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petersuber<p>New leaks make clear that Justices <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Jackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jackson</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Kagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kagan</span></a>, and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Sotomayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sotomayor</span></a> wanted the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CodeOfEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CodeOfEthics</span></a> to be enforceable. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Gorsuch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gorsuch</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Roberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roberts</span></a>, and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Thomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thomas</span></a> did not.<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/us/supreme-court-ethics-rules.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/12/03/us/supr</span><span class="invisible">eme-court-ethics-rules.html</span></a> </p><p>The article is silent on <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Kavanaugh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kavanaugh</span></a> and didn't identify the position of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Barrett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Barrett</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>" <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> attempted to expedite passage of a bill that would provide a binding <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CodeOfEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CodeOfEthics</span></a> for the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a>, but the effort was scuttled by <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a>...</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Leo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leo</span></a> said in a statement in November after the subpoenas were issued that he “will not cooperate with this unlawful campaign of political retribution.” </p><p>Durbin’s office said the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> Committee’s broader investigation of Supreme Court <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> is ongoing."<br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/13/supreme-court-clarence-thomas-travel/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">24/06/13/supreme-court-clarence-thomas-travel/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@alexlubertozzi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alexlubertozzi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span></p><p>&gt;&gt; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CodeOfEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CodeOfEthics</span></a> differs from federal law by saying a justice “should,” rather than “shall,” disqualify himself or herself</p><p>Meanwhile, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is tying up justice in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> by asking for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FaniWillis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FaniWillis</span></a> to step aside in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> case.</p><p>He is not IMPARTIAL.</p><p>Why does our system of justice entertain BOTH <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> from BOTH sides — attacking a prosecutor in one case, &amp; protecting a rogue “justice” in the other case — BOTH against public interest?</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@alexlubertozzi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alexlubertozzi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CodeOfEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CodeOfEthics</span></a> is such a sham:</p><p>Only an IMPARTIAL and reasonable person who is “aware of ALL relevant circumstances” can VALIDLY call for recusal</p><p>A bar so high in the stratosphere that it’s impossible to meet. Not even another <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> Justice can meet ALL of these requirements — either they might not be IMPARTIAL or they might not be aware of ALL relevant circumstances — failing which, even the call for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recusal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recusal</span></a> is INVALID</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a><br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-alito-flags-recusal-capitol-riot-f4ef46683365c92e8a3ff9df7894b586" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/supreme-cou</span><span class="invisible">rt-alito-flags-recusal-capitol-riot-f4ef46683365c92e8a3ff9df7894b586</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AdamSchiff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdamSchiff</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> Justices <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> and <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Thomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thomas</span></a> proudly violate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ethics</span></a> rules without remorse or recourse. </p><p>We need an enforceable <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CodeOfEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CodeOfEthics</span></a> for the Supreme Court — and we need it now.</p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"If there is a lesson, still, to be learned from the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ethical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethical</span></a> revelations of the past year... it is that newsgathering matters—that when the justices are left to their own ethical devices, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/misconduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misconduct</span></a> happens, it goes ignored by the other <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/justices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justices</span></a>, and it becomes weaponized by wealthy entities seeking to alter outcomes in cases, such that an entire infrastructure of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> goes undetected for years"<br><a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/11/new-supreme-court-ethics-code-alito-thomas-roberts-nah.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slate.com/news-and-politics/20</span><span class="invisible">23/11/new-supreme-court-ethics-code-alito-thomas-roberts-nah.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ethics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CodeOfEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CodeOfEthics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
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