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Rightwing mega-donors drift back to Trump as election rematch looms

Former president is enjoying some success in courting sceptical funders but some, such as Peter Thiel, have spurned his advances

The Guardian - US

No confirmation King's trip to Australia cancelled

A royal visit by King Charles to Australia has not yet been cancelled, after Buckingham Palace announced the monarch had been diagnosed with cancer.

AAP

Why billionaires are flocking to Haley

Haley's eagerness to cut entitlement programs is winning over the richest Republicans

Salon

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The mockery of an unelected monarchy

The Supreme Court can’t be bothered by silly things like a code of ethics or checks and balances

Salon

SCOTUS plays dumb about the public's ire

It's not just the useless "code of ethics" — the Dobbs decision revealed the real life impact of an imperious court

Salon

Clarence Thomas may not have paid off friend’s secret $267K RV loan

Wealthy benefactor defended loan to Justice Thomas as help for a friend

The Independent UK

Amy Coney Barrett says she supports an ethics code for Supreme Court justices

Several justices have faced ethics questions in recent months, but the Supreme Court has so far resisted imposing a code of ethics.

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Protesters briefly disrupt Amy Coney Barrett event as Supreme Court justice calls for ethics rules

Ms Barrett said while she and other justices disagree on opinions, they have collegial work relationships

The Independent UK

The man behind SCOTUS right-wing rule

The inside story of how Leonard Leo built machine that remade American legal system — and what he plans to do next

Salon

AOC slams Justice Alito during hearing

An ethics expert told Rep. Ocasio-Cortez that Alito would have had to recuse himself if he served on a lower court

Salon

Senator files ethics complaint against supreme court justice Samuel Alito

Sheldon Whitehouse writes to Chief Justice John Roberts about ‘several’ ethics violations, citing Wall Street Journal interview

The Guardian - US

Billionaire-linked US thinktank behind supreme court wealth tax case lobbying

Manhattan Institute one of eight conservative advocacy groups that filed amicus briefs urging the court to hear Moore v US

The Guardian - US

Elliott Management paid UK staff average of £1.3m each in 2022

The Guardian - UK

Thomas accepted more gifts from billionaire benefactors, new ProPublica report says

The conservative justice took at least 38 vacations, 26 private jet flights, eight flights by helicopter, a dozen VIP passes to sporting events and stays at luxury resorts, according to ProPublica.

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The Guardian - US

How a Trump adviser manipulates free speech to advance his causes and ‘hurt his adversaries’

Leonard Leo, architect of the rightwing takeover of the US judiciary, champions the first amendment for political gain but does an ‘about-face’ when it’s used against him, critics say

Salon

Alito's SCOTUS corruption starts a fire

How the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision made climate change worse

The Guardian - AU

Governor general planned to tell Queen about controversial charity awarded $18m grant under Coalition

Documents reveal new details about David Hurley’s support for the Australian Future Leaders Foundation, which won funding under Scott Morrison’s government

The Guardian - US

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

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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

Tribune News Service

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’…

Salon

SCOTUS term tainted by clear corruption

Seductions of wealth don’t necessitate a quid pro quo

WEKU

Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and the crisis of confidence in the Supreme Court

The problem for the justices is that all the recent ethics stories — and more — are a corrosive drip, drip, drip, eroding public confidence in the court.

Salon

Alito linked to Moore v. Harper law firm

Alito has a close relationship with Charles Cooper, whose law firm is representing petitioners in the pivotal case

Chicago Sun-Times

Justice Alito’s undisclosed fishing trip brings more discredit to the Supreme Court

Americans want the Supreme Court to be the place where justices dispassionately and thoughtfully rule on cases that affect their lives. The latest reporting by ProPublica undermines that confidence even further.

Salon

Why GOP justices are so whiny

The Federalist Society keeps SCOTUS judges in a perpetually whiny state

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