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Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 1d

FTC, in an organizational first, urges cert. grant ahead of key Friday conference at #SCOTUS.

The facts are INSANE, with cops so corrupt that David Simon made a show about it, but hopefully the justices take it up & fix this issue.

More here: fixthecourt.com/2025/10/fix-....

Fix the Court Urges SCOTUS to Grant Cert. in Cop Corruption Case | Fix the Court

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Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 2d

Even when you’re on the Supreme Court, it’s super easy to just not go on Fox News.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

"Forty-two judges went so far as to say that the Supreme Court’s emergency orders had caused 'some' or 'major' harm to the public’s perception of the judiciary[,] [including] nearly half of the Republican-nominated judges."

gift link 👉 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 8d

Tragic news from Canada where the Canadian Supreme Court has gone from the official dress on the left to the one on the right

Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in bright red wooly gowns, with a beige trim. It looks sort of like a Santa robe

The Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in black gowns with a bright white kravat, and two thin red vertical lines on the side of the robe

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Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 9d

Our message at the start of a new Supreme Court term: fixthecourt.com/2025/10/ftcs....

FTC’s Message for OT25: The Hostile Rhetoric Against Judges and Justices Must End | Fix the Court

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Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 9d

OT25 just started & we've already had some recusals docs.google.com/spreadsheets...:
— All justices but Jackson have recused
— Kagan is only one to explain hers
— Alito leads with 4 (of 11 total), all due to his/Martha Ann's stocks
— 5 due to prior judge/SG work
— 2 due to a justice being sued

OT25 Recusals Compiled by Fix the Court

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Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 9d

She's neven explained her recusals. Only Kagan and Jackson do. Once or twice, all three liberals recused, & an explanation was included in the order, but it wasn't Sotomayor who typed it out

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Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 12d

The "Simon Standard" and the Non-Recusals of Justice Thomas fixthecourt.com/2025/10/the-...

The “Simon Standard” and the Non-Recusals of Justice Thomas | Fix the Court

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Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 12d

Pretty sad — albeit not at all surprising — that a random federal judge in Oregon has higher ethical standards than the justices of the Supreme Court.

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Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 14d

New: How each justice can improve the Court's ethical character in OT25 fixthecourt.com/2025/10/what.... 👇
Roberts: ❌Smithsonian
Thomas: portrait $$
Alito: PTR fine
Sotomayor: ❌name on fundraiser
Kagan: make ethics pitch
Gorsuch: shadow docket clarity
Kavanaugh: consistency
ACB/KBJ: book tour parity

What Each Justice Can Do to Improve the Court’s Ethical Character, Even Amid a Blockbuster Term | Fix the Court

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Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 16d

Read our exclusive updates on judicial security, recusals, disclosures, #SCOTUS book tours & more: fixthecourt.com/2025/09/our-...

Our Exclusive Updates on Security, Recusals, Book Tours and More | Fix the Court

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Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 19d

Supreme Court justices are holding more events this month than any other month since we started tracking this, if not ever.

Follow along with our oft-update tally (with links to videos) here: fixthecourt.com/2025/09/scot....

The Justices’ 2025 Events and Appearances with Links to Videos When Recorded | Fix the Court

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Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 19d

204!

That's how many SCOTUS events we've tracked this year; Justice Thomas' talk last night at CUA was 193, & 11 more have been planned.

This is the earliest in the year we've gotten to 200 since we started tracking events after SCOTUSMap's 2020 demise.

The Justices’ 2025 Events and Appearances with Links to Videos When Recorded | Fix the Court

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 19d

This is really bad. It won’t get the popular opposition the Kimmel incident did, but it’s way more sweeping and authoritarian. This is an effort to bring the full force of government down on any and all opposition to this administration.

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Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence

NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

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Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 20d

Only 10 days until we can ask Marco Rubio where the #SCOTUS opinion announcement audio files from this past June are

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Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 20d

Such as: what has been each justice's vote in each emergency order this term?

Why have you recused in 14 petitions this term, & why haven't you offered an explanation in the orders?

What "best practices" on ethics (p. 15 supremecourt.gov/about/Code-o...) have you instituted since Nov. 2023? (2/2)

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Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 20d

Justice Barrett is at the @scotusblog.com Summit today.

If we were to ask her a question, here's what it would be:

You say you want Americans to "read the opinion" to get a better sense of what #SCOTUS does. Agreed.

But there are countless things the justices do that aren't in opinions. (1/2)

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Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 22d

In a video-recorded event, Justice Kavanaugh dismisses cameras in SCOTUS but muses that the Court "will keep" live argument audio "forever, probably."

More here: fixthecourt.com/2025/09/just....

Justice Kavanaugh Dismisses Televising SCOTUS But Says Court Likely to Keep Live Audio “Forever” | Fix the Court

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Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 22d

There are still several states that require judges to include a home address on their financial disclosure reports.

We're working to get state judiciaries to put an end to this requirement & expect to have some positive news in this front later this week.

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Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 26d

A government shutdown is a terrible idea:

— Courts need funding to stay open & deliver justice (PACER/filing fees aren't enough)

— The Marshals needs funding to continue investigating a record number of threats against judges

— Federal defenders & jurors & probation officers need to get paid

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Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 27d

[email protected] & @senateapprops.bsky.social include $52MM in new funding for "security improvements at US cthouses & fed ct facilities" in draft CR, which was not in GOP draft.

Text: appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

Summary: appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

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Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 27d

The new federal judiciary financial disclosure regs are far afield from the intent of the Cornyn-Coons Courthouse Ethics bill that we worked on with @pogo.org & @free.law, & they explain why it's taking so damn long to get judges' disclosures posted online
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New Disclosures Regs Explain Why It’s Taking So Long to Post the Reports | Fix the Court

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Aliza Shatzman ✡️ @alizashatzman.bsky.social · 27d

@thelap.bsky.social created #accountability through #transparency: there's nothing imperious judges hate more than negative feedback they cannot see, dispute, or silence clerks from sharing through threats of retaliation.

My latest in GovTrack.👇
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Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 28d

This has got to be a record —

Already this month, the justices have participated in 38 events, w/ another 9 planned for rest of Sept., incl. Justice Sotomayor speaking at a B'more library & Justice Barrett speaking at @constitutionctr.bsky.social tonight.

Details fixthecourt.com/2025/09/scot....

The Justices’ 2025 Events and Appearances with Links to Videos When Recorded | Fix the Court

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Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 29d

Given the state of our judiciary, and the brewing conflict between the Supreme Court and lower court judges, this is perhaps the most important event that nobody knows about right now.

Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 29d

Today’s meeting of the Judicial Conference comes at a perilous time for the judiciary, as concerns about political violence are on the rise & the threat of a government shutdown looms.

Here are the questions we hope the Conference answers today: fixthecourt.com/2025/09/a-do....

A Dozen Questions for Today’s Judicial Conference Meeting | Fix the Court

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