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Publics trust in the courts. um, and -- and this kind of behavior undermines it. and its forbidden, really, for all the lower courts beneath the supreme court. there is a judicial code of ethics that -- that binds the lower courts. but the justices in the supreme court, um, hold themselves above the ethics code and, um, say that its -- its basically optional for them. so, its -- its a -- its a really troubling situation i think for all the people that ive -- ive interviewed. and um, you know, i ...

On that. the company out of that 23 on the list that gave the most money, he is the executive director of public works and they decide who gets these city contracts to fix the roads, to fix buildings and that kind of thing. let me give you an example. american structure point donated almost $36,000. they were awarded almost 18,000 in contracts, jesse. dod construction and its subsidiary donated 14,000. then awarded almost 900,000 in city contracts and daily mail is saying he was invited to the c...

What is the job that you as a senator could be youre doing in the senate? >> what we are doing is really bringing forth who she is. so the american people can make judgments. it is probably the longest exposure she will have to every day americans. and it is a teaching moment. i went into how forced arbitration is closing courthouse doors by forcing people to go through a process dominated by corporations, whether its credit cards or workplace violation. i went into some of the kinds of issues t...

Its one of the few years in the federal government not governed by an ethics code. i think thats long overdue. >> the most powerful senator in washington on these issues, chairman durbin when were back after this break. were back after this break ♪ we believe theres an innovator in all of us. ♪ thats why we build technology that makes it possible for every business... and every person... to come to the table and do more incredible things. to support a strong immune system your body needs a r...

It themselves. a group of lawmakers have renewed calls for the supreme court ethics act. judiciary committee chair senator dick durbin of illinois is a co-sponsor of the bill. >> weve been waiting a long time. the supreme court has not been cooperative. its one of the few areas in the federal government not governed by an ethics code. i think it is long overdue. >> garrett haake, isnt this about the credibility of the supreme court? i mean, isnt it on the line here? how is it that justice thomas...

They should recuse. that is a decision for each to make. they dont sit in judgment of each other. they cant take a vote and say you have to not participate now that we know the situation. but the chief has moral authority of course with his colleagues. he could pull justice thomas aside and encourage him to be more public how he makes the recusal decisions. or perhaps finally the chief could encourage his colleagues to formally adopt an ethics code. they say they generally abide by the code that...

On the presidents phone records on january 6th. now, this is something that is not new. we reported this a couple months ago, that there was an hours-long gap in these phone records and something that now we know that it was about seven hours long. one member of the committee, pete aguilar, told reporters today that he has some concerns and so does the committee, and lets listen to what he said. >> its a matter of concern, but it is going to be a concern taken up after the easter recess. weve be...

Lower court judge, if they dont take it upon themselves to recuse, youre saying under the system, that is reviewable, which judges are no different than toddlers and bedtime in this way. if you know you might get in trouble, it tends to affect you differently than if you just think youre home alone. so given that, renato, is there any solution here for a situation like this, where i cant, as a reporter tell you whats in justice thomas mind, and i dont claim to, but as i laid out in our lead, i c...

Conflict of interest for clarence thomas to sit on key cases that have to do with the protection of our democracy in which his wife apparently has some kind of a major role that shes playing. there is -- people think that the supreme court is not governed by any kind of ethics code that they have to adhere to, but it is actually what i think many people dont understand is it is actually governed by a specific federal law that says that all judges including supreme court justices have to step asi...

Supreme court because the supreme court has ruled on january 6-related cases, including turning over documents from the trump white house to the january 6 select committee. and clarence thomas was the only person who dissented saying that the committee should not receive these documents from the trump white house. and so congress is talking about a lot of things, including taking up legislation to create a code of ethics for the supreme court. lets listen to the top member of the judiciary commi...