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  1. FEDERAL JUDGE NAMED IN COURTHOUSE MISCONDUCT CASE

    Atlanta federal judge Eleanor Ross was reprimanded for sexual activity in chambers between 2023-2025. Law clerks reported discomfort. She remains on the bench.

    #JudgeRoss, #JudicialEthics, #AtlantaNews, #FederalJudge, #WorkplaceConduct

    newsletter.tf/atlanta-judge-el

  2. Each justice would be required to publicly release their opinions & disclose how they voted on issues considered on an emergency basis, sometimes referred to as the #ShadowDocket. Such decisions, which have become more common & increasingly controversial in recent years, don’t identify how each justice voted.

    #law #SCOTUS #ethics #JudicialEthics #Judiciary #JudicialReform #CourtReform #SCOTUSreform #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #USpol

  3. Each justice would be required to publicly release their opinions & disclose how they voted on issues considered on an emergency basis, sometimes referred to as the #ShadowDocket. Such decisions, which have become more common & increasingly controversial in recent years, don’t identify how each justice voted.

    #law #SCOTUS #ethics #JudicialEthics #Judiciary #JudicialReform #CourtReform #SCOTUSreform #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #USpol

  4. It would require the #IRS to initiate an #audit of the justices’ tax returns each year, release the results & make the tax filings public. Nominees to the court would have to disclose 3 yrs of tax returns.

    Another measure would allow a two-thirds vote of the court to force a fellow justice to #recuse from a case.

    #law #SCOTUS #ethics #JudicialEthics #Judiciary #JudicialReform #CourtReform #SCOTUSreform #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #USpol

  5. It would require the #IRS to initiate an #audit of the justices’ tax returns each year, release the results & make the tax filings public. Nominees to the court would have to disclose 3 yrs of tax returns.

    Another measure would allow a two-thirds vote of the court to force a fellow justice to #recuse from a case.

    #law #SCOTUS #ethics #JudicialEthics #Judiciary #JudicialReform #CourtReform #SCOTUSreform #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #USpol

  6. During the rollout, each president would approve justices in the first & third year of their terms.
    
The bill would also require a ruling by ⅔ of the high court & the circuit courts of appeals, rather than a simple majority, to overturn a #law passed by #Congress. #Wyden said the current court has been too quick to discard #precedent & curtail #rights by narrow majorities.

    #SCOTUS #ethics #JudicialEthics #Judiciary #JudicialReform #CourtReform #SCOTUSreform #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #USpol

  7. During the rollout, each president would approve justices in the first & third year of their terms.
    
The bill would also require a ruling by ⅔ of the high court & the circuit courts of appeals, rather than a simple majority, to overturn a #law passed by #Congress. #Wyden said the current court has been too quick to discard #precedent & curtail #rights by narrow majorities.

    #SCOTUS #ethics #JudicialEthics #Judiciary #JudicialReform #CourtReform #SCOTUSreform #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #USpol

  8. In 2021 & 2022, #AileenCannon took weeklong trips to the luxurious Sage Lodge in Pray, Montana, for legal colloquiums sponsored by George Mason, which named its #law school for #Scalia thanks to $30M in gifts that conservative judicial kingmaker #LeonardLeo helped organize.

    #ethics #judiciary #JudicialEthics

  9. In 2021 & 2022, #AileenCannon took weeklong trips to the luxurious Sage Lodge in Pray, Montana, for legal colloquiums sponsored by George Mason, which named its #law school for #Scalia thanks to $30M in gifts that conservative judicial kingmaker #LeonardLeo helped organize.

    #ethics #judiciary #JudicialEthics

  10. There are some differences: For instance, Justice #Alito told Fox News that his wife hoisted the flag in response to Ms. Baden’s vulgar insult. However, a text message & the police call — corroborated by Fairfax County authorities — indicate that the name-calling took place on Feb. 15, weeks AFTER the inverted #flag was taken down.

    #ExtremeCourt #SCOTUS #law #JudicialEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ChristianNationalism #Jan6 #insurrection

  11. There are some differences: For instance, Justice #Alito told Fox News that his wife hoisted the flag in response to Ms. Baden’s vulgar insult. However, a text message & the police call — corroborated by Fairfax County authorities — indicate that the name-calling took place on Feb. 15, weeks AFTER the inverted #flag was taken down.

    #ExtremeCourt #SCOTUS #law #JudicialEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ChristianNationalism #Jan6 #insurrection

  12. There are some differences: For instance, Justice #Alito told Fox News that his wife hoisted the flag in response to Ms. Baden’s vulgar insult. However, a text message & the police call — corroborated by Fairfax County authorities — indicate that the name-calling took place on Feb. 15, weeks AFTER the inverted #flag was taken down.

    #ExtremeCourt #SCOTUS #law #JudicialEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ChristianNationalism #Jan6 #insurrection

  13. There are some differences: For instance, Justice #Alito told Fox News that his wife hoisted the flag in response to Ms. Baden’s vulgar insult. However, a text message & the police call — corroborated by Fairfax County authorities — indicate that the name-calling took place on Feb. 15, weeks AFTER the inverted #flag was taken down.

    #ExtremeCourt #SCOTUS #law #JudicialEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ChristianNationalism #Jan6 #insurrection

  14. There are some differences: For instance, Justice #Alito told Fox News that his wife hoisted the flag in response to Ms. Baden’s vulgar insult. However, a text message & the police call — corroborated by Fairfax County authorities — indicate that the name-calling took place on Feb. 15, weeks AFTER the inverted #flag was taken down.

    #ExtremeCourt #SCOTUS #law #JudicialEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ChristianNationalism #Jan6 #insurrection

  15. In a letter to #Democrat ldrs in the #House & #Senate, #Alito said that flag & a 2nd, #religious-themed flag were raised by his wife, w/o his knowledge, & the incidents do not meet the conditions for #recusal outlined in #SCOTUS’s code of conduct.

    Alito disclosed for the 1st time that he was not aware of the #UpsideDownFlag until it was called to his attention & that his wife resisted taking it down.

    #law #JudicialEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ChristianNationalists #Jan6 #insurrection

  16. In a letter to #Democrat ldrs in the #House & #Senate, #Alito said that flag & a 2nd, #religious-themed flag were raised by his wife, w/o his knowledge, & the incidents do not meet the conditions for #recusal outlined in #SCOTUS’s code of conduct.

    Alito disclosed for the 1st time that he was not aware of the #UpsideDownFlag until it was called to his attention & that his wife resisted taking it down.

    #law #JudicialEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ChristianNationalists #Jan6 #insurrection

  17. The upside-down flag was aloft on Jan 17, 2021, images showed. #Trump’s supporters, incl’g some brandishing the same symbol, had *rioted* at the Capitol a little over a week before. President #Biden’s inauguration was 3 days away. Alarmed neighbors snapped photographs, some…were recently obtained by The NYT. Word of the flag filtered back to the court, people who worked there said in interviews.

    #SCOTUS #law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #LifetimeAppointments #TermLimits #Recuse #JudicialEthics

  18. The upside-down flag was aloft on Jan 17, 2021, images showed. #Trump’s supporters, incl’g some brandishing the same symbol, had *rioted* at the Capitol a little over a week before. President #Biden’s inauguration was 3 days away. Alarmed neighbors snapped photographs, some…were recently obtained by The NYT. Word of the flag filtered back to the court, people who worked there said in interviews.

    #SCOTUS #law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #LifetimeAppointments #TermLimits #Recuse #JudicialEthics

  19. The upside-down flag was aloft on Jan 17, 2021, images showed. #Trump’s supporters, incl’g some brandishing the same symbol, had *rioted* at the Capitol a little over a week before. President #Biden’s inauguration was 3 days away. Alarmed neighbors snapped photographs, some…were recently obtained by The NYT. Word of the flag filtered back to the court, people who worked there said in interviews.

    #SCOTUS #law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #LifetimeAppointments #TermLimits #Recuse #JudicialEthics

  20. The upside-down flag was aloft on Jan 17, 2021, images showed. #Trump’s supporters, incl’g some brandishing the same symbol, had *rioted* at the Capitol a little over a week before. President #Biden’s inauguration was 3 days away. Alarmed neighbors snapped photographs, some…were recently obtained by The NYT. Word of the flag filtered back to the court, people who worked there said in interviews.

    #SCOTUS #law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #LifetimeAppointments #TermLimits #Recuse #JudicialEthics

  21. The upside-down flag was aloft on Jan 17, 2021, images showed. #Trump’s supporters, incl’g some brandishing the same symbol, had *rioted* at the Capitol a little over a week before. President #Biden’s inauguration was 3 days away. Alarmed neighbors snapped photographs, some…were recently obtained by The NYT. Word of the flag filtered back to the court, people who worked there said in interviews.

    #SCOTUS #law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #LifetimeAppointments #TermLimits #Recuse #JudicialEthics

  22. We cannot have confidence in Barrett’s independence and impartiality when it comes to Trump. She compromised herself by accepting nomination to the Court from a President who made it clear he expected the Court to keep him in power. 4/4 #LawFedi #JudicialEthics #Recusal #andersonVgriswold #AmyConeyBarrett

  23. In his required annual #FinancialReport, #ClarenceThomas said he opted to fly on the #PrivateJet of his friend & #benefactor, #HarlanCrow, for ONE of the trips on the advice of his security detail. The justices faced heightened security risks, #Thomas noted, after the May, 2022 #leak of the court’s majority opinion to eliminate the nationwide right to #abortion & overturn #RoeVWade.

    (except he took a number of similar travel gifts prior to the #Dobbs leak & decision)

    #SCOTUS #JudicialEthics

  24. In his required annual #FinancialReport, #ClarenceThomas said he opted to fly on the #PrivateJet of his friend & #benefactor, #HarlanCrow, for ONE of the trips on the advice of his security detail. The justices faced heightened security risks, #Thomas noted, after the May, 2022 #leak of the court’s majority opinion to eliminate the nationwide right to #abortion & overturn #RoeVWade.

    (except he took a number of similar travel gifts prior to the #Dobbs leak & decision)

    #SCOTUS #JudicialEthics

  25. “Fuck ‘owning the libs.’ We’re buying conservatives: Supreme Court justices. I invested in one at three-fifths market value; it consistently pays for itself.”
    ~ Harlan Crowe, with Leonard Leo and Paul Singer *

    *None of them is known to have said this. They didn’t have to.
    #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #JudicialEthics #OwningTheLibs #HarlanCrowe #LeonardLeo #PaulSinger #FederalistSociety #ClarenceThomas #SamuelAlito #QuidProQuo #SupremeCourtCorruption

  26. “Fuck ‘owning the libs.’ We’re buying conservatives: Supreme Court justices. I invested in one at three-fifths market value; it consistently pays for itself.”
    ~ Harlan Crowe, with Leonard Leo and Paul Singer *

    *None of them is known to have said this. They didn’t have to.
    #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #JudicialEthics #OwningTheLibs #HarlanCrowe #LeonardLeo #PaulSinger #FederalistSociety #ClarenceThomas #SamuelAlito #QuidProQuo #SupremeCourtCorruption

  27. In an opinion essay in The WSJ, Justice #Alito responded to questions about his #PrivateJet travel to a #luxury fishing trip w/a #GOP #MegaDonor #billionaire who frequently has cases before the #SupremeCourt hours before the ProPublica article was published.

    The justice wrote he was not required to #disclose the trip or #recuse himself from his benefactor’s cases.

    #SCOTUS #DarkMoney #Influence #Law #JudicialEthics
    nytimes.com/2023/06/21/us/poli

  28. In an opinion essay in The WSJ, Justice #Alito responded to questions about his #PrivateJet travel to a #luxury fishing trip w/a #GOP #MegaDonor #billionaire who frequently has cases before the #SupremeCourt hours before the ProPublica article was published.

    The justice wrote he was not required to #disclose the trip or #recuse himself from his benefactor’s cases.

    #SCOTUS #DarkMoney #Influence #Law #JudicialEthics
    nytimes.com/2023/06/21/us/poli

  29. A fed judge in #TX blocked US gov approval of a key #AbortionMedication Fri, siding w/#abortion foes in an unprecedented lawsuit …upending #nationwide access….
    
The highly anticipated ruling puts on hold the #FDA’s approval of #mifepristone, …first cleared for use in the US in 2000. The ruling will not go into effect for 7 days to give the gov time to #appeal.

    #AbortionRights #AbortionIsEssential #HumanRights #JudgeShopping #VenueShopping #FederalistSociety #RightWingExtremism #JudicialEthics

  30. A fed judge in #TX blocked US gov approval of a key #AbortionMedication Fri, siding w/#abortion foes in an unprecedented lawsuit …upending #nationwide access….
    
The highly anticipated ruling puts on hold the #FDA’s approval of #mifepristone, …first cleared for use in the US in 2000. The ruling will not go into effect for 7 days to give the gov time to #appeal.

    #AbortionRights #AbortionIsEssential #HumanRights #JudgeShopping #VenueShopping #FederalistSociety #RightWingExtremism #JudicialEthics