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Each justice would be required to publicly release their opinions & disclose how they voted on issues considered on an emergency basis, sometimes referred to as the #ShadowDocket. Such decisions, which have become more common & increasingly controversial in recent years, don’t identify how each justice voted.

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It would require the #IRS to initiate an #audit of the justices’ tax returns each year, release the results & make the tax filings public. Nominees to the court would have to disclose 3 yrs of tax returns.

Another measure would allow a two-thirds vote of the court to force a fellow justice to #recuse from a case.

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The #legislation would also require #SCOTUS nominees to be automatically scheduled for a vote in the #Senate if their nominations have lingered in committee for >180 days.

The measure would prevent senators from blocking a president’s nominees by refusing to hold a vote on them, as then-Senate Majority Leader #MitchMcConnell (R-KY) did after President Barack #Obama’s nomination of #MerrickGarland in 2016.

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“We are proposing a way to restore some balance between the 3 branches of government,” Sen #RonWyden added.

The bill’s most significant measure would increase the number of justices from 9 to 15 over the course of 12 years. The staggered format over 2 or 3 administrations is aimed at diminishing the chance that one #political party would pack the courts with its nominees.

#law #SCOTUS #ethics #JudicialEthics

Link to bill, summary & full text:

wyden.senate.gov/news/press-re

www.wyden.senate.govWyden Introduces Sweeping Court Reforms to Restore Public Trust as Supreme Court Faces Legitimacy Crisis | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of OregonThe Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
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#RonWyden …said the goal of the bill is to restore public confidence in a battered institution. He said he hopes to get parts of the bill passed, even if the whole package is not embraced by lawmakers.

“It’s not an atomic secret that the process for selecting justices is politicized,” #Wyden said. “You’ve got this thoroughly politicized process resulting in a #SupremeCourt that now frequently issues sweeping rulings to overturn laws & upend precedents.”

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#AileenCannon went to an event in Arlington, Virginia, honoring the late #SCOTUS Justice #AntoninScalia, acc/to documents obtained from the #Law & Economics Center at George Mason University. At a lecture & private dinner, she sat among members of Scalia’s family, fellow #FederalistSociety members & >30 #conservative federal judges. Organizers billed the event as “an excellent opportunity to connect w/ judicial colleagues.”

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Customs & Border Protection records revealed that #ClarenceThomas & his wife, #GinniThomas, took a round trip between Hawaii & New Zealand in Nov 2010 on #HarlanCrow’s private jet. Sen #RonWyden, #Democrat of Oregon, writing to Crow’s lawyer, demanded that he supply more info about the #financial relationship between the 2 men.

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Watch from the beginning #POTUS #Biden’s remarks in Texas on the 60th anniversary of the #CivilRightsAct. He went off script & it was awesome.

c-span.org/video/?537431-1/pre

#ThankYouJoe
#law #CivilRights #SCOTUS #ReproductiveRights #VotingRights #Immunity #JudicialEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #NoOneIsAboveTheLaw #CourtReform #AbuseOfPower #Project2025 #FederalistSociety #DarkMoney

C-SPAN.orgPresident Biden Delivers Remarks on Proposed Supreme Court ReformsPresident Biden announces proposed changes to the Supreme Court, including term limits, during a visit to the Lyndon Johnson Presidential Library in Texas to mark the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.
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