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Understanding that they are two american. with two sets of rules. there is an america that they imagine themselves to be the rulers. the america where they obtain, where they hold power, and then there are the rest of us who should simply shut up and obey. if we dont, we should be punished. we need to understand that difference. they operate within the understanding of to america there. fighting for one, and they want the rest of us to simply obey. >> eddie, i want to take that part and broaden ...

Alito -- association, because through this membership, he has apparently received benefits from a broader cohort of wealthy and powerful friends. when we talk about creating ethics rules for justices, should there be any that prevent them from joining these types of organizations? what do you think those parameters should look like? >> the first thing is that you need rules at all. right now, there are none. we all understand that when people arent subject to rules, they -- everyone wants to giv...

Protected donald trump from impeachment when democrats tried to move him from office, i suspect that they are likely to protect people like clarence thomas and samuel alito from this ethics code. the other problem is that, lets say it passes. now what? what do you do when thomas and alito say, well, i am going to keep flying on billionaires 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, wha...

The Senate Judiciary Committee announced Monday that it will markup a Supreme Court ethics bill next week as justices ended their term without adopting any changes to how they should report gifts. Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said that the panel will consider legislation by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), who chairs the judiciary subcommittee on courts. The…

Which a lot of progressive groups have been calling for. as youve seen these ethics violations, and all of the rulings recently, have you re-thought that it all? >> ive said everything should be on the table, but i was recently watching the fdr mini series and i saw that even fdr had trouble with that. its not an easy thing to do. often people see that it is polarizing, or partisan. i think that term limits isnt easy your first step that would reform the, court calling for term limits, and the j...

Cause to vacate the case. the government has a vested interest in making sure she has adequate legal counsel in all of this. is that right? >> yes. and so it is permissible for someone else to pay your legal fees, but the duty of loyalty for a lawyer is to the client. and that is an ethical duty that every lawyer has, so regardless of whos paying the bills youre supposed to take the best interest of the client at all times. in that cassidy hutchinson case you said it earlier we see how those inc...

>> it is permissible for somebody else to pay your legal fees, but the duty of loyalty for a lawyers to the client. its an ethical duty that every lawyer has. regardless of whos paying the bills, youre supposed to act in the best interest of a client at all times. in the cassidy hutchinson, casey said earlier, you see how those incentives can cause people to do things differently than perhaps the ethics rules would suggest. for prosecutors, they are very reluctant to get in between a lawyer and ...

Correct? >> it is permissible for somebody else to pay your legal fees, but the duty of loyalty for a lawyer is to the client. its an ethical duty that every lawyer has. regardless of whos paying the bills, youre supposed to act in the best interest of a client at all times. now, in the cassidy hutchinson, casey said earlier, you see how those incentives can cause people to do things differently than perhaps the ethics rules would suggest. for prosecutors, they are very reluctant to get in betwe...

The court and alas overtly reactionary direction on at least some issues so that it doesnt seem like purely a tool of the right-wing. which in many ways it in fact is. they understand i think to some extent. but at the same time i think they also understand that it doesnt matter that they are unbound you. see this with them flouting at the ethics rules, flouting disclosure rules. because whos going to rain the man. part of the reason that they are becoming, theyre following into greater and grea...

So you dont need to understand the law of intricacies, from a legal point of view where the originalism. it doesnt matter. it is purely politics at its worse. and impeaching supreme court justices, that is a tough one. in 2024, democrats must make reform in the supreme court, ethics rules and lifetime appointments ending and it will motivate people to come out and we need to make the court a court again. >> yeah, they could literally just, you know, get rid of the filibuster and expand the court...