where a panel of experts explored the questions that are now swirling about influence and ethics at the nation's highest court.<\/span>\r\n\r\nPanelists included: Alex Aronson, former chief counsel to US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Jennifer Ahearn\u2014Brennan Center for Justice, Lisa Graves\u2014True North Research, and\u00a0 Sarah Turberville\u2014The Constitution Project<\/span>\r\nClick here<\/b><\/a>\u00a0to watch the Scandals and SCOTUS.<\/span><\/p>\r\nCall To Action - two ways you can advocate for SCOTUS ethics:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n \t- Sign Now<\/b><\/a> - Tell Congress: Pass a Supreme Court Code of Conduct. <\/b>Congress must pass a binding code of conduct for the Supreme Court and ensure that our highest court is held to the highest ethical standards.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Tell Congress<\/b><\/a>: No One Is Above Accountability. <\/b>Demand that Congress take the ethics crisis at the Supreme Court seriously and investigate improper influence and corruption at the court.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nLearn more by watching a few videos:<\/b>\r\n
\r\n \t- Dark Money and the Supreme Court<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>Civil rights attorney Alex Aronson<\/span><\/i> explored dark money and the Supreme Court with <\/span>Pete Dominick<\/span><\/i> (Stand Up! With Pete, June 5, 2023).<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Supreme Court: Ready for Reform?<\/span><\/a> Conversation with Brennan Center<\/span> President Michael Waldman<\/span><\/i> and<\/span> US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse <\/span><\/i>about possible reforms (Brennan Center for Justice at NYU, November 14, 2023)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Does the U.S. Supreme Court Have Credibility?<\/span><\/a> Cassandra Burke Robertson<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Professor of Law and Director, Center for Professional Ethics School of Law at Case Western University a<\/span><\/i>nd\u00a0 <\/span>Shih-Chun Steven Chien<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Assistant Professor of Law, Cleveland State University School<\/span><\/i> explore confidence in SCOTUS and reform options.<\/span> (Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland, October 1, 2023)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nLove podcasts?\u00a0 <\/b>ProPublica and On the Media explore the legacy of one of the most significant figures pulling strings behind the scenes for the last 30 years, Leonard Leo. Check out the three-part series called, <\/span>We Don\u2019t Talk About Leonard (Leo)<\/span><\/i>. <\/span>You can find the episodes here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\r\n\r\nTake a Deep Dive\u00a0<\/b>\r\n
\r\n \t- A \u201cDelicate Matter\u201d: Clarence Thomas\u2019 Private Complaints About Money Sparked Fears He Would Resign<\/span><\/i><\/a>,<\/span><\/i> ProPublica, December 18, 2023<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- The Judiciary Has Policed Itself for Decades. It Doesn\u2019t Work<\/span><\/i><\/a>, <\/span><\/i>ProPublica, December 13, 2023<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Clarence Thomas\u2019 Benefactors Finally Face the Music<\/span><\/i><\/a>,<\/span><\/i> by David Janovsky and Sarah Turberville, Slate, December 4, 2023\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- What\u2019s Missing from the Supreme Court\u2019s New Ethics Code<\/span><\/i><\/a>, by Jen Ahearn, Brennan Center, November 16, 2023<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- US Supreme Court Code of Conduct<\/span><\/i><\/a> released by the Court on November 13, 2023<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Under ethics pressure, Supreme Court announces it's adopting code of conduct<\/span><\/i><\/a>, ABC News, November 13, 2023<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Major Opponent to Ohio\u2019s Issue 1 Has Ties to Leonard Leo and Other Extreme Anti-Abortion Group<\/span><\/i><\/a>, <\/span><\/i>analysis by <\/span>Ansev Demirhan\/True North in Ms magazine, November 2, 2023\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- This is why it\u2019s difficult to rein in the Supreme Court<\/span><\/i><\/a>, CNN, August 10, 2023<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Friends of the Court: SCOTUS Justices\u2019 Beneficial Relationships With Billionaire Donors<\/span><\/i><\/a>, <\/i><\/b>ProPublica, August 10, 2023<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Abortion is still under threat by dark money groups that helped overturn Roe,<\/span><\/i><\/a> analysis by <\/span>Ansev Demirhan\/True North in the Guardian, October 25, 2023<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Model Code of Conduct for U.S. Supreme Court Justices<\/span><\/i><\/a>, <\/span><\/i>proposed by the Project on Government Oversight, March 9, 2023<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- The Billionaire Kingmaker (Still) Dividing the Nation<\/span><\/i>,<\/span><\/a> Progressive Magazine,\u00a0 January 3, 2023<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- This Is Not the Culmination of the Right-Wing Legal Movement--It's the Dawn of It,<\/span><\/i><\/a> by Lisa Graves\/True North in Common Dreams, May 17, 2022\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Testimony by Lisa Graves<\/span><\/i><\/a> on the need for transparency in judicial appointments and the disclosure of dark money before the US Senate Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, March 10, 2021<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Backgrounder on the Supreme Court, Judge Amy Barrett, Trump Advisor Leonard Leo, and Billionaire Charles Koch<\/span><\/i><\/a>, <\/span><\/i>by Lisa Graves and Evan Vorpahl, True North Research, October 26, 2020\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Ethics in Government Act (1978)<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nSome books to check out:<\/b>\r\n
\r\n \t- The Long Southern Strategy: How Chasing White Voters in the South Changed American Politics<\/span><\/i><\/a> by <\/span>Angie Maxwell and Todd Shields<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty <\/span><\/i><\/a>by Daniel Schulman\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Righ<\/span><\/i><\/a>t <\/span><\/i>by Jane Mayer\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>"}}]},"yoast_head":"\nScandals and SCOTUS: Improving US Supreme Court Ethics - Common Cause Ohio<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/articles\/scandals-and-scotus-improving-us-supreme-court-ethics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scandals and SCOTUS: Improving US Supreme Court Ethics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/articles\/scandals-and-scotus-improving-us-supreme-court-ethics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Ohio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OH.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/articles\/scandals-and-scotus-improving-us-supreme-court-ethics\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/articles\/scandals-and-scotus-improving-us-supreme-court-ethics\/\",\"name\":\"Scandals and SCOTUS: Improving US Supreme Court Ethics - 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