An investigation by The Associated Press revealed Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s taxpayer-funded staff performed tasks to help sell her book. The report is adding momentum to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s efforts to strengthen the court’s ethics rules.  “The Sotomayor revelations are just more of the drip, drip, drip that’s going to eventually undercut and…

Iowa lawmakers passed a 6-week abortion ban, and the federal government’s latest target in reducing greenhouse gases are refrigerators and air conditioners. These stories and more highlight the Rundown for Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Iowa passes 6-week abortion ban In a special session that went late into the night on Tuesday, July 11, the Iowa…

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has found himself in the spotlight once again, though this time it has nothing to do with his decisions on the bench. The New York Times published a lengthy article this week that has raised questions about Thomas’s ethical standards and his relationship with an elite nonprofit organization, sparking further…

Another Supreme Court justice is being scrutinized over how they make money off the bench. An investigation by The Associated Press reveals Justice Sonia Sotomayor has made millions of dollars from the books she has written. The scrutiny surrounds how those books were sold. According to the AP, Sotomayor’s staff pushed colleges, universities and libraries to…

The landmark Supreme Court ruling banning race-conscious admissions practices at U.S. colleges and universities has sharply divided the parties in Washington. President Biden said this Supreme Court has “done more to unravel basic rights and basic decisions than any court in recent history.” Justice Clarence Thomas, in his concurring opinion, wrote that the Constitution declares…

Thousands of Israelis blocked highways leading to several major cities, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, as part of ongoing protests over Israel’s controversial judicial reform bill. The bill won a first of three required votes to be written into law late Monday, July 10. According to Israel Democracy Institute President Yohanan Plesner, the bill “undermines…