Just finished Elie Mystal's podcast Contempt of Court. Really interesting and thought-provoking. Highly recommend it, if you're looking for something to listen to.
https://www.thenation.com/content/contempt-of-court/
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We’ve published a legal argument urging recusal or exclusion of three Justices in Supreme Court cases involving the current administration.
The Chief Justice has tools to protect the Court’s integrity, and a six-Justice quorum remains.
👉 https://tinyurl.com/2wwpkzvj
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I. Constitutional and Institutional Framing“May it please the Court: This petition does not challenge the integrity of any individual Justice. Rather, it calls the Court to uphold the constitutional standard that justice must be delivered impartially—and be seen to be so.”At stake is not a political outcome, but the very architecture of public trust that holds the judiciary together. When that trust is compromised—whether by personal, political, or spousal entanglements—the remedy is not optiona
Watching Supreme Court justices navigate political neutrality is like watching a giraffe attempt stealth mode or drunk penguins on ice, hilarious if it weren't deciding your rights. It's admirable in theory, but the execution leaves much to be desired.
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#CalledToTheBar pod | #Plagiarism and Ethics at #InternationalCourts
an interesting discussion sparked by the recent revelation that Judge #JuliaSebutinde plagiarized portions of her dissent to the #ICJ's advisory opinion on the #IsraeliOccupation of #Palestine
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In this week's episode Juliette McIntyre, Mike Becker (Trinity College Dublin) and Kyra Wigard (Utrecht University) discusses recent allegations of plagiarism at the International Court of Justice, it
#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can a judge get into a Facebook fight with a litigant?
A litigant in an OH guardianship case criticized a decision in the comments on the Probate Court Facebook page. The judge clapped back, accusing the litigant of elder abuse & showing up for court drunk. Public Reprimand for a public statement that could impair the fairness of a pending matter.
@mpfpr organised a second #roundtable in #Juba on the “Code of #Judicial Conduct” for the Judiciary of #SouthSudan🇸🇸.
Generously funded by @EUinSouthSudan 🇪🇺
Each justice would be required to publicly release their opinions & disclose how they voted on issues considered on an emergency basis, sometimes referred to as the #ShadowDocket. Such decisions, which have become more common & increasingly controversial in recent years, don’t identify how each justice voted.
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It would require the #IRS to initiate an #audit of the justices’ tax returns each year, release the results & make the tax filings public. Nominees to the court would have to disclose 3 yrs of tax returns.
Another measure would allow a two-thirds vote of the court to force a fellow justice to #recuse from a case.
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The #legislation would also require #SCOTUS nominees to be automatically scheduled for a vote in the #Senate if their nominations have lingered in committee for >180 days.
The measure would prevent senators from blocking a president’s nominees by refusing to hold a vote on them, as then-Senate Majority Leader #MitchMcConnell (R-KY) did after President Barack #Obama’s nomination of #MerrickGarland in 2016.
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During the rollout, each president would approve justices in the first & third year of their terms.
The bill would also require a ruling by ⅔ of the high court & the circuit courts of appeals, rather than a simple majority, to overturn a #law passed by #Congress. #Wyden said the current court has been too quick to discard #precedent & curtail #rights by narrow majorities.
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