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Read the Supreme Court’s Ethics Rules
  + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +3 min
Judges, but adapted to the unique institutional setting of the Supreme Court. In many cases, however, these Canons are broadly worded general principles informing conduct, rather than specific rules requiring no exercise of judgment or discretion. This concern is heightened with respect to Canons applicable to Justices of the Supreme Court, given the often sharp disagreement concerning matters of great import that come before the Supreme Court. It instead is tailored to the Supreme Court's placement at the head of a branch of our tripartite governmental structure. The Supreme Court consists of nine Members who sit together.
Persons: Dick, Frankfurter, J, , Cheney, Scalia Organizations: U.S, . New, United, D.C Locations: ., . New York, Stmt, United States, Court
Ambivalent during early internal debate, Kavanaugh eventually gave Roberts enough confidence that he could write an opinion for a majority. The state’s approach would have wholly undercut the history and purpose of the landmark Voting Rights Act, passed at the height of the Civil Rights movement to try to end race discrimination. Senior conservative Thomas, who has been unyielding in his rejection of race-based practices, was ready to write a far-reaching opinion against the court’s Voting Rights Act precedent for redistricting. Meanwhile, Kavanaugh and Roberts came together, ensuring the chief a five-justice majority for the robust endorsement of Voting Rights Act remedies when states discriminate in redistricting. The Alabama redistricting case shook out differently as Kavanaugh signed a significant portion of Roberts’ opinion.
Persons: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Roberts, Kavanaugh, , Steve Marshall, Edmund LaCour, , Donald Trump, Ramos, Atticus Finch, , Bill Clinton, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, General LaCour, Holder, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Thomas ’, Barrett, George H.W, Roe, Wade, Dobbs, ” Roberts, General Marshall, LaCour, Organizations: CNN, Alabama, Republican, Supreme, Blacks, Democratic, Notre Dame, Black, Trump, Black Democrats, , Civil, Senior, Jackson, Health Organization, Harvard, University of North Locations: Alabama, Black, Minnesota, . Louisiana, . Mississippi, ” Alabama, Shelby County, Bush, Mississippi, University of North Carolina,
The ruling in U.S. District Court in Alabama is the latest judicial hammer to drop against the Republican-led state legislature, whose prior congressional district map had been struck down by the Supreme Court in June. Circuit Judge Stanley Marcus and U.S. District Judges Anna Manasco and Terry Moorer. A panel of three federal judges on Tuesday struck down an Alabama congressional map accused of being racially gerrymandered against the state's Black voters. After the Supreme Court ruling, Alabama asked for a five-week delay to enact a new plan, which the court granted. "We do not take lightly federal intrusion into a process ordinarily reserved for the State Legislature.
Persons: Stanley Marcus, Anna Manasco, Terry Moorer, Kay Ivey, affirmance Organizations: GOP, Alabama Statehouse, Republican, Circuit, Republican Gov, State Locations: Montgomery , Ala, U.S, Alabama, Black, . Alabama, reconvene
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