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Activists attend a press conference on Supreme Court ethics reform outside of the U.S. Capitol on May 02, 2023 (Getty Images) Regarding extrajudicial activities, the new code of ethics asks ...
The Supreme Court didn't have a formal code of ethics until last year, when the justices adopted one in the face of sustained criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to ...
The code was issued during a time when the court faced great criticism, especially around the conduct of justice Clarence Thomas.It was shown that he received undisclosed gifts of luxury travel [2] and that he was involved with cases that were related to the political activities of his wife, Ginni Thomas, who worked to overturn the 2020 election results in the weeks leading up to the January 6 ...
The Supreme Court on Monday announced it has adopted a new code of conduct, a move that comes after a series of allegations of ethics lapses.
Claimants from each of the six district court cases appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States. On November 14, 2014, the same-sex couples, widowers, child plaintiff, and funeral director in DeBoer v. Snyder, Obergefell v. Hodges, and Tanco v. Haslam filed petitions for writs of certiorari with the Court. Adoption agency Adoption S.T.A ...
The power of the Supreme Court to consider appeals from state courts, rather than just federal courts, was created by the Judiciary Act of 1789 and upheld early in the court's history, by its rulings in Martin v. Hunter's Lessee (1816) and Cohens v. Virginia (1821). The Supreme Court is the only federal court that has jurisdiction over direct ...
The Supreme Court code’s recusal provisions are so porous as to be meaningless. On the other hand, the Sotomayor Rule does illustrate exactly why Justice Jackson had the right idea.
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