BIZARRE: 24 - What They Never Told You

AOC claps back at Justice Alito for saying Congress can’t have oversight of Supreme Court

Supreme Court justice criticised for flying to Alaska on billionaire’s jet

The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2023

With affirmative action gone, states have a duty to eliminate inequity in public schools

Illinois, for instance, has over-relied on local property taxes to fund K-12 education, effectively tying educational quality to local property wealth that is markedly lower in segregated Black communities.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 24, 2023

Partisanship Is Muddling the Important Debate Over Supreme Court Ethics

Ethics allegations have been raised against Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Sonia Sotomayor. Both sides have retreated into whataboutism.

Reason · Jul 21, 2023

Senate panel to vote on Supreme Court code of ethics mandate - Roll Call

The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to mark up a bill Thursday that would require the Supreme Court to adopt a code of ethics.

Roll Call · Jul 19, 2023

Voters want Supreme Court ethics rules, liberal groups’ polling shows

Some 61 percent of voters were more likely to back Senate candidates who want a Supreme Court ethics code, a poll by liberal groups found.

Roll Call · Jul 19, 2023

Noah Feldman: As justices snipe, Supreme Court's image suffers

The Supreme Court justices are getting testy with one another. As the court’s conservative revolution proceeds, the tone of the court’s opinions is getting increasingly confrontational — and increasingly personal. Extreme decisions are provoking extreme reactions. The leak of the Dobbs opinion last year, and the court’s botched investigation into…

Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2023

Thomas yacht trips cut Crow's tax bill

In lavishing gifts on the Supreme Court justice, the billionaire GOP donor may have violated tax laws, experts say

Salon · Jul 17, 2023

Progressives Should Be Grateful For President Trump's Not-So-Conservative SCOTUS Picks

Recently, Ron DeSantis, the Governor of Florida and GOP presidential candidate, offered a mild criticism of President Trump's three Supreme Court nominees. "I respect the three [Trump] appointees," DeSantis said, "but none of those three are at the same level of Justice Thomas and Justice Alito." DeSantis is not wrong.…

Reason · Jul 17, 2023

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones gave Clarence Thomas a Super Bowl ring that could be worth $100,000

Thomas did report the ring in 1995.

Fortune · Jul 17, 2023

Clarence Thomas' feigned originalism

Gaps in ethics on the High Court lead to extreme rulings. No justice is more tainted than Clarence Thomas

Salon · Jul 15, 2023