In an accompanying statement on ethics practices, the Supreme Court’s justices insisted their current ethical guidelines on gifts, travel and financial deals are sufficient.
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What Scalia’s Defense of a Free Jet Trip Says About Thomas’s Travels
In a combative 2004 memo rejecting calls for his recusal, Justice Antonin Scalia discussed whether a trip on a litigant’s plane was a gift that had to be disclosed.
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Abortion Pill Ruling May Face Headwinds at the Supreme Court
Even justices hostile to abortion and the administrative state may think twice, legal scholars said, before embracing a Texas judge’s decision.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Promises Supreme Court Ethics Hearing
Democrats on the panel wrote to the chief justice, urging an investigation into gifts and travel provided to Justice Clarence Thomas.
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Student Loan Case Could Redefine Limits of Presidential Power
It is not the first time that the Supreme Court has suggested that President Biden has overstepped his authority, but the case could curtail his ambitions.