The Supreme Court Stonewalls In Defense Of Samuel Alito
Source: Huffington Post
A lawyer for the Supreme Court dismissed questions about ethics issues at the court in a terse reply to a letter from two top congressional Democrats on Monday.
Supreme Court legal counsel Ethan Torrey replied to the inquiry from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), each in charge of oversight of the courts in their respective chambers.
Link to tweet
The two congressional investigators had pressed Chief Justice John Roberts to answer questions about how the court handles ethical breaches after news reports revealed a pressure campaign by the Christian conservative group Faith & Action that allegedly resulted in Justice Samuel Alito revealing the outcome of his 2014 decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby prior to its release.
Torrey did not answer any of Whitehouse and Johnsons questions regarding ongoing or potential ethics inquiries into the courts leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, or into Alitos alleged leak of the Hobby Lobby outcome. Nor did he say which justices received gifts as part of the religious right pressure campaign.
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yankee87
(2,173 posts)What a shame SCOTUS is such a cesspool of corruption. On top of everything else, with them wanting to take us back to 1860. Now we find out they are taking bribes.
czarjak
(11,278 posts)bringthePaine
(1,729 posts)rubbersole
(6,699 posts)ShazzieB
(16,420 posts)I still have Twitter, so I went there and clicked on the image in the tweet, and it was so blurry, it was like trying to read underwater. Not completely illegible, but so uncomfortable it felt like more trouble than it was worth. I only read a little bit before giving up.
This kind of thing is a pet peeve of mine. If I was willing to struggle that hard to read things, I'd get bargain single vision eyeglasses instead of paying extra for progressive lenses with a reading prescription. *grumble*
Just wondering if I'm the only one who had a problem. I don't understand why people bother posting something like this that's such poor quality. It's a waste of everybody's time.
bucolic_frolic
(43,181 posts)I'm wondering if it's satire of satire
msfiddlestix
(7,282 posts)it's not the first time, it is typical in fact.
another reason why I hate twitter postings. why can't a legible copy be posted?
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,489 posts)msfiddlestix
(7,282 posts)ck4829
(35,077 posts)Stonewalling in defense of Samuel Alito, they say?
Javaman
(62,530 posts)"get off our lawn!!"
Scalded Nun
(1,236 posts)No stone unturned. No cost too great. Gotta find the SCOTUS traitor.
Turns out it is one of them.
Time to circle the wagons.
...and they remain unhappy that the country thinks they are corrupt and without ethical standards.
Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)I got a tattoo last year of a weeping Lady Justice expressing my feelings on our Justice system today. I have seen a deterioration over the last 32 years. It is heavily impacted by corporate influence and SCOTUS is at the forefront. Citizens United was a really big turning point. Roberts has a lot to answer for.
FBaggins
(26,748 posts)Its pretty limited as it applies to the judiciary - particularly the Supreme Court.
We heard this rumor and have chosen to believe it
so what are you doing to correct it? really isnt within the scope of that authority. Or rather
they can ask, but there isnt much they can do about it when theyre told to buzz off.
Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)Myself, I educate people every day about what I know and what I have seen in our justice system. I am outspoken in a very red area.
FBaggins
(26,748 posts)And yet
none of those things appear to be happening.
Sen. Whitehouse is doing all that he really can - which is drawing attention to the accusation and extending the news cycle. I doubt that he expected an actual answer to his questions.
LaMouffette
(2,036 posts)the law and immune from any kind of regulation or oversight.
Bayard
(22,099 posts)That the Supremes have a lawyer.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Its time to end the imperial court - without accountability we are better off without it.
republianmushroom
(13,616 posts)5 member have lied their asses off
live love laugh
(13,118 posts)FBaggins
(26,748 posts)Nothin new
riversedge
(70,242 posts)FBaggins
(26,748 posts)But it isnt likely that the answers will change much