Justice Brett Kavanaugh said Thursday that the Supreme Court is working on “concrete steps” to address ethics issues at the high court amid an array of recent news stories on justices’ travel and relationships with political donors.

Appearing before an audience of judges and lawyers during a judicial conference in Ohio, Kavanaugh noted that Chief Justice John Roberts had pledged in May to assure the public that the court was committed to adhering to the highest standards of conduct.

“The chief justice spoke about that in May and said that we are continuing to work on those issues and that is accurate,” Kavanaugh told the audience. “We are continuing to work on those issues and I’m hopeful that there will be some concrete steps taken soon on that.”

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    Step 1: How to avoid scrutiny that might put our ethics on display.

    Step 2: legalize things we currently get that might appear unethical.

    Step 3: profit

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    Get about 8 beers deep.

    Do a super weird, horrible fake cry on camera.

    Now that everyone has turned of the TV, grab the prettiest female reporter. The Republicans won’t care about one more rape.

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    This means that a billionaire has hired a contractor to build literal concrete steps outside his house.

    It isn’t a commitment to clean up the illegitimate court: it’s a disclosure statement.

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    Just a reminder that trump appointed a Christian cultist and a frat bro rapist to the Supreme Court. No one should listen to a goddamn thing these unfit rejects have to say. Read any dissent by the actually educated and fit to serve liberal justices and it’s clear that they are forced to watch as the court is hijacked by vile traitors to this nation.

    The only thing that will change this all is just sheer force of will. Vote every single time. Encourage everyone you know to vote. Super majorities can happen. Elect people that will take steps to right this boat. No more pandering to christofascists .

    Anything less ensures the pendulum will inevitably one day swing back the other way. The second this occurs they’ve made it clear it will never come back again.

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    Oh yeah. Let me trust the rapist to tell me about ethics. /s

    I forget his name half the time, most of the time I refer to him as “shit stain rapist.”

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    From a group of people that thinks transparency is having a set list of prices for their rulings.

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    He’s working on concrete steps?

    Any chance some one could shove him down them?

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    Can’t imagine a world where anything they come up with has any bite or actually correct any of the ongoing problems. The number of cases where justices should’ve recused themselves for conflicts of interests seems to just keep growing.