WHAT'S
BEEN HAPPENING, EVER SINCE
November
1, 1993 recusal policy
2011
Senate Judiciary Committee's October 5, 2011 hearing
"Considering the Role of Judges Under the United States
Constitution"
transcript
Chief Justice Roberts' December 31, 2011 Year End Report for
2011
2012
February 13, 2012 letter to Chief Justice Roberts
2013
House Judiciary Committee's April 25,
2013 hearing on federal judicial discipline
2019
H.R. 1 -- "For the People Act"
June 21, 2019
VIDEO: House Judiciary Committee hearing on federal judicial
ethics and transparency
September 25, 2019 "True
Disciplinary Actions for Judges Rare" Bloomberg Law (Patricio
Chile)
2021
January 4, 2021
H.R. 1: "For the People Act of 2021"
March 17, 2021:
S.1: "For the People Act of 2021"
February 4, 2021 letter to Chief Justice Roberts
June 16, 2021
S.2093: "For the People Act of 2021"
July 28, 2021
H.R.2512: "Supreme Court Ethics Act"
H.R.4766 "Supreme Court Ethics Act"
Presidential Commission on the US Supreme Court
October 26, 2021
VIDEO: House Judiciary Committee Hearing: “Judicial
Ethics and Transparency: The Limits of Existing Statutes and
Rules”
CREW
Alliance for Justice
PR
2022
Scholars' February 3, 2022 letter to Chief Justice Roberts
April 4, 2022
"Whitehouse,
Johnson Call on Chief Justice Roberts to Ensure that Justice
Clarence Thomas Recuses Himself From January 6th Cases"
April 6, 2022
Congressional Research Service:
"A
Code of Conduct for the Supreme Court? Legal Questions and
Considerations"
April 26, 2022
VIDEO: House Judiciary Committee
Courts Subcommittee hearing:
"Buiding Confidence in the Supreme
Court Through Ethics and Recusal Reforms"
written statements:
POGO
May 3, 2022
H.R.7647: "Supreme
Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2022"
May 11, 2022
SS.4188: "Supreme
Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2022"
July 8, 2022 "Operation
Higher Courts: Inside the religious right's efforts to wine and
dine Supreme Court justices" Politico (Peter
Canellos, Josh Gerstein)
November 16, 2022
"The
Judiciary Should Improve its Policies on Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
Investigations"
US Gov't Accountability Office
November 19, 2022
'Former
Anti-Abortion Leader Alleges Another Supreme Court Breach"
NYT (Jodi Kanter, Jo Becker)
2023
February 9, 2023 "Sens.
Whitehouse and Blumenthal and Reps. Johnson, Nadler, Quigley,
and Cicilline Introduce New Version of Supreme Court Ethics and
Transparence Act"
S.359: "Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency
Act of 2023"
March 28, 2023 "After
Whitehouse spotlights loopholes"
April 6, 2023 "Durban
Statement on Reports of Justice Clarence Thomas' Acceptance of
Undisclosed Luxury Gifts from Republican Megadonor"
April 11, 2023 "Durban,
Senate Judiciary Democrats Urge Chief Justice Roberts to
Investigate Justice Thomas' Undisclosed GIfts and Take Action to
Prevent Further Misconduct"
April 14, 2023 "New York Times Editorial Board Calls for
Passage of Whitehouse's SCERT ACT"
April 18, 2023 "Durban
Call for Supreme Court Ethics Reform on the Senate Floor"
April 20, 2023 "Durban
Invites Chief Justice Roberts To Testify Before the Judiciary
Committee Regarding Supreme Court Ethics"
April 22, 2023 "Durban
Receives Response to April 10th Letter to Chief Justice Roberts
on Supreme Court Ethical Standards"
April 24, 2023 "Chief Justice Roberts Defers to Judicial
Conference on Need for Investigation of Justice Thomas'
Extravagant Billionaire-Funded Trips"
April 25, 2023 "Durban
Statement on Chief Justice Roberts Declining to Testify Before
the Judiciary Committee Regarding Supreme Court Ethics"
Chief Justice Roberts' April 25, 2023 letter
April 25, 2023 'Whitehouse Presses Judicial Conference
Committee to Provide More Information on Deliberations Related
to Justice Thomas Referral"
April 26, 2023 "Whitehouse Reacts to Chief Justice's Refusal
to Appear Before Senate Committee, Reups Call for Enforceable
Ethics Code"
April 26, 2023 "Senate
Judiciary Committee Democrats Ask Chief Justice Roberts
for Information Regarding Supreme Court Ethics in Advance of
Hearing on May 2"
April 27, 2023
"VIDEO:
Supreme
Court Fact-Finding & Distortion of Democracy"
May 2, 2023
"VIDEO:
Supreme
Court Ethics Reform"
Ex. 1: Feb 4, 2021 letter to Roberts, Harris
Ex. 2: July 12, 2021 letter
Ex. 3: August 30, 2021 letter
Ex. 4: April 18, 2022 letter
Ex. 5: April 29, 2022 letter
Ex. 6: March 23, 2023 letter
Ex. 7:
Ex. 8: April 18, 2023 letter fromMauskopt
Ex. 9: June 18, 2011 NYT
Ex. 10: April 27, 2023 letter
written
testimonies:
Jeremy Fogel
Jeremy Fogel
Amanda Frost
Amanda Frost
Kedric Payne (questions
response)
Michael Mukasey
Thomas Dupree, Jr.
Thomas
Dupree, Jr.
Luttig letter
"Durban
Delivers Opening Statement..."
"Durban
Questions Witnesses..."
May 2, 2023
"Whitehouse
Co-Leads Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Supreme Court
Ethics Reform"
May 3, 2023 "It's
Time to Establish Enforceable Rules
of the Road for All Justices"
May 4, 2023 "Whitehouse
Reups Call for Chief Justice to Investigate and for Congress to
Pass SCERT Act After Yet Another Serious Report About Justice
Thomas's Apparent Ethical Failures"
"Durban
Statement on ProPublica Report & Supreme Court Ethics Reform"
May 9, 2023
"Durban
Leads Judiciary Committee Democrats in Letters to Harlan Crow
Seeking Full Information on Gifts
& Travel Given to Justice Thomas"
May 9, 2023
"Whitehouse
Urges Judicial Conference to Make Processes More Transparent and
Reveal Conference's Handling of 2011 Justice Thomas Referrals"
Judicial Conference Secretary's May 15, 2023 letter to
Whitehouse
May 17, 2023
"VIDEO:
Review
of Federal Judicial Ethics Processes
at the Judicial Conference of the United States"
Written Testimony
Mark Wolf
Mark Wolf
May 17, 2023
"Whitehouse
Chairs Courts Subcommittee Hearing on Judicial Conference's
Management of 2011 Ethics Complaints Against Justice Thomas"
"Durban
Delivers Opening Statement During Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing
on Judicial Ethics Processes at the Judicial Conference of the
U.S."
May 23, 2023
"Durban
Statement on Response from Harlan Crow Regarding Gifts & Travel
Given to Justice Thomas"
May 26, 2023
"Durban,
Whitehouse Send Follow Up Letter to Harlan Crow Seeking Full
Information on Gifts, Travel,
and Access Given to Supreme Court Justices"
May 31, 2023
"Durban:
Chief Justice Roberts Should Strengthn
Supreme Court Ethics Standards Before
the Court's Summer Recess"
June 6, 2023
"Durban,
Whitehouse Statement on Harlan Crow's Continued Refusal to
Provide Key Information Regarding Gifts and Travel Given to
Justice Thomas"
&
here
June 6, 2023
"Durban
Fires Back After Harlan Crow Refuses to Voluntarily Cooperate
with Information Requests Regarding Gifts to Justice Thomas"
June 12, 2023
"Whitehouse
Launches 'Making the Case' Podcast to Shine Light on Far-Right
Scheme to Capture Supreme Court"
June 14, 2023
"VIDEO:
Ensuring
an Impartial Judiciary:
Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023"
written testimonies:
James Sample
Jennifer Mascott
Donald Sherman
CREW -- Noah Bookbinder
Dubran's press release --
opening statements
Durban's press release -- witnesses
June 15, 2023
"In
Wake of Cascading Supreme Court Ethics Scandals, Whitehouse
Chairs Courts Subcommittee Hearing on his Comprehensive Supreme
Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act"
June 21, 2023
"Following
ProPublica Report Regarding Justice Alito, Durban & Whitehouse
Announce Markup in Senate Judiciary Committee on Supreme Court
Ethics Reform Legislation During Next Work Period"
June 21, 2023
"Whitehouse
Statement on Explosive ProPublica Report on Justice Alito's Free
Alaskan Fishing Trip Planned by Leonard Leo and Paid for by
Billionaires"
June 22, 2023
"Whitehouse
Releases Episode Two of his Podcast 'Making the Case' to Expose
Operators Behind Far-Right Scheme to Capture the Supreme Court"
ethical
corruption issue
February 9, 2023
"Supreme
Court justices discussed, but did not agree on, code of conduct"
Washington Post (Robert Barnes, Ann Marimow)
June 25, 2023
"I
did Alito's prep for his confirmation hearing. His new
excuses are nonsense" MSNBC (Richard Painter)
July 12, 2023 "Senators
Ask Billionaire Paul Singer and Power Broker Leonard Leo
for Full Accounting of Gifts to Supreme Court Justices"
ProPublica (Justin Elliott, Josh Kaplan, Alex Mierjeski)
July 12, 2023
"Supreme
Court Dispatch" Jurist (Justin Lindsay)
June 15, 2023
"Senate
Judiciary Committee Advances Bipartisan Bill to Preserve Strong,
Independent Journalism and News Organizations"
June 15, 2023
"Debating
Ethics Standards for United States Supreme Court Justices"
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