich Gardella - April 11, 2017
March 31, 2022
Murphy: There is Absolutely No Reason Why Supreme Court Justices Shouldn’t Be Subject to a Code of Conduct Just Like Every Other Federal Judge
Hopefully this is just the first step to reigning the MAGA Supreme Justices corporate sycophancy.
No one is exempt from the law, not the Dogcatcher, not SCOTUS, not POTUS, no one!
If you want to change the law, get congress to vote on it. That is democracy.
When laws are subject to amendment via the legislative process, there is no need for acting outside the current law. Anyone who acts outside current law is by definition an “outlaw”.
The Republican party has become a party of outlaws, with a convicted outlaw at its head.
Well said!
Although there are still voters to motivate and inspire to get involved and help make the change.
The story develops.
Jul 29, 2024, #supremecourt - #washington - #sheldonwhitehouse
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island speaks about proposed reforms to the U.S. Supreme Court.
6:14
Question: Would you say why it is you feel the (Supreme) court is in need of Reform?Whitehouse, the court is in need of reform because it is no longer implementing the law fairly is no longer reading the Constitution honestly.
It is instead doing the bidding of a small group of right-wing billionaires and their whole array of front groups that have spent over a decade uh working on capturing the court and turning it into a tool of the far right …
S.359 - Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023
118th Congress (2023-2024)
Shown Here:
Introduced in Senate (02/09/2023)
Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023
This bill makes various changes related to the ethical standards, financial disclosure requirements, and recusal requirements that apply to Supreme Court Justices.
Among the changes, the bill requires the Supreme Court to
- adopt a code of conduct for Justices and establish procedures to receive and investigate complaints of judicial misconduct;
- adopt rules governing the disclosure of gifts, travel, and income received by the Justices and law clerks that are at least as rigorous as the House and Senate disclosure rules; and
- establish procedural rules requiring each party or amicus to disclose any gift, income, or reimbursement provided to Justices.
Additionally, the bill
- expands the circumstances under which a Justice or judge must be disqualified; and
- requires the Supreme Court and the Judicial Conference to establish procedural rules for prohibiting the filing of or striking an amicus brief that would result in the disqualification of a Justice, judge, or magistrate judge.