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  1. U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday seemed in favor of reviving a civil lawsuit targeting a Harris County constable's deputy accused in the 2016 shooting death of Ashtian Barnes. The move could set a legal precedent for the way courts review excessive force complaints.

    houstonpublicmedia.org/article

    #Crime #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Local #News #HarrisCountyConstable #SupremeCourtJustices #USSupremeCourt

  2. President Biden warned Monday that “extremism is undermining public confidence in the court’s decisions” as he called for term limits and an enforceable ethics code for Supreme Court justices in what would be sweeping changes to the high court and the way it operates.

    houstonpublicmedia.org/article

    #National #News #Politics #Biden #PresidentJoeBiden #SupremeCourt #SupremeCourtJustices

  3. POGO - #ModelCode of #Conduct for U.S. #SupremeCourtJustices: "Of all the country’s state and federal courts, only the Supreme Court lacks a #codesofconduct. Instead, existing rules found in the U.S. Code provide standards concerning #financialdisclosures and #recusals. But this set of standards is limited. And compliance with them, along with all other decisions related to #ethical conduct, is left to each Justice’s discretion." pogo.org/report/2023/03/model-

  4. @Defiance From what I understand it’s a simple majority, in the senate for example 51 to 49. Just learned this; in US history there’s been as few as 5 and as many as 10 #SupremeCourtJustices. The number has been changed 7 times before.

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