ethics
Topline Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas came under fire Thursday as a Senate Judiciary Committee investigation
U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY) speaks to members of the media after his Congressional colleagues voted not to expel him from the House, after he was indicted on 23 federal corruption charges, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo
The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen on the day that Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito released their delayed financial disclosure reports and the reports were made public in Washington, U.S., August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
The weaponization of the scientific and technological breakthroughs stemming from human genome research presents a serious global security challenge. Gene-editing pioneer and Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna often tells a story of a nightmare she once had. A colleague asked her to teach someone how her technology works. She went to meet the student and “was […]
NEW YORK, June 20 (Reuters) – Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Tuesday published a commentary in the Wall Street Journal defending himself from questions about his ethical conduct raised in a yet-to-be published article by news outlet ProPublica. The commentary on the WSJ website addressed what Alito referred to as “charges” by […]
-Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins will resign her post by Friday, her lawyer said on Tuesday, after the prosecutor became the subject of a wide-ranging ethics investigation by the Justice Department inspector general’s office. Rollins, the first Black woman to serve as the top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts, is a prominent figure in the “progressive […]
The nine justices of the Supreme Court on Oct. 7. Bottom row, from left: Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left: Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press, File […]
More than a decade ago, a member of the US court system’s leadership body raised red flags about its handling of public allegations of wrongdoing against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Those concerns spurred internal process changes, but no additional probe of the justice’s conduct. Now, under renewed pressure following reports about the justice’s relationship […]
Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins has hired a formMassachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins has hired a former Justice Department inspector general to defend her in a widening ethics investigation into her appearance at a political fundraiser and her travel.er Justice Department inspector general to defend her in a widening ethics investigation into her appearance at […]
Story Highlights 79% say nurses have high ethical standards, 10 points below 2020 level Medical doctors (62%) and pharmacists (58%) rank second and third Telemarketers, members of Congress, car salespeople rated worst WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nurses continue to garner the highest ethics rating from Americans among a diverse list of professions, […]