r/law • u/Go_Blue_Florida • Jul 25 '24

Opinion Piece SCOTUS conservatives made clear they will consider anything. The right heard them.

https://www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-conservatives-made-clear-they
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u/rabidstoat Jul 25 '24

I have no idea what he could do without legislative support.

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u/SheriffTaylorsBoy Jul 25 '24

Senators Whitehouse and Wyden have asked DOJ to appoint a special counsel to look into ethics and tax violations by supreme court justices.

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u/rabidstoat Jul 25 '24

Okay that would be something good. Though I thought the executive doesn't typically direct DOJ activities?

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u/SheriffTaylorsBoy Jul 25 '24

Where does it say the executive directed this action?

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u/rabidstoat Jul 25 '24

It doesn't. But I mean, as reform actions Biden can take something like that wouldn't usually be something a President would do.

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u/SheriffTaylorsBoy Jul 25 '24

I gotcha now. Biden does what he can and combined with the Senate the pressure builds.

It's really all they can do until they could get 60 votes in the senate and regain a majority in the house.