Tag: ethics
Clarence Thomas faces fresh scrutiny over undisclosed luxury trips funded by...
This has prompted renewed calls for his resignation and demands for stricter ethics reforms for the highest court in the land.
Supreme Court justices accepted over $6.5 million in gifts, raising ethics...
These findings raise significant questions about judicial ethics and the potential influence of such gifts on the highest court in the land.
Senate Democrats demand Alito recusal over display of flags linked to...
Top Senate Democrats are urging Chief Justice Roberts to support their call for Justice Samuel Alito's recusal from Trump-related cases, citing concerns over his impartiality due to his display of controversial flags associated with the January 6 insurrection.
Texas Governor Abbott’s anti-migrant bills spark legal and ethical storm
Legal experts and rights groups have voiced concerns, deeming the legislation both dangerous and unconstitutional.
Not just the Supreme Court: Ethics troubles plague state high courts,...
It is against the law for federal judges to hear cases when they own stock in a party. But state supreme court justices, in North Carolina and elsewhere, are not held to the same standard.
Supreme Court’s new ethics code: A step forward or a superficial...
In light of recent ethics scandals involving justices like Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotomayor, there is a growing call for transparency and real reform within the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court: Are new ethics rules needed as Gorsuch, Roberts &...
“Because they don’t have an ethics code, you don’t know whether they’re doing things in an above-board way.”
Why we need engineers who study ethics as much as maths
Future engineers must transcend any remaining single-solution mindsets from the past.
Honesty, integrity, ethics, and morality versus Republicanism
When in the history of this country have we ever seen members of the U.S. Senate like these Republicans, who once swore an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution, but now act as if it has become irrelevant and meaningless?
House passes HR 1 – a sweeping anti-corruption bill to get...
“HR 1 restores the people’s faith that government works for the public interest, the people’s interest, not the special interest.”
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Is the DNC giving Kamala Harris a Boost for 2028?
Scant attention has focused on how hiding the autopsy provides an assist to Kamala Harris, who currently leads in polling of Democrats for the party’s 2028 nomination.
Trump’s quiet election push sparks alarms over federal power and the machinery of voting
A Reuters investigation has revealed a widening federal push into state election systems, with demands for voter records, scrutiny of voting equipment, and revived fraud probes fueling warnings about intimidation, disenfranchisement, and executive overreach.
Trump purge of National Science Board sparks warnings of political takeover of US science
The firing of every member of the National Science Board, alongside sweeping proposed cuts to federal research agencies, is raising alarms that the administration is dismantling independent scientific governance while jeopardizing America’s research leadership.
The Trump administration aims to penalize disabled adults who live with their families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients.
May 1 deadline could trigger constitutional clash over Trump’s Iran war
As the War Powers Resolution clock expires, a legal confrontation is emerging over whether President Donald Trump can continue military operations in Iran without congressional approval.