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Supreme Court ethics bill advances out of House committee after party-line vote

Supreme Court ethics bill advances out of House committee after party-line vote

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Recent controversies aside, efforts to pass Supreme Court reform legislation have been in the works for years. Now ethics reform is drawing national attention as polls show that public confidence in the court is plummeting. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., announced sweeping ethics legislationon Tuesday that would impose a code of conduct on the justices and would ban them from owning securities. And on Wednesday night, the House Judiciary Committee voted 22-16 along party lines … Read the rest

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In 5-4 vote, justices reinstate Alabama voting map despite lower court’s ruling that it dilutes Black votes

In 5-4 vote, justices reinstate Alabama voting map despite lower court’s ruling that it dilutes Black votes

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The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Alabama to implement a redistricting plan that is being challenged as illegal racial gerrymandering. A lower court ruled last month that the state’s new congressional map likely violates the Voting Rights Act, and it ordered the state to draw a new map. But the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision put the lower court’s ruling on hold, effectively allowing Alabama to proceed with its preferred map as it prepares for primary elections in … Read the rest