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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span class="gmail-JtukPc">The
Institute for Ethics in Public Life presents "Judicial Ethics and the
Supreme Court", a conversation on the recent spate of ethics
controversies involving the U.S. Supreme Court and the unique position
of that court as largely self-policing on ethics issues. This event will
happen on Wednesday, May 10, at noon and can be attended in-person
(Hawkins 233) or on Zoom. <br><br>In recent weeks a series of ethics
controversies have embroiled the U.S. Supreme Court. Investigative
reporting revealed that Justice Clarence Thomas had received luxury
vacations worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from a major donor to
the Republican Party and conservative causes. Further investigation
revealed that this same donor had purchased a house where Justice
Thomas' mother lives from the Justice without it being properly
disclosed, and had renovated the house while allowing the Justice's
mother to continue to live there. Justice Gorsuch has become embroiled
in a property disclosure scandal of his own when it was revealed that
shortly after being confirmed a property he had been trying to sell for
two years was purchased by a major law firm that routinely appears
before the Supreme Court. Most recently, it was revealed that Chief
Justice Roberts' wife had earned over $10 million in commissions as a
legal headhunter for major law firms (many of which argue before the
Court) which were reported as "salary" on their taxes. <br><br>In
addition to all being violations of laws regarding financial disclosure,
all of these would be significant breaches of the Code of Conduct of
U.S. Judges if it applied to Supreme Court Justices. But it doesn't. <br><br>In
this conversation featuring Dr. Raymond Carman of the Political Science
Department we'll be discussing how these actions raise ethical conduct
questions about the Justices involved and what can be done to ensure
that U.S. Supreme Court Justices are bound by an ethical code of conduct
similar to that which binds Federal Judges and other government
employees.<br><br><b>Dr. Ray Carman</b> joined the SUNY Plattsburgh
Department of Political Science in Fall 2014. His teaching and research
interests include the constitution, courts, judges, and the law. Dr.
Carman’s book,<i> Making Good Law or Good Policy?: The Causes and Effects of State Supreme Court Judges’ Role Orientations</i>,
draws from political science and social psychology in order to examine
the effect that judicial role orientations—or judges’ beliefs about what
should properly be allowed to influence their decisions—has on judicial
decision-making.<br><br>Topic: Judicial Ethics dicussion<br>Time: May 10, 2023 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)<br><br>Join Zoom Meeting<br><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/97761829296&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1683742292417562&usg=AOvVaw1SvbPn1ZBZ7wtvgymYooU5" target="_blank">https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/97761829296</a><br><br>Meeting ID: 977 6182 9296<br>One tap mobile<br>+16469313860,,97761829296# US<br>+19294362866,,97761829296# US (New York)<br><br>Meeting ID: 977 6182 9296<br>Find your local number: <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/u/aedXVG8xHC&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1683742292417562&usg=AOvVaw0N3QXfut9u3eD5XtvxGou3" target="_blank">https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/u/aedXVG8xHC</a></span>
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