Justice Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose an ethics code on the Supreme Court - eviltoast
  • Rusticus@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Think about this for a second: a Supreme Court justice thinks NO ONE has the power to hold them to an ethical standard. I can think of no better reason to hold them to an ethical standard than that.

    • candyman337@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yeah really, if a justice literally says checks and balances don’t exist, maybe we should listen and respond accordingly. Also maybe we should fire him, and most of the others.

    • Eldritch@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Exactly. Checks and balances motherfucker! We need to swing the scales back into balance so hard. He and Thomas are launched into orbit and never heard from again. Run over by an orbiting Tesla.

    • Erisrand@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Congress already has a check against SCOTUS, impeachment. Alito is actually probably right here. It would take a constitutional amendment to create a new lever for congress to pull.

      Which is complete ass because it will never happen. That document is a failure in the 21st century and is holding us back.