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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJustices shield spouses' work from potential conflict of interest disclosures
This lady is unethical
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https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/29/justices-spouses-conflict-of-interest-disclosures-00059549
The head of the office, Jesse M. Barrett, is the justices husband, whose work is described by the firm as white-collar criminal defense, internal investigations, and complex commercial litigation.
But if anyone wants to find out whether Jesse Barretts clients have a direct interest in cases being decided by his wife, theyre out of luck. In the Supreme Courts notoriously porous ethical disclosure system, Barrett not only withholds her husbands clients, but redacted the name of SouthBank Legal itself in her most recent disclosure.
Over the past year, Virginia Thomas, known as Ginni, has gotten significant attention for operating a consulting business that reportedly includes conservative activist groups with interest in Supreme Court decisions as clients. Her husband, Justice Clarence Thomas, has chosen not to reveal any of his wifes clients, let alone how much they contributed to the Thomas family coffers, dating back to when her consulting business was founded.
Lovie777
(12,218 posts)UGH
LetMyPeopleVote
(144,919 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)The days are long gone when a Supreme Court Justice could be counted on to act with the utmost integrity and ethics beyond reproach.
jaxexpat
(6,799 posts)How has so much power to screw up the future so thoroughly been so concentrated in one body?
Scrivener7
(50,911 posts)None, I bet.
Dustlawyer
(10,494 posts)ColinC
(8,278 posts)"Injustices" is far more fitting for the likes of Barrett and Thomas
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)Snort.
justhanginon
(3,289 posts)to distinguish them from actually qualified judges. Be nice to know who is who in what's left of our corrupted judicial system.
Sky Jewels
(7,014 posts)They must be stopped.
onecaliberal
(32,777 posts)Cha
(296,838 posts)Pieces of LYING SHITE.
hadEnuf
(2,175 posts)They are there to interpret and exploit every single loophole in United States law to secure more power for the Republican Right Wing.
A lot of us started to figure that out when Thomas was confirmed and really got it when Roberts and Alito showed up. Now the majority of the court is saturated with this type of vermin. But Dems were very fair in their considerations, as always, while these judges lied their asses off so here we are.
Time to wake up and expand the court to dilute these extremists before we really regret it.
Lonestarblue
(9,958 posts)If democrats do not find a way to expand the Court, we will soon be a theocracy with a permanent Republican authoritarian government with few ways to undo it.
Samrob
(4,298 posts)Blue Owl
(50,259 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(144,919 posts)onenote
(42,584 posts)Indeed, RBG's husband was a noted tax attorney in private practice while she was on the Supreme Court.
In 1993, seven justices signed onto a recusal policy addressing situations arising because they had a spouse, child or other relative who was or may become an attorney. It's pretty narrow.
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000183-8648-d513-a19b-9fdc5acd0000
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,250 posts)Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!
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