Brett Kavanaugh says justices are working on ‘concrete steps’ on ethics
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.”
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I get the idea that the final ethics code will be 'Republican Aligned Justices can do what ever they want, Democratic Aligned Justices can be impeached for disagreeing with anything.'
Well that's the way republicans in congress already act, of Thomas would have been impeached and removed already. The ethics rules are just for internal discipline rules at SCOTUS.
And the way he talked about beer, I'm pretty sure he drinks Coors Light.
If you're still there, they aren't nearly stringent enough, Rapey McKavanaugh.
If they wanted it done, they could just adopt the same ethics rules that every other court in America has to abide. If they're working on anything, it's how to keep getting free vacations and gifts from donors without having to disclose them or, god forbid, someone on the court having to experience consequences for their corruption.
Knowing Thomas he'd probably argue for the rules then argue he's exempt because he got the job before they were implemented.
Ohh sorry I guess there is no higher court that can compell us to do that. Also congress can't either....sorry. I guess there are no real checks on our power jeeze.
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.
"We're TOTALLY going to start policing ourselves one day. Just you wait and see. When? This year isn't good we have an election coming up and we need to make sure the American people can weigh in on this very important matter [so we can see if Republicans will overthrow democracy and we can move on from this without change. Clarence's mom ain't paying rent and I got "baseball tickets" ill need another "small" loan for...]."
They're going to be concrete steps by which they can investigate and clear themselves out and wrongdoing, before they head out on vacation with their billionaire "friends".
The cunt that lied to get his position is going to tell us about ethics now. Fucking clown.
Cool. I want three resignations. Openly corrupt Thomas, the rapist who isn’t Merrick garland, and the lying christofascist who was placed at the last minute. Sure only one of these is related to the court’s corruptions. But they’re all a corruption of the court. I also want rules on what happens with the senate in the situations of the other two, because either they refused to do their constitutional job and should be punished once or they violated the spirit of the rule in a partisan power grab.
What McConnell did was shady, unethical, and as dirty is as it gets in politics, but all legal unfortunately. You can just arrest political opponents like that. To say so is even dangerous. You sound like the republicans who are openly calling for that and want to do that. That is the sound of authoritarianism and totalitarianism. That is the path we are trying to prevent from happening in our country right now. You cannot go and make statements like that. I hate McTurtle as much as anyone, but we can't say to arrest him when he hasn't broken any laws.
Obama should have appointed Garland anyway since Congress was refusing to give "advice and consent" as required by the constitution. Much like a recess appointment, but McConnell made sure Congress never recessed either, just to avoid that.
And you sound just like the people you despise. While the left needs to stop playing so nice, obeying the law is crucial. Without it, what are you fighting for?
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.
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
Oh the irony.... 😑
I mean Brett Kavanaugh is just the beacon of ethics.
Really? Crying beer man who got everything handed to him on a silver platter who when for the first time in his life was questioned, broke down in tears?
:'( I like beer -sniffle- and ethics. >:'(
Rapist says what?
Beer? I mean what?
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."
Dracula and other vampires discuss the ethics on drinking human blood.
He's working on concrete steps?
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Any chance some one could shove him down them?
As long as it's not twelve; he likes his beer.
You know we're fucked when a title like that isn't even on nottheonion. We may have entered a"not 'not the onion'" era
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.
Fox gives assurances on improved henhouse security
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.
Must be nice to decide for yourself which rules will apply to you.
Yeah, our US police have been doing it for years.
This is a good website
https://www.brettkavanaugh.beer/
That fucking guy? That they had this clown make a statement about their plans on ethics tells us all we need to know. What fucking jokes these assholes are. Shit is intentional and premeditated.
(deep breath)
AHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Sorry, I just couldn't contain my derisive laughter at Beer Bro.
They could start by at least following the same rules every other federal judge must follow. The fact that they don’t simply agree to those rules and then work on strengthening the rules for members of the highest court in the land shows how disingenuous Kavanaugh’s claims are.
Doubt.
Do the concrete steps include boofing?
Gonna be quite the pact, with beer, alleged rape, getting swole with they boys, and everything goes on calendars that'll be around forever for some reason.
Don’t forget about the boofing. There’s gonna be soooo much boofing. The US is gonna get so boofed that we won’t even know what to do.
We’re all gonna be like ,”Noooo! Stop with all the boofing, Brett! You boofed us so much!”
I almost forgot about the boofing. And as we all know, that's the most important part!
I wonder if it includes drinking on the job.
It's not technically drinking if you squirt it up your ass.
This is truly the most fucked up timeline.
“I like beer”….
Let's also remember how when asked if he'd ever drank to the point of blacking out he pulled a "I don't know, have you?"
sniff
With a skin complexion like that I have to assume just about everything he does involves drinking.
Boy, these charges of impropriety are sure creating a Devil’s Triangle of problems.
Just a boofing session or two away.
Unless they're resigning, it's not going to work.
"Investigated ourselves"
Right? Why tf are they allowed to just write rules for themselves? Wayyy past high time they were reigned in by Congress like checks and balances intended.
Uh huh...
I hope we revoke the Trump appointed asshats when Trump gets his jail time..
Bro, he's going to boof some ethics with dudes from his frat.
From a group of people that thinks transparency is having a set list of prices for their rulings.
Those concrete steps are covered in black ice
This guy couldn't even avoid blaming the Clintons in his confirmation hearing. I have zero confidence in him and neither should you.
Concrete steps? Like throwing them down them?
Its congresses job to do this.
Mandatory boofing with PJ and Skee every Friday.
Context: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/04/brett-kavanaugh-life-in-prison
It's good to be the king.
If only we had ethics going in
Workin' it out over a few cool beers.
All purchases made in excess of $10,000 related to a current party in a case being heard by the court is recommended to be reported. Any justice who does reports a purchase in excess of $10,000 will have a conversation with the Chief Justice
Is it “ethics week” already? Who’s private yacht will they be working on?
Rape, arson, and rape?
You said rape twice.
It's fine, squee.
unless by concrete steps, he means concrete shoes, then I don't think they're going to address the underlying problem
Weird how a "developed" country doesn't have anti corruption laws for their judges.
lol
Is “concrete steps” another “drinking game”?
Ol’ Bong Rip Brett surely has the confidence of the peons, yes?
Justices: ugh! Unethical things in our court! That's disgusting! But where are these unethical things? There's so many things out there. Where, where exactly are the unethical things?
The Supreme Gang goes to Court