Tag Archive for: Conflicts of Interest

D21, Eisen, Common Cause: Supreme Court Must Adopt Code Of Conduct And Strengthen Recusal Procedures

|, |      by

Facing a crisis from the loss of public confidence, the Supreme Court must adopt a Code of Conduct and strengthen its internal procedures for applying conflict-of-interest standards for a Justice to recuse from cases pending before the Court, three government watchdogs wrote in letters sent today to Chief Justice John Roberts, and to Senate Judiciary […]

Read more

Democracy 21 Joins With CREW And 18 Other National Groups To Urge Congress To Pass Legislation Prohibiting Members From Owning Stocks, Bonds

| |    by

Twenty national good government organizations, including CREW and Democracy 21, joined together to urge Congress to pass legislation that would prohibit Members of Congress from owning or trading individual stocks, bonds, or similar financial instruments. “Our country is at an inflection point: the reports of Members’ suspicious stock trades at the beginning of the pandemic […]

Read more