Hi,

First we learned that millions of dollars were flooding from corporations
and right-wing lobbyists into a nonprofit organization affiliated with the
Supreme Court in an effort to gain access and influence the justices.^1

Now The New York Times has revealed that Chief Justice John Roberts’s wife
has been getting paid millions of dollars in commissions by corporations
with dozens of cases before the court for work as a high-powered legal
headhunter.^2

None of this money was publicly disclosed because there’s no code of
ethics requiring justices to report this kind of income.

It's clear the Supreme Court simply cannot be trusted to police itself.
We've mobilized more than 200,000 people to urge Congress to pass the
Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act, which would require
the Supreme Court to follow basic rules of disclosure and recusal in cases
where there is a conflict of interest.

Now we need to raise enough money to really turn up the heat.

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work, including long-overdue ethics reform at the U.S. Supreme Court?

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The latest bombshell revelations show how Jane Roberts, the wife of the
chief justice, capitalized on her D.C. insider credentials to rake in
six-figure commissions from corporate law firms.

We don't know all the money she got, but, thanks to a whistleblower, we
know that the total was in the millions, and her clients included one firm
that argued more than 100 cases before the Supreme Court.^3

This comes on the heels of another bombshell investigation from the Times,
detailing how a little-known charity connected to the court called the
Supreme Court Historical Society has been raising millions from right-wing
special interests, including Big Oil, Wall Street banks, drug companies,
and anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ groups.^4

The nine justices of the Supreme Court are appointed for life, and despite
their virtually unchecked power, they are exempt from the code of ethics
that applies to all other federal judges.^5

At a time when the Supreme Court is in the process of gutting decades of
precedent on voting rights, abortion rights, civil rights, and countless
other major issues affecting Americans' lives, Congress must finally act
and impose a code of ethics on the justices.

[ [link removed] ]Will you donate $10 today to help urge Congress to pass a
code of ethics for the Supreme Court, and push for other key reforms?

With gratitude for all that you do,

Tihi and the team at Demand Progress Action

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Sources:
1. The New York Times, "A Charity Tied to the Supreme Court Offers Donors
Access to the Justices," [ [link removed] ]January 1, 2023.
2. The New York Times, "At the Supreme Court, Ethics Questions Over a
Spouse’s Business Ties," [ [link removed] ]January 31, 2023.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. Brennan Center for Justice, "Brennan Center Urges Supreme Court
Justices to Adopt a Code of Ethics," [ [link removed] ]September 24, 2019.
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