More evidence for the need of an ethics board to govern the SC.

There is no such legal mechanism conceivable under our Constitution. It's the Supreme Court.
"The Constitution is what the judges say it is." --Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes

 

Or, SC justices could be required to adhere to the same rules lower court judges must follow. But we both know what will become of this. Nothing. Because Senate Repubs and Chief Justice Roberts will refuse to do what should be done to prevent matters “in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned."

 

There is no entity in the US government with the authority to require the Supreme Court to do anything.

 

Another way to interpret your reply is, "might makes right."

 

It is simply the path set out by our Constitution.

 

The hyenas keep trying to undo election results.

". . . What we have isn’t a crisis of legitimacy so much as a campaign of delegitimization. It’s been waged for years, as Republican efforts to change the makeup of the Court have borne fruit. We saw it in the circus of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings back in 2019. We saw it in calls to pack the Court, an idea so radical that no less a meddler than FDR backed off it. And we saw it last year in the protests at Supreme Court justices’ homes, in the death threats sent to the Court, and, almost certainly, in the leak of an early draft of Samuel Alito’s Dobbs opinion. As this magazine goes to press, a flurry of mostly specious stories about the court’s conservative justices have been published in quick succession by left-wing outlets. This is very clearly journalism with an agenda: the goal is to chip away at the legitimacy of the court. . . . "

The Campaign Against the Supreme Court's Legitimacy
The Spectator World



It's important to remember that there's a difference between critiquing the Supreme Court and delegitimizing it. Read More

 

Democrats are learning that what goes around comes around.
The Democrats' Latest Effort To Pack the Supreme Court
Washington Examiner

Many Democratic leaders just won't give up their nefarious court packing schemes. They also keep repeating flagrant falsehoods to support the... Read More

 

Campaign To Destroy SCOTUS Getting Increasingly Stupid

David Harsanyi, Federalist

 

Giving Clarence Thomas His Due
Loury & McWhorter, Substack




The vilification of Clarence Thomas needs to stop. Actually, I’ll go further than that. Clarence Thomas deserves permanent public... Read More

The vilification of Clarence Thomas needs to stop. Actually, I’ll go further than that. Clarence Thomas deserves permanent public recognition for his achievements and service to the country. Schools should be named after him. Whatever his past sins, he has served on the Supreme Court for three decades. He has risen from nothing to become one of the most powerful and influential public officials in the country. Yes, he is a conservative, and his views are unpopular in some quarters. But that should not blind us to the magnitude of his accomplishments.

There is no reason that a school or library or public park shouldn’t bear the name of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Whatever you think of her opinions and ideological orientation, she was a significant figure on the Supreme Court, and so she is a significant historical figure. That’s undeniable. Equally undeniable is the significance and influence of Clarence Thomas. As John notes in the following excerpt from our most recent conversation, Thomas’s career before he ascended to the Court may not have merited a special place of honor. But he is now arguably the most influential justice currently serving. He may not have originated any school of legal thinking, but his opinions will remain consequential for decades after he retires.

Imagine an anti-Thomas, a black Supreme Court justice who shared Clarence Thomas’s background and history but occupied the far left wing of the Court and wasn’t shy about it. I somehow doubt that the notion of naming a school or any other public facility after him would make anybody bat an eye. It may well be that it’s simply too early to start thinking about how Thomas will be remembered—he’s still a sitting justice, and he shows no sign of slowing down. But it’s never too early to start planning. Perhaps those of us who see Thomas for the extraordinary black American that he is ought to start thinking about making Clarence Thomas High School a reality. . . . .

 

If he ever stops violating ethics rules, and the law, observers will stop pointing out that he has.

 

Lee Atwater, here in the States we got three branches of government, legislative branch, executive branch, and judicial branch. The purpose of the legislative branch is to write the law, the purpose of the executive branch is to see that the law is carried out, and the purpose of the judicial branch is to interpret the laws (but only in the case of dispute).

My question to you Lee Atwater, is which branch of government would you give control of the judicial branch, the legislative branch or the executive branch?

 

The next time he violates a rule will be the first time.

 

Preposterous...........as you know.

 

Nope. It's the truth.

 

I was going to say such denial of the facts is beneath you but..............climate change..........so.............

 

I'm not the one pushing agenda-driven hysteria.

 

Me thinks you protest too much.

 

Nope.

 

ProPublica Misleads Its Readers
Samuel Alito, Wall Street Journal

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That’s embarrassing especially coming from a Supreme Court Justice.

 

When ProPublica launches political attacks on SCOTUS Justices they should not be surprised when the justices respond in kind.

 

Now there is a situation in dire need of redress.

 

“It was and is my judgment that these facts would not cause a reasonable and unbiased person to doubt my ability to decide the matters in question (cases involving Singer's interests) impartially,” Justice Alito wrote.

Showing once again that Alito's judgement is demonstrably impaired.

 

Nope. It's a cornerstone of our freedom, rights and constitutional order.