▲ 501 ▼ Justice Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose an ethics code on the Supreme Court (apnews.com) submitted 3 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 93 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] rifugee@lemmy.world 38 points 3 years ago (2 children) Fortunately, congress does have the power to impeach and remove a supreme court judge. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago It would be, if we elected people who cared more about doing good than they do about increasing their own fortunes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) In theory. In practice getting 2/3 of the Senate to agree on anything is pretty much impossible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) They're all multi-millionaires, and care much, much more about increasing their wealth than they do about doing meaningful good. Remember when we found out both Republican and Democratic senators exploited their classified COVID briefings to make money on stocks? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago* Both sides literally did that, yes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago It would be, if we elected people who cared more about doing good than they do about increasing their own fortunes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) In theory. In practice getting 2/3 of the Senate to agree on anything is pretty much impossible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) They're all multi-millionaires, and care much, much more about increasing their wealth than they do about doing meaningful good. Remember when we found out both Republican and Democratic senators exploited their classified COVID briefings to make money on stocks? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago* Both sides literally did that, yes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) They're all multi-millionaires, and care much, much more about increasing their wealth than they do about doing meaningful good. Remember when we found out both Republican and Democratic senators exploited their classified COVID briefings to make money on stocks? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago* Both sides literally did that, yes. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago* Both sides literally did that, yes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago* Both sides literally did that, yes. permalink fedilink source parent