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What ethical controversies are US supreme court justices facing?

Ethical concerns are swirling around the nation’s highest court, centering on Clarence Thomas and other conservative justices

The Guardian - US

SCOTUS lawyers paid Thomas aide on Venmo

"There is no excuse for it," says former White House ethics chief

Salon

Lawyers with supreme court business paid Clarence Thomas aide via Venmo

Payments to Rajan Vasisht, an aide from 2019-21, underscore ties between the justice and lawyers who argue cases in front of him

The Guardian - US

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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas received Super Bowl ring from Cowboys owner Jerry Jones

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones once gave Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas a sweet gift

USA Today Sports Media Group

LOCALIZE IT: Colleges and universities use visits by Supreme Court justices to court wealthy patrons

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The Independent UK

The US supreme court has hijacked American democracy

The court has vastly overextended its own power and flaunted its corruption. It will take a political movement to stop them

The Guardian - US

Ethics reform not enough to restore public confidence in partisan Supreme Court

Our nation seems stuck with a court that is selectively responsive to the arguments and interests of only some Americans — those on the right.

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Book sales, a lure for money and more takeaways from the AP investigation into Supreme Court ethics

What happens behind the scenes when Supreme Court justices travel to colleges and universities for lectures and other events

The Independent UK

Campus visits and travel by Supreme Court justices put them in the company of big money donors

Records obtained by The Associated Press show that Supreme Court justices have attended publicly funded events at colleges and universities that allowed the schools to put the justices in the room with influential donors, including some whose industries have had interests before the court

The Independent UK

Clarence Thomas accepted lavish gifts before joining Supreme Court, report claims

Mr Thomas has recently been under fire for accepting gifts from wealthy GOP donors

The Independent UK

US supreme court: Clarence Thomas reportedly accepted more undisclosed gifts as calls for reform grow – as it happened

Media reports say justice has benefited from being part of elite, wealthy circle; campaigners to call on Congress calling for corruption investigation

The Guardian - US

US supreme court ethics: chief justice urged to testify for ‘good of democracy’

Ro Khanna of California wants John Roberts’ account of controversies besetting the ‘out of touch’ court

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court dissents and rejoinders, with respect and disrespect

Feelings seem raw at the court, certainly for the court's three liberal justices, who were on the losing end of some of the court's biggest cases this term, but also for the conservatives.

WEKU

‘Democracy is at risk’: inside the fight for supreme court reform

As the court concludes another term that upended lives, conservative justices are attracting criticism for their rulings and their behavior away from the bench

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First Thing: ‘Climate change is out of control’, UN says

The average global air temperature hit new heights this week. Plus, new Twitter rules restrict US weather service

The Guardian - US

Key Democrat attacks US supreme court chief justice over ethics scandal

Dick Durbin, chair of Senate judiciary committee, condemns John Roberts for failure to reform court as donor controversy swirls

Tribune News Service

Election rulings temper Supreme Court’s conservative streak

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court shrugged off partisan criticism this term and again delivered conservative decisions in major cases about race and religious rights, but the justices declined a chance to do the same in some key election cases that could end up benefiting Democrats.

Roll Call

Election rulings temper Supreme Court’s conservative streak - Roll Call

The Supreme Court shrugged off partisan criticism this term and delivered conservative decisions in major cases on race and religious rights.

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Commentary: The one ethics rule the Supreme Court needs before its next term

The Supreme Court may be beginning its summer recess, but the furor over the justices’ ethical lapses is still gathering steam. We now know that both Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have gone on lavish vacations with court litigants without disclosing the trips or recusing themselves from their benefactors’…

Al Jazeera

US Supreme court continues conservative lurch in recent decisions

Analysts say trust in the US’s highest court is wavering as a conservative supermajority reshapes constitutional law.

The Independent UK

Should domestic abusers have the right to be armed? The Supreme Court could upend protections for survivors

A Texas man repeatedly violated a restraining order that forbids him from possessing a firearm under federal law. Justices will decide if judges went too far after they said it was unconstitutional, Alex Woodward reports

Reason

Purple June

With Justice Kavanaugh by his side, the Chief Justice is back in control.

The Guardian - US

US supreme court ‘creeping dangerously towards authoritarianism’, AOC says

Congresswoman’s comments come days after nation’s highest court released batch of incendiary and far-reaching rulings

Axios

The Supreme Court’s apolitical image is all but dead

The justices tried for a very long time to cultivate a perception that they existed on an elevated plane above elected politicians.

The Independent UK

In 370 days, Supreme Court conservatives dash decades of abortion and affirmative action precedents

Overturning Roe v. Wade and affirmative action in higher education had been leading goals of the conservative legal movement for decades

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