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SCOTUS Grudgingly Issues First-Ever Ethics Codes To Clear Up ‘Misunderstanding’
Non-enforceable code comes after ProPublica revealed that Justices Thomas, Alito received luxury trips from right-wing billionaires.
The Supreme Court Will Decide If Domestic Abuse Orders Can Bar People From Having Guns. Lives Could Be At Stake.
The court’s ruling on United States v. Rahimi could clarify an earlier decision on guns. Or it could take away one of the best options to protect domestic violence victims. In states like Tennessee, the consequences could be deadly.
Trump’s Court Whisperer Had A State Judicial Strategy. Its Full Extent Only Became Clear Years Later.
Conservative activist Leonard Leo helped elect a judge in Wisconsin. Without him, the GOP feared their agenda would be “toast,” according to an email.
SCOTUS Is Helping The Christian Right Undermine The Force Of Anti-Discrimination Law
It is increasingly clear from the nation’s highest court that religious objections can invalidate anti-discrimination protections and provide popular intolerance with an end run around the law.
We Don’t Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court Supermajority
The inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that remade the American legal system — and what he plans to do next.
House Republicans Bet On Divine Intervention
INSIDE: George Santos ... Janet Protasiewicz ... Kari Lake
Dem Rep. Clyburn’s Role In Redrawn Congressional Maps Becomes Key in Supreme Court Redistricting Case
The court will hear a case about whether South Carolina Republicans illegally took race into account when they created the current voting districts.
It’s Not Personal: Why Clarence Thomas’ Trip To The Koch Summit Undermines His Ethics Defense
Even by Thomas’ own permissive interpretation, the justice’s recently revealed travel to Palm Springs and the Bohemian Grove appear to violate the disclosure law, experts explained.
Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated In Koch Network Donor Events
Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.