Sen. Dick Durbin and Sen. Lindsey Graham sparred over ethics concerns in the Supreme Court in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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A conservative former federal judge on Tuesday said the Supreme Court should "subject itself to the highest possible professional and ethical standards" in response to a series of ethics controversies and warned that, if it does not, Congress has the power to do so on its own.
J. Michael Luttig, a former appeals court judge nominated by President George H.W. Bush who has close ties to the high court, made the statement in written testimony to Senate Judiciary Committee, which is holding a hearing Tuesday on Supreme Court ethics.
"The nation should never have reason to question the ethical conduct of the Supreme Court. It is the responsibility of the Supreme Court, and of each justice who serves on the Court, to ensure that there never even be such a question raised," Luttig told the committee.
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Facts don’t care about feelings, so if Democratic Senators call out Thomas, Gorsouch, & Roberts for their corruption or lies then it seems people who are offended by that are focused on the wrong issues.
If what they did was wrong, impeach them.
Graham and etich in the same sentence???
The thing is, the public does know when ethics cross the line. They just think we don’t know. Mr. Graham you are wrong.
Lindsey Graham, lacking any ethics of his own (or spine or balls) has no problems with anyone else violating the ethics they are supposed to have.