#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.
@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.
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.
