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NEW: Can confirm reports that the Senate Judiciary Committee served Leonard Leo a subpoena Thursday re: the committee’s ongoing Supreme Court ethics inquiry. Comes months after Republicans stormed out of a committee mtg where Dems voted to authorize the action. @CourthouseNews

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And here’s @ParisHilton arriving at House Ways & Means for this AM’s testimony

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🚨🚨🚨. @AOC introduces articles of impeachment against Justices Thomas, Alito

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Believe that’s David Byrne hopping off the Senate subway just now

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In a statement, @SenatorDurbin says that Leo has responded to Judiciary’s oversight requests with “a blanket refusal to cooperate.” “His outright defiance left the Committee with no other choice but to move forward with compulsory process,” said Durbin.

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The future is now

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lol, lmao

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INBOX: Thanks to days of community outcry, @wamu885 announced Wednesday that it will make recently-shuttered @DCist 's archive publicly available for one year as they "continue to work on finding a long-term home" for the publication's body of work.

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@SenatorDurbin A committee aide suggests to me that Durbin expects Leo to acknowledge the gravity of a congressional subpoena, but leaves the door open for enforcement action in the future (which appears to mean holding Leo in contempt of Congress)

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Inbox: DC AG Brian Schwalb again tells House GOP that he won’t provide info on any investigation by his office into conservative legal activist Leonard Leo or his nonprofits — citing a policy not to “confirm, deny, or otherwise comment on” potential or pending investigations.

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Benjamin S. Weiss

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Future Tatte location:

Santiago Lakatos

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Minor Scoop: Remember this bike storage station at Union Station and how we don't know when it will reopen? Well it turns out that the operator of Union Station, Union Station Investco, filed to evict DDOT from this site on August 1st.

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In remarks on the House floor just now, @AOC formally rises to introduce articles of impeachment against Justices Alito and Thomas. Says the justices’ conduct is “fundamentally incompatible with continued service on our nation’s highest court.”

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. @ParisHilton : “This groundbreaking legislation is only possible because legislators on both sides of the aisle listened to survivors.”

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@SenatorDurbin A letter to Durbin from Leo’s counsel David Rivkin (who readers will recall co-wrote an interview with Justice Alito in WSJ some months back) which says Leo will not comply with the subpoena, calling it “unlawful and politically motivated.”

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@iAmTheWarax this looks like an ad for a mobile game that’s full of microtransactions

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House Democrats on the homeland security panel argued that Greene’s rhetoric puts U.S. national security at further risk. @CourthouseNews

Defense of accused Pentagon leaker brings scorn on Marjorie Taylor Greene

The Republican lawmaker has said the national guardsman now facing treason charges

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Ossoff votes AGAINST Netburn. Nomination does not advance to the Senate floor, 10-11. First time in a while I've seen Dems break in committee.

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Levity aside, it's back to regularly scheduled programming in Judiciary as Rs object to advancing SDNY nominee Sarah Netburn. GOP furious about her decision allowing an incarcerated trans woman to transfer to women's prison. Dems point out the move was backed by a district court.

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INBOX: In a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts, Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin & Senate Dems urge SCOTUS to investigate the @propublica reports re: Justice Thomas. Judiciary will hold a hearing on court ethical standards “in the coming days,” Durbin added. Count me in.

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Durbin complained to Roberts in his letter that it wasn’t the first time that the Senate has had to sound the alarm over the Supreme Court’s ethical standards. @CourthouseNews

Senate Dems push Supreme Court to investigate Thomas bombshell

The upper chamber’s judiciary panel plans to hold a hearing soon on Supreme Court ethical standards, its chairman said.

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Benjamin S. Weiss

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I had a chance recently to chat with @YunalesckaGames , who is aiming for a world record for most Final Fantasy collectibles. An accolade like that, she told me, carries more meaning for her than simply having the most stuff. My latest for @GameRant

Final Fantasy World Record Quest is Personal For Streamer Yunalescka

Game Rant talks to Twitch streamer Yunalescka about the impact Final Fantasy had on her life and what holding a world record would mean to her.

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Inbox: @SenWhitehouse , @RonWyden asked AG Garland last week to appoint a special counsel to investigate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for potential ethics and tax law violations:

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NEW: Spox for Harlan Crow says the real estate mogul has reached an agreement with @JudiciaryDems to provide financial documents from the past seven years. Judiciary has agreed to end probe into Crow & his relationship with Supreme Court justices.

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Following through on months of threats, @JudiciaryDems on Thurs served conservative megadonor Leonard Leo with a congressional subpoena compelling him to turn over information about his relationships with Supreme Court justices. @CourthouseNews

Senate Dems step up Supreme Court ethics probe with subpoena to Leonard Leo

The conservative legal advocate is a central figure in Democrats’ ongoing investigation into ethically dubious conduct by some justices on the high court.

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NEWS: I’ll be reviewing the security footage from the January 6 insurrection this Thursday with @ryan_knappy . We’ll be among the first members of the media (and the public) to get eyes on the tapes. We’ll have 3 hours. What do you want to know? Ask me anything. @CourthouseNews

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Filing a FOIA request with the government of Super Earth

Max0r

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i have emailed arrowhead studios to ask them exactly how many people have died in Malevelon Creek thus far.

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“The most profound and spiritual thing I can say is: that sucks.”

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Hi @kenklippenstein , we heard the news & we are all devastated. You are in our thoughts. This is for you buddy. 🙏❤️

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BREAKING: @JudiciaryDems reveal Justice Clarence Thomas took three trips on Harlan Crow's private plane between 2017-2021 that have gone unreported on SCOTUS financial disclosure documents, even after Thomas updated his 2019 disclosure to reflect other trips bankrolled by Crow.

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If we voted based on pole numbers we would have President Max Verstappen

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You know what they say. The only POLE that matters is on Election Day.

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. @AOC on Leonard Leo, says he spearheaded a "corruption ring of influence that reached the highest levels of our country and our courts." Says Justices Alito and Thomas are beholden to the political whims of Leo and other conservative benefactors.

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There are people (millenials) in the park rn beating on a piñata shaped like a COVID molecule ...

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@KrangTNelson Little do the boomers know, “V” is actually for vendetta

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John Oliver trashed Danbury CT on LWT, Mayor Mark responded by renaming a sewage plant after him. This is probably the only time I’ve been truly proud of where I’m from

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I guess Twitter wasn’t impressed with this either

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. @SenatorDurbin : “It is time for Congress to accept its responsibility to establish an enforceable code of ethics for the Supreme Court, the only agency of our government without it.”

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NEW: Asked about the letter from House GOP this AM demanding Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg testify before Congress, a spokesperson tells me that the DA’s office “will not be intimidated by attempts to undermine the justice process.” @CourthouseNews

GOP-led House wants Manhattan prosecutor in hot seat ahead of expected Trump indictment

The former president insists the probe is political but expects his arrest over hush-money payments from the 2016 election to happen Tuesday.

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House Judiciary Dems wrote a letter to Chief Justice Roberts Wed underscoring need for enforceable SCOTUS ethics code amid Alito flag controversy ... just hours after Alito told lawmakers that he would not recuse from election-related cases despite the scrutiny.

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Yeah things are already off the rails here — here’s @AOC going after MTG, who took a pretty low shot at I think Rep. Crockett and made a comment about her “fake eyelashes.” AOC moving to strike Greene’s words from the record.

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Benjamin S. Weiss

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Some good news: I'm coming back to D.C.! I've accepted an offer to cover nuclear waste disposal on the federal/commercial level for @EMPublications . It's a really interesting time to work this beat, and I'm excited to dive headfirst into it. More to come!

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. @SenWhitehouse & @RepHankJohnson demanded Tuesday that the U.S. Judicial Conference explain how it’s responding to revelations that Justice Clarence Thomas again neglected to report gifts of travel from a wealthy conservative benefactor. @CourthouseNews

Dems press Judicial Conference over undisclosed gifts to Justice Thomas

Justice Clarence Thomas failed to report three additional trips on billionaire Harlan Crow’s private plane, Senate Democrats said last week.

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MD Gov. Wes Moore and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg arrive in Dundalk. MD Sen. Ben Cardin is here as well.

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Capitol Police seem to have someone cuffed outside the Senate side exit of the Capitol

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This aged well

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I spent three hours today poring over Capitol CCTV footage from the Jan. 6 insurrection for @CourthouseNews . A story is forthcoming & I am in the process of securing clips, but here's my biggest takeaway:

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Benjamin S. Weiss

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Inbox: @SenatorDurbin on today's in-depth ProPublica report about Justice Thomas's undisclosed financial transactions - "This is a shameless lifestyle underwritten for years by a gaggle of fawning billionaires." Durbin again calls on Chief Justice Roberts to step in.

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@iAmTheWarax everyone thinks they're zhukov when they're really malenkov

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New: Justice Thomas’s attorney says in a statement that the undisclosed flights @JudiciaryDems revealed today fell under SCOTUS’s “personal hospitality” exemption which was in effect when the trips took place — meaning the justice was not required to disclose them.

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🚨 NEW: Texas AG Ken Paxton in 5C court filings Wed cited recent SCOTUS decision RE West Virginia v. EPA, arguing that the ruling demonstrates that @NRCgov "lacks statutory authority" to issue a license for a proposed interim storage site for nuclear waste in TX. #txpol #scotus

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. @SenWhitehouse ’s Supreme Court ethics bill narrowly passes the Senate Judiciary Committee, 11-10. Onto the full chamber.

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Sen. Jon Ossoff on his NO vote against Netburn: “I have concerns about the wisdom of the wisdom of the matters discussed in session.” Confirms that he’s talking about the prison transfer. Won’t say if he discussed his reservations with Sen. Durbin beforehand.

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New: I spoke with D.C. Rep. @EleanorNorton about the @wamu885 @DCist layoffs, which she said will hamper oversight of municipal issues and efforts in Congress to clamp down on district home rule. @CourthouseNews

Rep. Norton blasts “shortsighted” layoffs, closure at local DC news outfit

WAMU, the capital area’s public radio affiliate, laid off more than a dozen staff and shuttered a publication in a move Washington’s congressional delegate said was harmful to the community and the...

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This man is no longer a member of Congress

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“We are here because the highest court in the land has the lowest standard of ethics anywhere in the federal government,” said @SenWhitehouse . “This cannot go on.” @CourthouseNews

Supreme Court ethics bill sails through Senate panel against GOP headwinds

If made law, the measure would force the adoption of a formal code of ethical standards for the reputation-battered U.S. Supreme Court.

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D.C.'s congressional Rep. @EleanorNorton was one of the many high-profile voices to blast last week's layoffs at WAMU & the closure of DCist, which she called "shortsighted."

Rep. Norton blasts “shortsighted” layoffs, closure at local DC news outfit

WAMU, the capital area’s public radio affiliate, laid off more than a dozen staff and shuttered a publication in a move Washington’s congressional delegate said was harmful to the community and the...

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New: A coalition of policy organizations on Monday ratcheted up pressure on Senate Democrats to investigate Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and hold the high court accountable for what they described as a pattern of ethical malfeasance. @CourthouseNews

Dozens of advocacy groups join call for Senate probe into Justice Alito

The Senate Judiciary Committee, which oversees the Supreme Court, has so far demurred from a formal investigation into reports that symbols associated with right-wing political movements appeared...

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In a letter to AG Merrick Garland, made public Tuesday, @SenWhitehouse & @RonWyden said evidence suggests Thomas not only willfully violated federal ethics and false-statement laws but also may have run afoul with federal tax regulations. @CourthouseNews

Senate Democrats demand special counsel to investigate Clarence Thomas

Lawmakers pressed Attorney General Merrick Garland to look into the Supreme Court justice’s omissions on financial disclosure reports, which they say could have violated federal law.

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@iAmTheWarax Misha that u?

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@iAmTheWarax this dude’s first mistake was thinking that doom slayer would not be antifa

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In the years since J6 we've heard a lot about how close rioters came to members of Congress - but the security footage really drives this point home. Members were still making their way to a safe room deep in the Capitol more than 20 minutes after rioters breached the building.

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Feinstein asks to be recorded as having voted in person, rather than by proxy, on the three nominees the committee advanced earlier - effectively writing 'I'm back' in big, bold letters in the congressional record.

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Some of the points DA Bragg’s office pushed back on:

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So, to recap: - House GOP's Mayorkas impeachment fails - House GOP's standalone Israel funding bill fails To be a fly on the wall in the next caucus meeting ...

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Inbox: @SenatorDurbin responds to Justice Alito’s refusal to recuse in upcoming case featuring lawyer who recently profiled him in WSJ, saying the jurist is taking “a wrecking ball” to SCOTUS’s reputation. More:

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Inbox: @SenatorDurbin responds to a letter from counsel for Harlan Crow RE Dems Qs on gifts to Justice Thomas. "Harlan Crow believes the secrecy of his lavish gifts to Justice Thomas is more important than the reputation of the highest court of law in this land. He is wrong."

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Inbox: @SenatorDurbin claps back at Alito’s letter saying he won’t recuse from SCOTUS election cases. Says flag reports raise “reasonable questions about bias & fairness” & again singles out Chief Justice Roberts, urging him to establish “a credible code of conduct” at the court.

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@SoftGrungeDad Greenbriar erasure

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In a law review article published Wednesday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said taking Supreme Court decisions on faith “is no longer automatically justified.” “Too many decisions are delivered goods, not judicial work,” he said. @CourthouseNews

Whitehouse floats congressional intervention for SCOTUS fact-finding adventurism

The lawmaker argued that the conservative-dominated high court has improperly discarded congressional findings and ignored longstanding norms for appellate courts in some of its recent rulings.

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Leader Schumer tells me just now that he and Sen. Durbin are discussing how to move forward on the pending SCOTUS ethics bill. "Justice Roberts has not lives up to his responsibilities as Chief Justice on issue after issue," he said, pointing to forum shopping, ethics & recusal.

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📍At the giant IUD

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INBOX: @JudiciaryDems have invited SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts to testify at a May 2 hearing. "The time has come for a new public conversation on ways to restore confidence in the Court’s ethical standards," Sen. Durbin wrote in a letter. "I invite you to join it."

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When I was struggling to break into the journalism industry back in 2020, Evan was one of the people who helped to point me in the right direction. He's an awesome & inspiring reporter. Hoping he is swiftly released.

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The White House has condemned the arrest of a Wall Street Journal reporter by Russia.

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@pptsapper Wicket read up on his Mao 1937

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Feinstein's 'yea' vote on three of Democrats' more controversial court noms makes the difference as they are reported out of committee on a razor-thin margin. If Sen. Durbin could say 'we're so back' he probably would.

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☢️ Nuke-watchers, friends, both: Today is my last day covering civilian nuclear power for @EMPublications . On Monday, I'll be taking on the whole of Congress as a reporter for @CourthouseNews . Excited for this new chapter, and to go barreling into the scrum on Capitol Hill soon.

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In which a sitting member of the U.S. House of Representatives acknowledges Helldivers:

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Take back the creek.

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Baby Yoda doesn’t wear a mask because he is healthy and doesn’t want to affect supplies for healthcare workers

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Here's what she's doing on the Hill:

Paris Hilton again urges lawmakers to tighten grip on youth mental health programs

The businesswoman and socialite came to Washington last spring to advocate for legislation that would hike federal oversight of institutional care facilities for minors.

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Inbox: @SenatorDurbin reacts to Justice Alito's July 28 op-ed in which he blasts Senate Dems & SCOTUS ethics reform efforts. "Let’s be clear: Justice Alito is not the 101st member of the United States Senate. His intervention in Article I activity is unwise and unwelcome."

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Congressional Democrats on Wednesday fired the latest salvo in their battle against ethical malfeasance at the Supreme Court, as New York Rep. @AOC filed articles of impeachment against Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. @CourthouseNews

Ocasio-Cortez unveils articles of impeachment against Justices Thomas, Alito

Though the Democratic lawmaker framed the effort to remove the embattled high court jurists as a clear case for impeachment, it is unlikely to pass the Republican-controlled House.

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Rep. Kim calls for Menendez ouster over today's indictment accusing the senator of acting as an unregistered foreign agent of the Egyptian government. That's two expulsion demands in two days, after yesterday's news about a possible George Santos ouster.

Andy Kim

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As a former national security official who swore an oath to defend our Constitution, I cannot stand by as the Senator representing my family and my state has been accused of acting as a foreign agent. Given the severity of these charges, the US Senate should vote on expulsion.

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Sen. Durbin told Roberts in a letter Monday that he'd hold a hearing on Supreme Court Ethics. I've asked his office whether the panel would ask any of the justices to testify at such an event.

Senate Dems push Supreme Court to investigate Thomas bombshell

The upper chamber’s judiciary panel plans to hold a hearing soon on Supreme Court ethical standards, its chairman said.

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BREAKING: All Senate Judiciary Democrats urge Chief Justice Roberts to investigate Justice Thomas’ undisclosed gifts.

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That's that: Republicans' attempt to roll back ATF's pistol brace rule fails in the Senate on a 50-49 vote.

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this felt like a low-hanging fruit

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@thetomzone chiles defense league

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"The office of Speaker of the house of the United States House of Representatives is hereby declared vacant."

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INBOX: @JudiciaryDems have followed up with conservative megadonor Harlan Crow after his legal counsel sent a letter earlier this week poking holes in congressional authority to investigate his relationship with Justice Clarence Thomas.

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GA @RepHankJohnson on Alito recusal letter: "Any unbiased and reasonable person would find laughable Justice Alito’s ‘the dog ate my homework, and I didn’t even know I had homework’ defense." Adds that his "unilateral" refusal underscores need for SCOTUS ethics legislation.

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. @NORML ’s Paul Armentano also tells me that a move to reschedule cannabis rather than remove it from the Controlled Substances Act altogether is “illogical and impractical” given HHS findings that it has a lower risk profile than some Schedule IV substances and even alcohol.

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Proud of this one

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House GOP bares teeth over dog bite incidents at White House @BenjaminSWeiss

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@NataliaAntonova Stalin’s gulags: - Free puppy for every prisoner - Unlimited refills - 100% organic

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Good morning from the Senate Judiciary Committee, where California Sen. Laphonza Butler is set to cast her first votes for Biden judicial nominees since replacing the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

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Dems calling on House leadership to hold hearings on SCOTUS ethics, urge passage of SCERT Act and other ethics lege:

Rep. Melanie Stansbury

@Rep_Stansbury

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It is time to hold the corrupt justices on the Supreme Court accountable! That is why @RepAdamSchiff and I were joined by 48 other members of Congress urging House leadership to hold hearings addressing the issues we see with outside influence on the court. #ReformTheCourt now!

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Benjamin S. Weiss

@BenjaminSWeiss

3 years

I have been moved out of my parents’ house for THREE DAYS

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Benjamin S. Weiss

@BenjaminSWeiss

1 year

Well, been writing a story, and in that time Sen. Feinstein has arrived at the Judiciary Committee, to applause from the chamber. Overtaken by events again🤷. Now down to brass tacks as the panel debates Dem nominees. Sparks already flying, mainly from Rs including Cruz, Lee.

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Benjamin S. Weiss

@BenjaminSWeiss

1 year

Senate Judiciary chair @SenatorDurbin on Chief Justice Roberts’ refusal to testify: “I am surprised that the Chief Justice’s recounting of existing legal standards of ethics suggests current law is adequate and ignores the obvious.” Says the May 2 hearing will proceed regardless.

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Benjamin S. Weiss

@BenjaminSWeiss

1 month

. @SenWhitehouse : argues that the Supreme Court has been captured using similar tactics to a practice known as "industry capture," which refers to industry leaders exerting influence on federal regulators.

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Benjamin S. Weiss

@BenjaminSWeiss

6 months

Despite demanding for months that the Biden administration take action to secure the country’s southern border, Republicans over the weekend signaled they were set on scuttling a White House-backed immigration bill. @CourthouseNews

Border malaise in Congress as Senate unveils immigration plan

Although the bipartisan legislation is backed by the White House and members of both parties, House Republican leadership doubled down on their commitment to keep the measure out of the lower chamber.

www.courthousenews.com

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Benjamin S. Weiss

@BenjaminSWeiss

1 year

UPDATED: Teixeira will have his first appearance before a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, AG Garland said. @CourthouseNews

Arrest made in Pentagon document leak

Authorities identified a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard who they believe posted classified intelligence documents to a Discord server.

www.courthousenews.com

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Benjamin S. Weiss

@BenjaminSWeiss

2 months

Inbox: @SenatorDurbin calls on Justice Alito to recuse himself from all SCOTUS cases involving the 2020 election after reports emerged that an upside-down American flag (a “stop the steal” symbol) was seen flying above his Virginia home in the days following Jan. 6.

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Benjamin S. Weiss

@BenjaminSWeiss

7 months

By a vote of 52-14, Senate confirms Northern District of Oklahoma nominee Sara Hill, who becomes the fourth Indigenous woman to be confirmed to the federal judiciary under the Biden admin. More on her nomination here, via me:

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Benjamin S. Weiss

@BenjaminSWeiss

11 months

Me at hour one of AC6: little baby struggling to manage my boost meter on the tutorial boss Me at hour four of AC6: punching a city-sized tank to death with my bare mech knuckles

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is out now!

@armoredcoreSIX

11 months

the great filtering is upon us 😭

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