ethics

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Molly Kingsley, founder of UsForThem. Molly talks about closing schools in lockdown, the abandonment of morals in child vaccination planning, the mystery of the vanishing government ethics committee, and why we are in an age of unaccountability. Molly also covers the World Health Organisation’s power grab, what it was […]

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was accused in an ethics complaint on Tuesday of “repeatedly” failing to disclose that her husband received income from medical consulting fees. The conservative-leaning Center for Renewing America, led by former Trump administration official Russ Vought, sent a complaint to the Judicial Conference, stating that the justice didn’t report […]

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Friday filed a complaint against a District of Columbia federal judge who has overseen a number of cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach and rejected arguments from former President Donald Trump’s attorneys. The ethics complaint was filed against Judge Beryl Howell, who was appointed by President Barack […]

Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is facing a third attempt to be removed from his New York House seat following the Nov. 17 introduction of a motion to remove him from office by a fellow House Republican. Ethics Committee Chairman Michael Guest (R-Miss.) introduced the motion following the release of his panel’s report revealing evidence the freshman […]

The U.S. Supreme Court has released its first-ever code of conduct as it faces greater scrutiny from Senate Democrats and calls for ethics reform. Released on Nov. 13, the code touches on a long list of areas related to judicial ethics, including guidelines for recusal and disqualification in proceedings. Criteria surrounding financial, fiduciary, and other […]

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) sent a letter to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct expressing “serious concerns” about the judge overseeing a civil fraud trial against former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization. “This judge’s bizarre behavior has no place in our judicial system,” she wrote, describing “inappropriate bias” and “judicial intemperance” […]

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan expressed optimism during a public appearance at a top law school on Sept. 22 that the court will adopt a code of conduct for the nine justices. At the same time, the liberal justice slammed the court’s recent decision striking down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program and an […]

Republicans will vigorously fight a Democrat-backed bill that would regulate the Supreme Court when the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on the measure on July 20. “Tomorrow will be one hell of a fight,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said at a late afternoon press conference in the U.S. Capitol on July 19. “The effort by the […]

The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on “Ensuring an Impartial Judiciary: Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023” at 2:30 p.m. ET on June 14. Jennifer Mascott, assistant professor of law and co-executive director of the C. Boyden Gray Center at Antonin Scalia Law School; James J. Sample, professor of law at […]

A friend of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says a highly publicized media report that accused the justice of violating ethical norms contained “old news” and failed to disclose that Thomas was cleared of accusations of wrongdoing “more than a decade ago.” Left-wing criticism of Thomas and the Supreme Court as an institution has escalated […]

A two-year investigation into Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) associations with a Chinese national and suspected spy has concluded, the bipartisan House Ethics Committee stated on May 22. The Committee announced the news in a private letter (pdf) to Swalwell in which Chairman Michael Guest (R-Miss.) and ranking Democratic member Susan Wild (D-Pa.) explained that no further action will […]

Joseph Tacopina, attorney for former president Donald Trump, has accused Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of violating prosecutorial conduct in his case against Trump. In an interview with The Epoch Times, Tacophina noted that he had filed a recommendation to an oversight body requesting an investigation on Bragg. The remarks came a day after Alan […]

NTD Business takes a look into some of the businesses that have recently begun implementing artificial intelligence chatbots, and examines how some industries could be disrupted by the latest hype and ethical concerns over some new business models.

The White House has a cheat sheet for you in case you’re talking politics at Thanksgiving dinner. What’s on its list, and why is it drawing backlash from Republicans? A border policy is ending soon, making it harder for Border Patrol to expel illegal immigrants. What’s the impact? And what policies could fill the void? […]

Recent financial trades by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and former Vice Chair Richard Clarida were determined by the central bank’s independent watchdog to have not violated any laws or ethics rules. The Office of the Inspector General said it is closing its investigation into the pair’s investment activities from 2019 to 2021. “We did not […]

A world-first report out Wednesday advises medical institutions and professionals in transplant medicine on their international legal responsibilities to prevent them from taking part in organ trafficking and forced organ harvesting—the act of killing a person for their organs. NTD spoke with Martin Elliott, emeritus professor from University College London who has worked in transplant surgery for over 30 years, and asked […]

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) introduced a bill adding new ethics standards for the courts, including the Supreme Court. The bill aims to promote accountability and transparency in the federal courts. It would require full disclosure of travel and hospitality-related gifts.