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Justice Samuel Alito said Congress has “no authority” to regulate the Supreme Court in an interview with the Wall Street Journal’s opinion section published Friday, pushing back against Democrats’ attempt to mandate stronger ethics rules. Alito, one of the high court’s leading conservatives, is just one of multiple justices who have come under recent scrutiny…

Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) appears to have unlawfully "solicited campaign contributions linked to official action," a center-right ethics watchdog says.

Iowa. iowa has been attuned to this for some time. i expect iowa to go a different direction. ill make my case, and i want to be on the debate stage. so asa2024.com is important for me to get on that debate stage, to have those contributions to qualify for that debate. >> before we go, i do want to ask you about new comments by supreme court justice samuel alito today. this as democrats have been pushing for stronger ethics rules for justices amid controversies that have involved alito and other...

Milton DRB Chair Charlie Roberts endorsed a city council candidate from the dais during a July 11 meeting. The next day he resigned after a letter from the city manager

We all understand that when people arent subject to rules, they -- everyone wants to give themselves the benefit of the doubt. everybody thinks that they are well intentioned. when you have this situation where these very powerful people are subject to no rules, they give themselves more and more leeway, operating in ways that have nothing to do with the rest of us as americans operate. we are subject to rules. the first thing is that you just need rules. i do think that having some real require...

Jets? the only way to remove them from office is impeachment. that takes 67 votes in the senate. my biggest concern about this is that even if it passes, what is the enforcement mechanism against one of americas nine de facto philosopher camps? >> i want to get your thoughts on the parameter, which should be the parameters for these rules. the new york times released an in-depth report on this week about his decades long membership, for example in the alito -- but because through this membership...

Party. here we have in this moment the maga republican, which is just simply the kind of grandchild of those dixiecrats who came into the republican party, and are actually showing or demanding that the party in some ways show fidelity to it. here we have this moment, and its really key for us to understand. these particular republicans operate not in good faith. that is the first thing. secondly, they operate with the understanding that they are two american. with two sets of rules. there is an...

Their complaints, establish new rules for disclosure of gifts and travel, and impose recusal rules. this of course, coming on the heels of damning reports, many from propublica that found justices clarence thomas and samuel alito received gifts from conservative -- and luxury trips, and even tuition payments and real estate deals in thomass case. this might come as no surprise that someone on the right are already opposed to this legislation, like mitch mcconnell, who thinks the democrats are ju...

That i think it is important for people to remember in terms of timing. he also talked about the fact that the justice department is going above and beyond what is required under the rules and the law to give this witness statements, grand jury material, those kinds of things are usually not given over until the eve of trial and, legally, they dont have to do it until a witness testifies. but hes already turning over that information right now. its going to be really difficult, i think, for the ...

Response that i think it is important for people to remember in terms of timing. he also talked about the fact that the justice department is going above and beyond what is required under the rules and the law to give this witness statements, grand jury material, those kinds of things are usually not given over until the eve of trial and, legally, they dont have to do it until a witness testifies. but hes already turning over that information right now. its going to be really difficult, i think,...