Sampling of Press Reporting

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April 10, 2023
"The Conservative Legal Movement Is Basically an Elite Social Club"
New Republic (Matt Ford)

April 10, 2023
"The Democrats Need to Destroy Clarence Thomas's Reputation"
New Republic (Mike Tomasky)

April 13, 2023
"Why doesn't the Supreme Court have a formal code of ethics?"
Politfact- Poynter Institute (Matthew Crowley)

April 14, 2023
"The Ethics of Nine of the Most Powerful People in America"
NYT (editorial)

April 25, 2023
"Roberts declines Senate request to testify on court ethics"
The Hill

April 25, 2023
"Law Firm bought Gorsuch-owned property"
Politico (Heidi Przybyla)

April 27, 2023
"Roberts memo threatened to challenge ethics rules"
The Lever (Andrew Perez, Julia Rock)

April 28, 2023
"Supreme Court's refusal to adopt code of conduct is nothing but petulance"
Roll Call (Charles Gardner Geyh)

May 1, 2023
"Supreme Court needs a code of conduct, says judicial experts"
NPR -- WNYC   & here

May 1, 2023
"Partisan clash expected during Supreme Court ethics hearing"
Roll Call (Michael Macagnone)

May 4, 2023
"Tightening Supreme Court Ethics Rules Faces Steep Hurdle"
NYT (Charlie Savage)

May 8, 2023
"A Crisis of Ethics at the Supreme Court"
NYT (

June 1, 2023
"Why Alito, Kagen recusal decisions at Supreme Court raised eyebrows"
The Hill  (Zack Schoenberg)

July 6, 2023
"Federal Judge Defends Clarence Thomas in New Book"
NYT (Carl Hulse)

July 9, 2023
"Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened the Door to the Court"
NYT (Abbie VanSickle, Seve Eider)

July 9, 2023
"NY Times puts out another left-wing hit piece on Justice Clarence Thomas,
as media, Dems undermine an institution they can't control"
Miranda Devine

"NY Times' (latest) failed hit on Clarence Thomas: new attack on democracy"
NY Post (editorial)

July 18, 2023
C-Span interview: "Michael Waldman on Supreme Court Reform"

July 19, 2023
"Dems start round one in Supreme Court ethics 'boxing match'"
Politico (Katherine Tully-McManus, Burgess Everett)

"Senate panel to vote on Supreme Court code of ethics mandate"
Roll Call (Michael Macagnone)

"US Senate Democrats pursue Supreme Court ethics legislation"
Reuters (John Kruzel)

July 20, 2023
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Reuters (John Kruzel)

July 21, 2023
"Americans Want the Supreme Court to Stop Behaving Like This"
Slate (Dahlia Lithwick, Anat Shenker Onario

July 20, 2023
"Courthouse ethics bill sails through Senate panel against GOP headwinds"
Courthouse News  Service (Benjamin Weiss)

July 21, 2023
"Hawley, Gillibrand push for strict stock-trading ban on Washington lawmakers, senior officials"
Washington Examiner (Tom Howell, Jr.)

May 2, 2023
"Clarence Thomas's decisions have been benefitting wealthy donors-- like Harlan Crow -- for decades"
CREW  (Meghan Faulkner, Robert McGuire)

July 25, 2023
"The Right's Cynical Embrace of Judicial Ethics"
The New Republic (Matt Ford)

May 18, 2023
"Supreme Court 'transparency' group'hammered by Judiciary GOP over IRS donor blunder"
Washington Examiner (Gabe Kaminsky)

July 27, 2023
"Supreme Court 'ethics' group likely failed to disclose lobbying, experts say"
Washington Examiner (Gabe Kaminsky)

August 24, 2023
"Supreme Court 'ethics' activist admits lobbying disclosure failure:'I've been corrected'"
Washington Examiner (Gabe Kaminsky)