6 activists challenged 89K Ga. voters Experts warn that election officials’ handling of some of those challenges may clash with federal law Salon · Jul 13, 2023
Los Angeles Housing Department Will Investigate Residential Hotels Following a Capital & Main and ProPublica investigation, which found that buildings meant for housing are instead being rented to tourists, the mayor’s office asked for a review. Capital & Main · Jul 12, 2023
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 · Jul 12, 2023
Trump lawyer linked to scam websites Right-wing websites connected to former Trump lawyer are scamming loyal followers with phony celebrity pitches Salon · Jul 10, 2023
Liz Weston: Saving for retirement just got more complicated Secure 2.0 gave people several new options for workplace retirement accounts, but it forces higher-income savers to use their plans’ Roth option for catch-up contributions The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2023
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 The Guardian - US · Jul 7, 2023
The big business of clogged arteries ProPublica analyzed artery procedures and found that some doctors are making millions doing questionable treatments Salon · Jul 3, 2023
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. Axios · Jul 2, 2023
How Arizona stands between tribes' water For the Navajo Nation, the fight for water rights has real implications, with infrastructure often never built Salon · Jul 2, 2023
How NJ school board flipped conservative An angry parent confronting the board president accelerated a chain of events that pushed the board to the right Salon · Jun 30, 2023
SCOTUS term tainted by clear corruption Seductions of wealth don’t necessitate a quid pro quo Salon · Jun 30, 2023
Michael Hiltzik: US government debunks COVID lab-leak conspiracy theory, enraging conspiracy theorists That sound you may have detected rising from the ether of social media this weekend was the gnashing of teeth by COVID conspiracy-mongers, outraged by a U.S. government report debunking their most cherished claims. Los Angeles Times · Jun 29, 2023
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. WEKU · Jun 28, 2023
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 Salon · Jun 28, 2023
Salon · Jun 27, 2023 Inside Justice Alito's WSJ pre-buttal The Journal editorial page accused ProPublica of misleading readers in a story that hadn’t yet been published
Salon · Jun 26, 2023 Profs rip Alito for demanding safe space Judge charged with interpreting 1st Amendment rights "can’t bear others exercising their free speech rights"
The Guardian - US · Jun 26, 2023 ‘Conservative justices? Yeah, in what way?’ Key senator on a supreme court in thrall to special interests Sheldon Whitehouse says recent court may be undergoing a ‘course correction’ following backlash to its extremist ruling and ethics scandals
Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 25, 2023 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.
The Guardian - US · Jun 23, 2023 Harlan Crow on collision course with Senate over Clarence Thomas gifts Finance committee focusing on tax treatment of billionaire mega-donor’s gifts to supreme court justice
Salon · Jun 23, 2023 Why GOP justices are so whiny The Federalist Society keeps SCOTUS judges in a perpetually whiny state
The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2023 Wall Street Journal defends Alito op-ed, blasting ProPublica’s ethics investigation as ‘political assault’ Editorial board calls latest investigative report into Supreme Court ethics a ‘non-scandal built on partisan spin’
Reason · Jun 22, 2023 Justice Alito Shouldn't Have To Do The Media's Job In a series of stories, ProPublica has charged Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito with two types of misconduct. First, the reports contend that the justices failed to disclose certain travel they received. Second, ProPublica alleges that the justices failed to recuse themselves from cases that indirectly involved the people…
The Guardian - US · Jun 22, 2023 Alito’s wrongdoing makes a supreme court ethics overhaul an imperative Today’s supreme court is extremely powerful, increasingly political and decreasingly trusted. We need reform now
Salon · Jun 21, 2023 Leonard Leo has key role in SCOTUS mess Billionaire Paul Singer and the lodge owner "were both major donors to Leo's political groups," ProPublica reports
Al Jazeera · Jun 21, 2023 US Supreme Court justice faces questions over donor-financed trip An investigative story by a US news outlet is latest to raise questions about improper conduct by conservative justices.