Sen Whitehouse: Did you think I'd show up to the hearing on Supreme Court ethics without receipts?

[kpete]

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[Autumn]

1. I'm in love. 10 times over.

Senator Whitehouse.

[Timeflyer]

10. Me too!

[BComplex]

52. Me too! HE should have been made the Attorney General at this time in our country's history.

Senator Whitehouse is the LEADER in trying to fix the most serious problems in this country, i.e., DARK MONEY.

[Hekate]

2. He is one of my heroes

[gratuitous]

3. Great; now you're going to make Justice Alito cry again

It's happened so often, I'm beginning to think Alito's in rehearsal for a revival of the opera Pagliacci (an Italian word that means "clowns" ).

[dchill]

8. "Don't bother, they're here."

[Wednesdays]

49. Indeed.

Arriving in the clown car.

[Abigail_Adams]

60. Bravo!

[Tetrachloride]

4. No copy paste?

[orthoclad]

13. Yeah. Be nice to knw what he said

[wnylib]

23. See my #22.

[malaise]

5. An expert

Rec

[royable]

6. Whitehouse is a powerhouse! n/t

[pazzyanne]

29. Yes, he is!

...And he always has the receipts!

[Joinfortmill]

7. This dude is a rock star.

[Eko]

11. Bam!!!

[dchill]

12. Wow!

[orthoclad]

14. Anybody know what he said?

OP is blank.

[Xoan]

18. https://twitter.com/i/status/1653520218294034432

[orthoclad]

32. It's blank.

I think it only shows if you belong to twitter.
In which case, this demonstrates that the link feeds data back to Musk, by checking for membership.

[Captain Zero]

20. See my reply #16 below

A Legal Doctrine of Natural Law is: Nemo judex in causa sua –

No man shall be Judge in his own cause, or, the deciding authority must be impartial and without bias.
—The Rule against Bias.


His point is this is very originalist, going back to Roman Law, which should please Alito with his interest in historical allusions.

[wnylib]

22. He detailed all of Clarence Thomas' corrupt dealings

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and all of his own (Senator Whitehouse's) attempts to investigate the improprieties. He listed the constant runaround responses that he got for a full year when looking into this.

His detailing of each issue was like bulleted points - short, to the point, pulling no punches. Then he said that his bill would address the ethics problems at the SC.

Came across as being on top of this and not taking any BS.

[orthoclad]

33. Thanks!

[spooky3]

35. And he said problems began years ago--Scalia took 70+ hunting trips

Financed by others, for example, and Whitehouse was rebuffed repeatedly when trying to hold SCOTUS to account.

[Rebl2]

15. He belongs

in the Whitehouse as President!

[Captain Zero]

17. He does. I've been telling my daughter for the last year

This is the next guy.

[housecat]

24. I was thinking the same thing. Whitehouse in the Whitehouse. Now there's a slogan for a campaign

[AmBlue]

44. Every time I see him speak

I think exactly the same thing. Whitehouse for The White House!!

[burrowowl]

46. Yes!

[Captain Zero]

16. Whitehouse use of some Latin - "Nemo judex in sua causa"

A Legal Doctrine of Natural Law is: Nemo judex in causa sua –

No man shall be Judge in his own cause, or, the deciding authority must be impartial and without bias.
—The Rule against Bias.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. Watched/listened to the whole thing

The Democrats were outstanding. Here were clips from some of Mazie Hirono's questions to the witnesses -

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Senator Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono
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Employees at many private companies must comply with ethical codes to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest.

Don't you think Justices on the highest court in our land should as well?

If the Supreme Court won't adopt a code of ethics, Congress must require them to.
6:16 PM · May 2, 2023

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The Leadership Conference
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“The Supreme Court has a huge impact on the daily lives of every single American.”

Thank you, Sen. @maziehirono, for underscoring that this conversation is not academic or theoretical. It is fundamentally about who our courts serve and whose rights are upheld. #EthicsReformNow
12:50 PM · May 2, 2023

[BComplex]

53. Another one of my personal heroes! Hirono is always straight and to the point, and she

takes NO prisoners!

[BumRushDaShow]

54. During her opening

she had her staffer "working the charts" set up behind her too!

[PatSeg]

21. Very impressive Senator

[CrispyQ]

25. Whitehouse is one of our best! -nt

[erronis]

26. Please use a non-musky link to public material. Here it is from Sen. Whitehouse's site.

https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/whitehouse-co-leads-senate-judiciary-committee-hearing-on-supreme-court-ethics-reform

The video:

[kpete]

27. Thanks

[erronis]

31. And thanks for bringing this to our attention. That is more important than my nits!

I really appreciate what you have done for all of us on this site. Every day I learn many new things from my fellow DUers. Perhaps that'll stop my brain from ossifying!

[FakeNoose]

37. Thank you - he also gives the full text of his speech on the same page

If the video is provided without closed captions, I'm at a loss. I much prefer to read the text.

Thank you Senator Whitehouse!

[Tetrachloride]

58. Text is best +++. Video is a luxury of time -- even if "must see"

i don’t automatically click

[ShazzieB]

51. This video has another advantage, besides being non-musky: closed captions!

Not needed by many, but precious to those of us with less than perfect hearing!

I still have a Twitter account, so I can see Twitter videos. But when I don't see "cc" at the bottom of the video screen, I groan inwardly. Those things actually make a big difference to some of us.

[True Blue American]

61. True and WhiteHouse has

Always been my hero

[Ford_Prefect]

28. Someone tell the MSM to follow up on this rather than repeating the tabloid coverage.

[orleans]

42. ?? are you referring to the tweet in the op as being "tabloid coverage?" ??

[Ford_Prefect]

50. Much of what passes for news on the major outlets has been closer to gossip than news,

with no follow-up or background research, as if it was edited by the subject's PR firm. Frequently it ignores or avoids presenting context in favor of clickable headlines.

I'm not referring to the tweet. I'm talking about the MSM's coverage.

[bringthePaine]

30. straight up badassery🤣🍺👍

[Rhiannon12866]

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[erronis]

39. Is it possible to do a thread unwrap for all of these? I can't see them without opening

in an incognito window (don't want musk to track me).

I'm hoping that there's another platform soon that the politicians can use that isn't owned by musk (for the politicians that aren't owned by musk, et.al.)

[crickets]

36. Sen Whitehouse threw down here. Well done!

[Cha]

38. It's a Cover UP in Plain View!

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[peppertree]

40. Despots in robes

Straight out of the worst of the 3rd world - including the fact that they remain almost completely above the law.

And loving it.

[panader0]

41. That was excellent! No one can watch that and not understand the huge issue at hand.

Thank you Sen Whitehouse.

[3catwoman3]

43. The senator always has...

…his ducks in a row. 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆

[NJCher]

45. The nonverbal communication part

He knows the power of the printed word.

That is why he put his back up paperwork squarely in sight and with sound effects.

[LuckyLib]

47. Outstanding! Thank you Mr. Whitehouse.

[czarjak]

48. Receipts matter?

[Uncle Joe]

55. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread kpete

[greblach]

56. Wow, just Wow. NT

[JudyM]

57. He wants Thomas to answer the question of what he knew about his wife's insurrection involvement?

Surely he knows Thomas would lie, which makes you wonder if he has some receipts on that knowledge…

Whitehouse is always a vision of excellence.

[whathehell]

59. Damn -- He's great!

More Dems like him, please.

[ECL213]

62. How in the actual fuck has the Federalist Society been considered apolitical thus far?

Hard to believe.

[Martin68]

63. Brilliant plain-spoken case. I'm glad to se the ball on this finally rolling.

I expect push back and obstruction from Republican Congress critters. Is Roberts going to step in and salvage the court's reputation by supporting these measures?

[Pinback]

64. +1: "Some contextualist"