Did you see the email we sent the other day about the Supreme Court's
refusal to adopt a code of ethics? We're re-sending it to make sure no one
misses this outrageous news.

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Hi,

First, The New York Times uncovered how corporations have given millions
of dollars to a nonprofit connected to the Court in an effort to gain
access and influence with justices.^1

Then it exposed how Chief Justice John Roberts’s wife, a high-powered
corporate law recruiter, has been getting paid millions in commissions by
firms with cases before the justices.^2

Now, after promising to “seriously study” ethics reform years ago, the
justices admitted that they were unable to agree on rules that would
require them to disclose donations and recuse themselves in certain
circumstances.^3

Enough is enough. The Supreme Court can’t be trusted to police itself.
That’s why we’ve mobilized more than 200,000 people to ask Congress to
pass the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act, requiring
the nation’s highest court to follow basic rules of disclosure and
recusal.

We need to turn up the heat.

[ [link removed] ]Will you make a donation to Demand Progress Action and support our
work, including pushing for ethics reform at the U.S. Supreme Court?

[ [link removed] ]Donate $10

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The bombshell revelations from the Times aren’t the only scandals dogging
the Supreme Court.

Justice Clarence Thomas repeatedly refuses to recuse himself from cases
about the 2020 election, even though his wife, Ginni, tried to overturn
it. Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s husband just opened a Washington office
for his Indiana law firm.^4

In 2019, Justice Elena Kagan told Congress the chief justice was
“seriously studying” adopting a code of ethics, but The Washington Post
just reported that justices couldn’t reach agreement on one.^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, the need for a code of
ethics is particularly critical.

We’re gaining momentum. The influential American Bar Association has come
out in favor of the nation’s highest court adopting a code of ethics. But
now we need to double down and build pressure on Congress to make it
happen.

[ [link removed] ]Will you donate $10 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. The Washington Post, "Supreme Court justices discussed, but did not
agree on, code of conduct," [ [link removed] ]February 9, 2023.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
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