if you look at what happened with neil gorsuch, gorsuch sold a plot of land, sold a plot of land to someonewas a lawyer that runs a law firm that practiced in front of the supreme court. if the court had an ethics code, there is a way to do that transaction that is above board. he would want an outside regulator oromeone to look at the transaction, make sure it was fair market value, make sure the buyer did not know who the ller was -- there are ways you can set up an ethics code. but because they don't have an ethics code, you don't know whether they are doing things in an aboveboard way, you don't know -- they have no way to defend themselves when they get caught doing something like this. and suddenly, the robertson gorsuch incident i think are much less serious than what happened with clarence thomas, but every scandal starts to look agree just like what you had with justice thomas. amy: explain also chief justice himself and how he is personally profiting because of his wif >> jane roberts works as a legal recruiter, apparently a very high level legal recruiter who helps firms that wan

it's easy for neil gorsuch to talk about the lockdowns. his life is a lockdown.how is that any different? the most shocking thing about all this was this intrusion that he talked about was supported by the hipsters. the cool people. the people in hollywood. he was the other older people that were like "i have had it." people like van morrison and eric clapton. it was unusual reversal. it was like, younger people made the mask part of their identity. if you refused to participate in their covid kabuki, it was an attack on them and they are most believed freedom was like a pile. if you were free, then they weren't and so they needed you to take part in their misery and then of add to that the class distinction where you have people with wealth and status dictating the rules while they are violating them. it's exactly why they pushed the race card because if they push the race card, you don't know the aoc and gavin newsom are actually class oppressors. they are the ones that push this on you but not for them. no one notices that. they are too busy yelling at each ot

you know, some people are, like, oh, where was neil gorsuch the last two or three years, we love this opinion. he was there. they were pushing back on this and warning and talking about how the government has so much power, and overnight people allowed it without question. rachel: yeah. and hen there were the people like, you mentioned the woman who had -- she was arrested for opening hrsa loan, and then nancy pelosi goes and gets her haircut in a scent salon session, same with mayor lori lightfoot. we saw these protected politicians who were allowed to to break the rules because somehow they were more important than us or their hair was more important than my hair. it was just kind of crazy, and i think it's good to the see it because we don't want to repeat it, shannon. we have to go back and really examine it again. >> yeah. and i did start to find out what the real color of my hair is -- [laughter] i think we all did. rachel: we learned a rot about each other. [laughter] >> we learned a lot. there were no manicures, pedicures or hair styling for a while there. yes, this is much mo

neil gorsuch couldn't have said it any better. it was palpable.h unproven science. taking our rights away. you know, the basic rights that we have to supply our family to support them and the community and it was devastating, absolutely devastating. >> brian: deck clan, as we look at your bar, first off the impact. what is still lingering in terms of affecting your business? >> you know, the city closed us down march 14th, 2020. and told us to close. the city employees went home and left us for months not knowing what to do. we had to figure out for ourselves what to do. then we got the expanded patio, which was great had about three years. a lot of money. we still haven't recuperated the money we invested in it but still people that don't want to go inside and still people wearing masks. denver oppressive. the ranked among the most oppressive in the country. and stop helping us should have been the main thing. let people make their own decision. susan, other major issue plaguing so many people in this country and other major cities, not just bord

justice neil gorsuch has had some disclosure issues of his own. last, week politico reported that gorsuch was less than forthcoming about his involvement in a real estate deal in which the head of one of the nation's largest law firms, which does robust business before the court, purchased a property that neil gorsuch co owned in colorado. according to politico, the deal came together just days after neil gorsuch was confirmed to the court back in 2017. what great timing. and then there's justice samuel alito, who is still mad about the leak of the dobbs decision that he wrote, which stripped away the federal right to an abortion from millions of americans. in a recent interview with the wall street journal editorial board, alito claim that the leaker put his life in danger, and says he knows the identity of the league or but is not prepared to name them. how convenient. and also, how interesting, because a former antiabortion activist has since come forward to say that alito himself like the result of a different decision from the court on reprod

guest: the caller mentioned that it came out in a hearing yesterday that the gentleman about neil gorsuch's property in colorado was a democrat. that was not new information. that was in the initial report that exposed the transaction in the first place. brian duffy is the head of the law from, the one that purchased property. he has given to democrats over the years. in my view and the view of many people, the fact that he has given to democrats over the years does not mean it is not inappropriate for him as the head of a law firm that appears before the supreme court frequently to engage in a land deal with a sitting supreme court justice and not have that be disclosed. the fact that he gave to democrats before does not mean that is something that should be omitted from the disclosure form. i would just point out also in the hearing yesterday one of the things i did notice and thought was good that even as they decry the hearing itself as being a partisan affair, republican senators like lindsey graham, like chuck grassley said they hope the court will impose beefed-up ethics standards up

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politico reported, justice neil gorsuch sold property that he owned two ahead of a major law firm that often does business with the court. business insider found chief justice roberts wife made millions, and millions of dollars as a consultant for several law firms. some that have cases at the court. the chief justice, rsv peeing no to the hearing, and no other justices even showed. today, senate judiciary committee, chairman dick durbin, making his feelings about this abundantly clear. >> ethics cannot be simply left or the discretion of the nation's highest court. the court should have a code of conduct, with clear, and enforceable, rules. both justices, and the american people, no one condit crossing line. the highest court in the land, should not have the lowest ethical standard. we that reality is a crisis and public confidence in the supreme court. the status quo must change. >> throughout the hearing, party lines were crystal clear. >> this is an unseemly effort by the democratic left to destroy the legitimacy of the roberts court. if you want to talk about making the corner bet

supreme court justice neil gorsuch calling government responses to the pandemic, a quote, the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country, end quote. his comments coming in response to the supreme court's decision to dismiss a case pushed by red states to keep title 42 in place. justice gorsuch went after an array of emergency power abuses as he called them from lockdowns to church closures. justice samuel alito made similar remarks in the fall of 2020. >> the pandemic has resulted in previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty. i think it is an indisputable statement of fact. we have never before seen restrictions as severe, extensive and prolonged as those experienced for most of 2020. >> harris: steve, what happened to neil gorsuch? >> well look, yes, of course he is right. alito is right. it is all true. what it reminds me of is the fact that even now, years afterwards, we still don't have -- we have not seen any kind of real accountability for the people who pushed the lockdowns. any kind of legal accountability. no political acco

[abby[ neil gorsuch was president trump's first supreme court nominee, and he was taking a supreme courtally held open at the end of the obama administration for the next president. the justices that i'm going to appoint will be pro-life. they will have a conservative bent. donald trump was married three times. linked to porn stars. not the first logical choice for southern evangelicals. so the most important thing trump did to try to cement the allegiance of the cultural conservative vanguard of the republican party was to signal who he would pick for the supreme court. -so help me god. -congratulations. in both cases, they each got what they wanted. the conservative christian groups got the conservative supreme court. and donald trump got their votes to win the election. today, the president began interviewing possible nominees for the supreme court seat that will become open when justice anthony kennedy retires. president trump here nominates brett kavanaugh. [chris] brett kavanaugh was supposed to replace anthony kennedy. and that's a big deal because kennedy had always been the key

you've got neil gorsuch, john roberts, now the subject of not-so-positive headlines. head of a law firm with business before the court, and roberts for his wife's finances. seriously, what is going on with the scotus conservatives? >> i think it's fair to say this exercise in self policing that the supreme court is supposed to be doing has failed. right? i mean, they don't have the same ethics laws that slightly lower courts do. and clearly, they can't stick to it. i would like to point out, in the same sort of court is elena kagan, who refused bagels from a -- because she felt it was unethically dicey. so, i don't think all the justices are doing this. but certainly, thomas is famous. and i would like to point out that thomas really changed the way he disclosed after 2004 piece in the l. a. times, which took him to task for some of this. so, i do think this was conscious. and he certainly knows what he is doing. >> renato, now that dianne feinstein is back in washington, democrats have the numbers to subpoena clarence thomas before the senate judiciary committee. i i

also have -- there's been some stories about how two supreme court justices, sonia sotomayor, and neil gorsuchcuse themselves from cases involving a specific publishing company that has paid them lots of money in lucrative book deals. former justice stephen breyer, he did recuse himself. how do you see this? >> this involves a case -- several cases where penguin random house, the conglomerate that all three, justice stephen breyer, justice sonia sotomayor, and neil gorsuch all have big contracts with, contracts that they have disclosed over time, and two of them did not recuse themselves from cases that were on the list of many, many petitions coming to the court. this is something that fix court, a watchdog group, and then the daily wire had talked about, focused more on two of the justices. the reason stephen breyer -- it could have been frankly i don't know why they didn't recuse because they didn't say. we tried to ask them, why didn't you recuse yourself from cases? they were cases that were not heard by the court, and they did report their income. i do want to mention, though, jake, that

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following this, politico reported that neil gorsuch participate participated in the sale of a property in colorado after his co confirmation but did not disclose that the buyer was a major law firm business insider reported that chief justice roberts' wife jane was paid over $10 million in commissions as a recruiter for elite law firms, including one that argued a case before the h high court now only time will tell if these report al reports will have an impact on one of the highest institutions. roberts' wife did not respond to a request for comment. back to you, frances >> brie jackson, thank you >>> planned parenthood is marking a win for women's health care in utah a judge ruling to block the latest abortion law that would have gone into effect today. the law would have banned abortion clinics meaning women seeking the treatment would have to go to a hospital. this is the same judge who blocked th blo blocked the state's near total abortion ban the injunction will remain in place while a lawsuit is reviewed by planned parenthood and the aclu >>> the biden administration is sending

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the court recently highlighted the book deals of justices sonia sotomayor and neil gorsuch. court notes that both justices sotomayor and gorsuch failed to recuse themselves on copyright infringement cases involving penguin random house fix. the court reported that justice sotomayor has earned more than $3 million from books published through penguin, and the group said justice gorsuch, who's a republic, if you can keep it memoir was published by penguins forum books in 2019. earned over $500,000. in other book news, the 2023 pulitzer prizes were announced. here's some of the winners. freedom's dominion a saga of white resistance to federal power. jefferson cowie. he won the prize for history. g-man j. edgar hoover. and the making of the american century by beverly gage won the biography category and stayed true, a memoir by hua hsu won the prize for memoir or autobiography. and his name is george floyd by robert samuels and toluse olorunnipa won the general nonfiction category. both beverly gage and tolu olo juniper were recent guests on booktv. you can find them in our vide

the court recently highlighted the book dealsf justices sonia sotomayor and neil gorsuch. fix the court notes that both justices sotomayor and gorsuch failed to recuse themselves on copyright infringement cases involving penguin random house fix. the court reported that justice sotomayor has earned more than $3 million from books published through penguin, and the group said justice gorsuch, who's a republic, if you can keep it memoir was published by penguins forum books in 2019. earned over $500,000. in other book news, the 2023 pulitzer prizes were announced. here's some of the winners. freedom's dominion a saga of white resistance to federal power. jefferson cowie. he won the prize for history. g-man j. edgar hoover. and the making of the american century by beverly gage won the biography category and stayed true, a memoir by hua hsu won the prize for memoir or autoography. and his name is george floyd by robert samuels and tolus olorunnipa won the general nonftion category. both beverly gage and tolu olo juniper we rect guests on booktv. you can find them in our video

and mike left colorado to come here to help confirm his friend, kneel gorsuch -- neil gorsuch. so that's going to be a great panel at the end of the day for all of you who want to watch that. lastly, we got brenda hankins. she founded her women's initiative. she was also one of the leaders of getting a universal reporting system for election integrity issues. i want to turn to this year's winner, ashley titus. when i asked the general counsel aaron clark for a quote on ashley, i had to cut it down because she was praising her so much. colorado is crucial to -- california is crucial to taking back the u.s. house. as the nrcc california lawyer, the california chair and lawyer for the california republican party. she organized statewide election integrity programs for years to ensure elections is clean as california can be. people forget one of the reasons for our success in 2020 in the u.s. house, despite president trump's lost, we learned how to ballot harvest in california. it's a terrible law but we have to work within the existing law because the democrats do. so thank you, a

bar examiners through circuit court of appeals, continuing to ignore science and do the thing neil gorsuchagainst? >> i haven't been at cato institute for a year and a half. it is cruel. i took the bar exam 20 years ago, given studies show masking doesn't do anything in a prolonged area like that, to intensify the most stressful experience most people have in early professional lives, it is cruel and no reason to it, it is virtue signalling. i'm hearing since that reporter broke the story, the washington free beacon, outstanding work and the dc bar is walking this back. we still have a couple months before this happens and maybe because of the public shaming, the role journalists should play when policies happen, maybe that is being walked back and i'm glad you brought in justice gorsuch's statement, unusual statement, just talking about how we gave way too much power to both federal and state levels to the uncheckable bureaucrats and executives to do things that made no sense. we knew they started making no sense after month or two. >> todd: mask wearers could experience difficulty thinki

now new reports, justice neil gorsuch sold a property he owned to a lawyer at a major firm that had businessay the committee called on the court to enact a new code of c conduct. >> i believe the absence of a former structure governing the supreme court justices is unattainable. it would be a statement to the american people that their faith in the court's adherence to core ethica ethical principles matters. >> a recent marist poll showing 37 of americans are confident in the high court, and that's down from 59% back in 2018. joining me now is the former director of the office of government ethics and now a senior ethics fellow at the project on government oversight. walter, great to see you. thank you for coming to the table here. in a written statement before today's hearing a conservative former appeals court judge told the committee that changes have to be made. i want to read what he said. he said the court should enact a code of conduct that should subject itself to the highest ethical codes and standard beyond reproach. it's worth reminding everyone, they don't currently have an ethic

we appointed more than 300 conservatives to our federal courts at every level included justice neil gorsuch, brett kavanaugh and amy coney barrett. that conservative majority gave america a new beginning and -- in the right to life in the last six months. [applause] to me, it was a privilege to be a part of it and i also appreciate the fact when something else i have tried to capture in "so help me god" was the hailstorm of opposition we faced from day one. i tell a story in the book about how i was with president trump on inauguration day in 2017 and we were at the oval office, just the two of us were there and we started walking back to the white house down the portico. and the bright lights were on the side wall, it was well lit. president trump looked at me and said, look at this. i said, it is humbling. he turned and looked at me and said, that's right it's humbling. [laughter] but as we walked into the residence, the end of that chapter i capture the fact that outside the oval office was a stack of newspapers. the headline in the washington post on january 20, 2017 was " the campaign

now they're coming from neil gorsuch.itico with the juicy opposition research saying law firm head bought gorsuch owned property the supreme court justice did no report the identity of the purchaser whose firm had numerous cases before the court. but when one writer for the wall street journal actually looked into these details what he found way a a total nothing burger. first gorsuch didn't own the property directly he had a share of a company which sold the property. and the guy who bought it had never spoken to or even met gorsuch. joining me now chris landow former to gorsuch, also form ambassador to mexico in the trump administration. chris, what's going on, you and i when we were clerking we didn't hear this type of stuff, this scuttlebutt. this wasn't even in the atmosphere at all. but this seems to be picking up. why? >> i think you nailed it, laura. the supreme court is one institution that the left does not control in our country today, and i think they don't see that institution coming within their control anyt

then neil gorsuch, nine days after he was appointed to the supreme court, the head of a major law firm the supreme court decided to buy his property and pay him a lot of money. then a story from insider about the wife of chief justice john roberts working a multimillion-dollar gig can for law firms who regularly appear in front of the supreme court. if you're about to have a case in front of the supreme court, here's a handy way to put a lot of money in the pocket of the chief justice via his wife. tomorrow senate democrats are set to hold their first hearing on ethics and conflicts of interest at the united states supreme court. yeah, maybe it's time. they requested that chief justice john roberts appear and testify about the ethics rules, he declined the invitation, then they sent a series of questions about how the court enforces ethics policies. he sent this question, has there ever been any censure, reprimand, admonition -- has anybody gotten into trouble for breaking the rules he says you follow? he sent his answer, no. nobody's ever gotten in trouble as far as he knows. quote, i

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supreme court justice neil gorsuch did not mince words on his views of the covid lockdown.ourt dismisses red state push to preserve tight will 42, gorsuch called out elected officials for failing to address the border crises and pushing the responsibility to the court, the border crisis is not a covid crisis, will congress follow suit, the party panel is back. robby, i want to read you a quote from wrote concentration of power and hands of so few may be apprefficient and sometime polar. >> in should ways the supreme court was our last line of defense against total covid tyranny, sc scotus struck down biden's federal vaccine mandate for millions of workers done with a wave of his magic wand that he does not possess, joe biden declaring that millions of people would have to get vaccinated, under osha guidelines no congress deliberated and wrote down and approved and spr voted on. this was joe biden declaring that he had his power time and again throughout the pandemic we saw government officials, sometimes unelected officials, health officials, at state and local level assert

with neil gorsuch, for years he owned a piece of land in colorado that he was trying to sell. he was unable to sell it. they had to lower the price a couple of times. within nine days of being confirmed as a supreme court justice, the property was purchased at a nice sum by the head of a major law firm that argues before the supreme court quite frequently. he listed a range of income he received through an llc, which was the name of the investment firm he set up to own the property. he did not divulge it was a land deal, he did not divulge the nature of income he was bringing in. he did not divulge the buyer. it was figured out by politico, which published a story in the last couple of weeks. this highlights the situation in terms of it being the wild west in terms of lack of disclosure by supreme court justices and sheds light on the way people can carry favor with justices as they currently exist. host: what is your priority for ethics rules? guest: there has been a bunch of reform proposals, as you can imagine with all of the press and revelations, lawmakers are getting int

or it was about how justice neil gorsuch failed to disclose he sold a vacation home to the chief executive of one of the country's biggest law firms despite that firm vag cases before the supreme court. i could go on and on here but the answer was it was all the of the above and more. democrats in the senate judiciary committee held this hearing today to try and talk about ethics and accountability on the high court and try to suggest some solution. but rather than get into all of that, republicans did this. >> this is not about trying to upgrade the ability of the court to be more transparent. it's about an effort to destroy the legitimacy of this conservative court. >> today's hearing is an excuse to sling more mud at an institute. >> these hearings and the radical left's continued attacks on justice thomas and his wife ginni over the last 31 1/2 years are part of a sustained hateful attempt to discredit an honest man. this is all just a shakedown, nice supreme court you've got there, america. sure would be a shame if something happened to it. >> i hope we don't have see another assassin

and neil gorsuch sold a colorado property to the ceo of a law firm and did not disclose that he was a hearing, democrats argued lawmakers must now act. >> the supreme court needs to's -- to step up and fix this themselves. they have refused to for years and because they will not act, congress must. amna: but republicans dismissed the hearing as a liberal effort to undermine the conservative-leaning court. >> the danger is not that robed justices are operating without ethics, it's that democrats are not winning every fight and they find it intolerable. amna: not in the hearing room, john roberts. his letter included a statement on the courts ethics signed by all the justices. trust in the court is at record low. in a recent poll, more than six in 10 americans say they have little to no confidence in the court. to help us explore these issues of accountability, i am joined by amanda frost, uva law professor. she testified before congress today. we have learned about the gifts to justice thomas, justice gorsuch property sales. from what you have seen, should it have been information they

the majority opinion and was joined by fellow right-wing justices john roberts, clarence thomas, neil gorsuchamy coney barrett. however, conservative brett kavanaugh joined the court's three liberal justice in opposing the weakening the clean water act. kavanaugh wrote the decision will have "significant repercussions for water quality and flood control throughout the united states." the court's decision is seen as a major victory for polluters and developers. at the white house, press secretary karine jean-pierre criticized the ruling. >> it will jeopardize the sources of clean drinking water for farmers and millions of americans. the clean water act is the reason why america's lakes today are swimmable, we can fish in our streams and rivers, and why say drinking water comes out of our taps. it was passed by bipartisan majority in 1972 and since been used by republican and democratic administrations alike to protect our nation land and water. amy: to talk more about the ruling, we're joined now by sam sankar. he is the senior vice president for programs at earthjustice, which filed an amicus

writing for the majority in a narrow 5-to-4 ruling, conservative justice neil gorsuch said -- "while the constitution addresses many weighty issues, the type of pork chops california merchants may sell is not on that list." and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we begin today's show at the u.s.-mexico border, where the pandemic policy known as title 42, which was used to expel nearly 3 million asylum seekers without due process, was lifted thursday at midnight, three years after it was implemented by trump. homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas announced the change while warning migrants of harsher consequences if they attempt to cross into the united states. >> let me be clear, the lifting of the title public health order does not mean our border is open. in fact, it is the contrary. our use of our immigration enforcement authorities under title a vein of the united states code means tougher consequences for people who cross the border illegally. unlike under title 42, an individual who is r

the supreme court disagreed in the majority opinion justice neil gorsuch says states in their voters can decide what products can be sold. there. >> after the break, we discover the magic of morimoto napa as i get a crash course in sushi making from the superstar chef. that is looking good. and we've got some very, very nice weather ahead. we're going to check out your friday and your weekend. your mother's day forecast coming up next. >> the bay area and wine country are also, of course, a food lover's paradise. and we're looking at top notch restaurants n quite a few famous chefs. certainly are. and that's why tonight on dine and dish, we're going to sharpen up our so she nuys to cook alongside japanese celebrity chef morimoto. >> we really don't have to travel far and napa to find world-class dining sought here wine country. new one japanese food with a little twist. morimoto napa is a really fun spot. plus, you might just run into that famous chef chef masaharu morimoto. you can't miss. and perry is on the wall on the cover of one of his cookbooks and on premises from time to tim

and then it was politico reporting justice neil gorsuch stumble into a nice wind fall. he'd been trying for years to sell a piece of property in colorado. and nine days after he was appointed to the supreme court a major law firm with lots of business with the court decided out of the blue to buy that property and thereby pay the supreme court a whole lot of money. and just days later we got a story from insider about the wife of chief justice john roberts working in a multi-million dollar gig as a recruiter for law firms who regularly appear in the supreme court. which means if you're about to have a case in the supreme court here's a handy way to put a lot of money in the pocket of the chief justice via his wife. tomorrow senate democrats are set to hold their first hearing on ethics and conflicts of interest at the united states supreme court. yeah, maybe it's time for that. they requested that chief justice john roberts appear and testify about the court's ethics rules. he declined the invitation to testify. the committee then sent him a series of questions about ho

in recent weeks, it's been revealed that justice neil gorsuch sold a property he co-owned to the headf a major law firm that has since had 22 cases before the supreme court. and propublica reports justice clarence thomas failed to disclose undisclosed gifts and payments from texas billionaire and conservative activist harlan crow. in the latest revelations, business insider reports the wife of u.s. supreme court chief justice john roberts was paid $10.3 million in commissions as a job recruiter placing lawyers at elite law firms. jane sullivan roberts earned hundreds of thousands of dollars from at least one law firm that argued a case before chief justice roberts. syria's government says one soldier was killed and seven people wounded earlier today as israeli war planes bombed the main airport in the northern city of aleppo, knocking it out of service. this follows hundreds of israeli attacks on syria in recent years, including two similar israeli airstrikes on aleppo's airport in march. the airport is key to efforts to ship humanitarian relief to northern syria following the devasta

political reported justice neil gorsuch sold a colorado property to the ceo of a law firm with regularhe court and do not disclose the ceo was buyer. >> congress not only has the ability to legislate in this area, but the responsibility. >> democrats argued lawmakers must act. >> the supreme crt should fix this themselves. for years, they have refused. because the court will not act, congress must. >> republicans dismissed the hearing as a liberal effort to undermine the conservative leading court. >> the danger is not that robed justices are operating without ethics, it is that democrats are not winning every fight and they find that reality intolerable. >> not in the hearing room, chief justice john roberts, who was invited by judiciary chair dick durbin to testify. roberts declined, calling the congressional testimony exceedingly rare and cited the importance of preserving judicial independence. his letter included a statement on the courts ethics signed by all of the justices. all of this as trust in the court is at record lows. in a recent poll, more than six in 10 americans said

there's also neil gorsuch, nine days after joining the bench, gorsuch sold a property he owned to the head of a major law firm that would go on to be involved in 22 cases before the high court. and then you have chief justice john roberts, insiders reporting that roberts' wife made over $10 million working as a recruiter for law firms who regularly appear before the court. none of this was previously disclosed. what the senate is proposing in response to these efforts isn't some wild far-reaching concept. it's pretty standard practice. angus king and lisa murkowski introduced legislation last week that would force the court to create a binding code of conduct and appoint an ethics officer to oversee it. while a separate bill proposed by democratic senator sheldon whitehouse would require the justices to adopt and follow an ethics code, impose standards for disclosing travel and gifts in line with rules for members of congress, and create an investigative board to review complaints against justices. essentially, just holding these nine justices to the same standard as every single lowe

the supreme court disagreed in the majority opinion justice neil gorsuch says that states and their voterside what products can be sold in their state. >> well, football season is just around the corner and the forty-niners will have 5 prime-time games this year. 5, the nfl announced the 2023 schedule last night and the forty-niners open the season on the road that will be on september. 10th. they'll face the steelers, the niners first home game that's going to be on thursday night will be thursday night game with the new york giants that will be on september. 21st their next prime time game would be october 8th against the cowboys at home. the team's first monday night game october 23rd the face. the minnesota vikings. they then play on 3 consecutive holidays will play on thanksgiving. that will be in seattle. the play on christmas day that will be home against the baltimore ravens and they'll play on new year's eve at washington. but one of the most anticipated games on the schedule comes in week 13. that's when the niners return to philadelphia for that rematch of last year's nfc champi