In the past seven days, the country has seen two events of historic significance: the explosive testimony of a young woman with impeccable conservative Republican credentials against former President Donald Trump, and an indefensible Supreme Court decision that took away a constitutional right that had been recognized for 50 years. On Tuesday, a courageous 26-year-old […]
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 […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | May 19, 2022 Justice Clarence Thomas is a political partisan in a Justice’s robe. Justices come to the Supreme Court with conservative, liberal, or moderate judicial philosophies. Obviously, they also have their own private views of politics and public policy. But, when a Justice openly brings his private views on political […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | May 5, 2022 The leaked draft of the Supreme Court opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito wipes out Roe v. Wade and takes away the constitutional right of women to make their own decisions about their bodies. The draft opinion reverses a super precedent that for a half-century has been repeatedly relied […]
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