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Go back to the trump administration where once it was seen on capitol hill that there was no price to pay many times for violating ethical rules, then others followed suit. now, what could be done is congress as a body could start taking a tougher line. we had -- the last time a member of congress was expelled was jim traficant after he was convicted of ten felonies. should there be a lower bar than having been convicted of multiple felonies? could there be other ethical violations that could ca...

Last two weeks, hospitalizations are growing at a much slower rate, just 35%. and the death rate may be the most important number has actually gone down. all of that is the backdrop for millions of kids heading back to school this morning, and confusion doesnt even begin to explain the feeling out there. some districts are bringing back masks, some are ramping up testing like here in new york city, while others are going virtual all over again. according to one data company, nearly 2,200 schools...

Through the process of impeachment which for reasons passing my understanding we have not used against the supreme court justice since 1804, i believe. so like that is the baseline here. right? the supreme court is not subjct to any ethics rules. the highly inappropriate behavior that the mayor honestly if you havent read the article, the mayor talks like shes been following this couple for 30 years. its an amazing article. >> it is. >> ginni thomas is a problem for 30 years and the problem is n...

Cares much about the controversy as wife has put the supreme court into? >> to be clear, thats a statement from a few years ago. but he certainly should be concerned, and so should every member of the united states supreme court. and as well as members of our congress. and members of the congress are now deliberating about imposing an upsetting law that would impose ethics rules to the and apply to united states supreme court. it is our one branch within law where there are no ethics rules. and ...

Apply to them, and i think that justice roberts, somebody who i have respect for, has to one, cannot no longer be silent on this. and number two, we have to see ethics rules, chris murphy has a bill that i have long supported, basically instructing the judicial conference to put together those ethics rules for the supreme court. that is what we need going forward. >> all right, senator amy cohen sure, thank you so much for being on. >> thank you. >> ukraine is unable to escape russias wrath, lef...

Himself. he recused himself in 1995, al, from a case where his son was a student at a college in the case involved that in that case. or justice stephen breyer excused himself on a case. there are federal and ethic rules that applies to every single federal judge and that includes you cant have an appearance of impropriety, that you have to be impartial. it doesnt apply, according to the supreme court, it doesnt apply to them. i think justice roberts, someone who i have respect for has to, one, ...

Have to abide by a set of ethics rules is really antithetical to justice itself. and the supreme court right now has the lowest approval rating by the american public in almost 50 years. and so, all of this is disconcerting, especially the content of the texts by ginni thomas. and the fact that justice thomas could be sitting while there are cases that come about, due to the january 6th insurrection. it has cost a lot of problems, including the fact that most recently, he was the only no vote, w...

Of what i think about when i do, because they have no input into that. >> professor goodwin, does that sound to you like a man who cares much about the controversy as wife has put the supreme court into? >> to be clear, thats a statement from a few years ago. but he certainly should be concerned, and so should every member of the united states supreme court. and as well as members of our congress. and members of the congress are now deliberating about imposing an upsetting law that would impose ...

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