Fix the Court

Watchdog of 3rd branch. Est. in 2014. We advocate for SCOTUS term limits, a SCOTUS ethics code, cameras in courts & other fixes that 70+% of Americans support.

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We have the audio!

Links to audio of all the justices' opinion announcements from last term, including the four oral dissents, are here: https://t.co/WKvT6yFA3D

[Reuters Legal @ReutersLegal]

In her latest column, @JgreeneJenna looks at a contract dispute in Louisiana that asks the question: How much must judges reveal about their friendships with the lawyers who appear before them https://t.co/UfJE8278gK

[MFIA Clinic @MFIAclinic]

@jackbalkin moderated “Accountability & the Courts,” with Michael Dreeben, @GreenhouseLinda , @ishapiro, Stephen Vladeck and Justice Stephen Breyer exploring the Supreme Court’s emergency docket, judicial ethics, declining public trust, and proposals for reform.

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VIDEO: @CIT_CUA has posted the video of Justice Kagan's visit to CUA's campus this week https://t.co/4edMogV8xE

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Remember some leaks

[OSZ @OpenSourceZone]

Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer says reliable sources have told him the US Supreme Court has decided to gut Section 2 of the VRA Via The Huddle

“I have been told by reliable sources that that decision is done”

[Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein]

JUST IN: #SCOTUS blocks judge's order nixing some New Hampshire secretary of state guidance discouraging use of student IDs in voting. 8-1. Jackson dissents. Doc: https://t.co/VOYa2xadZI

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Motion to recuse in Judge Tunheim's case is here: https://t.co/g6QGmcI5Jr (26-cr-175). Still looking for complete motion to recuse in Judge Schiltz's

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Motions to recuse D. Minn. Judges Schiltz & Tunheim that aren't yet up on PACER / @courtlistener (see https://t.co/3X5br3VKn5, no 11).

Did the judges have the right under 1A & JCUS rules to speak to NYT? Yes

Does that mean there's no good recusal argument here? No, there may be

[U.S. Department of Justice @TheJusticeDept]

Impartiality is imperative to ensuring public trust in our Nation’s judiciary. Judge Schiltz’s and Judge Tunheim’s on-the-record participation in a recent highly partisan New York Times Article, along with Judge Schiltz’s subsequent public comments, unquestionably calls into doubt whether they can be impartial in these cases. A judge who has publicly taken a political side on the issue of enforcing our Nation’s immigration laws cannot then preside over a case concerning one of the Justice Department’s key immigration enforcement initiatives.

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Fix the Court plans to post all of the OT25 opinion announcement audio by later today or tomorrow at the latest.

[Zach Schonfeld @ZachASchonfeld]

Justice Samuel Alito got attention last spring for verbally clashing with Justice Sonia Sotomayor after she read a dissent aloud on the bench

There was no stream. But, the recording was recently turned over to the National Archives

You can now listen to the moment for yourself:

[Zach Schonfeld @ZachASchonfeld]

Justice Samuel Alito got attention last spring for verbally clashing with Justice Sonia Sotomayor after she read a dissent aloud on the bench

There was no stream. But, the recording was recently turned over to the National Archives

You can now listen to the moment for yourself:

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@SeamusHughes @joshgerstein Yes, agreed on both accounts!

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So coy, this Seamus. Clicking on the motion to disqualify, or any of the documents filed yday in https://t.co/3X5br3VKn5, gives you a "You do not have permission to view this document."

[Seamus Hughes @SeamusHughes]

Seamus, why do you follow random court cases?

Because you never know who may show up and file a motion.

[Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley]

NEW: Justice Elena Kagan tonight blasted the Supreme Court's conservative majority for undermining democracy in various rulings that have turbocharged partisan redistricting, eviscerated the Voting Rights Act & eliminated campaign finance restrictions.

[Jacqueline Thomsen @jacq_thomsen]

Judge Ada Brown sent confidential and sealed court documents to about 140 lawyers, judges, and members of the media in an early morning email Saturday, the Fifth Circuit says. She's now facing questions about having shared that information https://t.co/M7oxjxSeM4

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Updated list of ethics-positive things #SCOTUS has done since 11/23 code adoption https://t.co/tMNYHtbCfw.

Recall they said the code was a start & they'd do more.

Added:
— 4 justices recusing in petition involving book publisher
— 4 justices using a screening form for events

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Great, now we have to impeach two judges

[Jacqueline Thomsen @jacq_thomsen]

The Fifth Circuit has now publicly posted the documents related to Judge Brown https://t.co/eQyLC4Py9I

[Courthouse News @CourthouseNews]

According to watchdog group @fixthecourt, the justices have collectively netted over $13 million from book deals.

[Carrie Johnson @johnson_carrie]

a great public service from @gabe_roth and @FixTheCourt

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Recusapalooza https://t.co/Y3XQl1SzCt