How to Fix the Supreme Court
Posted By: Christopher L, 1/8/2024 1:40:12 PM
Not so long ago, John Roberts patiently explained to reform-minded folk on Capitol Hill that the Supreme Court had no need for an ethics code. It was December 2011, and despite a recent scandal involving unreported income for Clarence Thomas’s wife, Roberts assured in his year-end report to Congress that the justices were policing themselves just fine. They followed laws that required them to report major gifts (Thomas’s lapse aside, presumably), and they used the lower-court code of conduct as “guidance,” even though it wasn’t binding.
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How to Fix the Supreme Court
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Of Civil War Memorial From Arlington National Cemetery 29 replies
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I disagree with every last thing in this article ! But it is a heads-up on what the libtards have planned for us.