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It will shock you not at all to learn which two Supreme Court justices blew off the financial disclosure deadline.

Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-IL) has invited Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts—or any other justice he designates—to testify at an upcoming…

By backing the implementation of ethics reforms already practiced in the lower courts instead of more radical solutions, liberals can make a case with which conservatives might agree.

In a letter to Congress, four groups cite POLITICO report on loopholes in current ethics rules.

"This bill would actively weaken government ethics, not strengthen them," warned the ethics watchdog Project on Government Oversight.

Common Cause tracked votes and cosponsorships of 18 bills and resolutions governing finance, ethics, and voting rights this past year.

The report lends evidence to arguments that the filibuster erodes democracy.

Common Cause tracked votes and cosponsorships of 18 bills and resolutions governing finance, ethics, and voting rights this past year.

Although members of Congress voting in favor of democracy issues has increased since 2020, the legislative filibuster stopped bills from becoming law.

On the heels of an unflattering report by the Wall Street Journal reporting that 131 federal judges or their family members had some kind of financial ties to cases over which they...