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Justice Neil Gorsuch sold $2m property to owner of legal firm with cases before Supreme Court

Growing discontent about Court’s lax ethical guardrails has yet to be seriously addressed by justices

The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2023

Democrats condemn Roberts’ refusal to testify over US supreme court ethics row

Chief justice declined to face Senate judiciary committee after reports of Clarence Thomas’s ties with Republican megadonor

The Guardian - US · Apr 26, 2023

More ethics questions rise for Supreme Court justices

The sale came a month after Gorsuch was appointed to the Supreme Court.

Axios · Apr 25, 2023

Kavanaugh v. Gorsuch—The Return

Today's opinions are a requel to prior splits among the most recent Republican appointees to the Supreme Court.

Reason · Apr 19, 2023

Nine Black Robes review: how Trump turned the supreme court right

Joan Biskupic of CNN delivers an assured history of the conservative takeover that threatens to reshape America

The Guardian - US · Apr 9, 2023

Ending Chevron Deference in the States

While the US Supreme Court continues to require judges to defer to administrative agencies' interpretations of law in many situations, numerous states have abolished or severely curbed such deference. The results should temper both hopes and fears associated with ending judicial deference to agencies.

Reason · Mar 28, 2023

Supreme Court skeptical of man who offered adult adoptions

The Supreme Court seems inclined to rule against a man convicted of violating immigration law for offering adult adoptions he falsely claimed would lead to citizenship

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2023

High School Football Coach Prays And Receives $1.7M Payout For Religious Tradition On Field

A former public high school football coach in Washington who lost his job for leading prayers on the field after games

Zenger · Mar 27, 2023

Is bringing back firing squads for executions a good idea?

The image of gunmen in a row firing in unison into the chest of a condemned prisoner may conjure up a bygone, less enlightened era

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2023

SCOTUS hears Navajo water rights case

The Biden administration told justices it doesn't have an obligation to bring more water to the reservation

Salon · Mar 21, 2023