#SCOTUS delays execution....something they decidedly not done much.
And because of the Titanic amount of ethics problems going on
You absolutely have to ask if this was a political decision to attempt to stem the downfall of their respect.
A more likely explanation is that with the state's own AG pushing for a delay so they could consider serious issues with the case, the SCOTUS saw an exceptional situation and figured they had better give room for it to play out.
I really suspect the Court considers it futile to stage some PR blitz to address what's in the press lately, so they're generally ignoring it.
I think you're overlooking the issue. Since they don't really have an effective means of PR, there's no way they CAN control the appearance of impropriety because no matter what they ACTUALLY do, clickbaity organizations and self-interested politicians will still command the story.
So since it is futile for them to try to manage appearances, they might as well just ignore it and just do their jobs.
They're looked at through the lens of a media and political environment that both have conflicts of interests, to tell certain sensational stories, regardless of reality.
@volkris you'd be wrong. A justice *resigned* for the good of the court for less than this.
Free jet rides and vacays from a billionaire without disclosing?
Anyone with *ethics* first off, wouldn't take that money that's more than he makes in a year. Secondly, would be above board and report it.
They could easily be ethical. They've chosen not too.
Reporting says the money WAS reported to the proper SCOTUS ethics reviewers.
That's part of the issue here.
Yet another case of people living with different sets of facts, one quite sensational.
@volkris oh and Roberts wife being paid TEN MILLION dollars shortly after his placement?
Kamala's husband *resigned* his multi million dollars law firm job specifically to avoid having this kind of appearance.
If they don't want to be curtailed by the required limits, don't take the damn job.
When I point out that these sensationalized stories made it so that it doesn't really matter what the justices do, so they might as well not bother trying, your response really illustrates my point.
It treats them like reality TV stars with skewed editing and dramatic storylines instead of actually looking at their job performances.
It's no wonder they might throw up their hands and just ignore the media.
Sounds to me like Kamala's husband shouldn't have resigned, if he left behind such valuable work!
@volkris and you prove my suspicion you're either trolling or ignorant.
That you seem to say it's ok to have dark money funneled to political officials is enough that this conversation isnt going to bear fruit
@volkris Occam's razor agrees....but that's the point. They've lost any benefit of the doubt consideration - everything has to be looked at thru the lens of untrustworthy.
That's sorta the point of them "avoiding *any* POSSIBLE appearance of impropriety"
Trust is fleetingly spent, arduously regained.