Judges dismiss Kavanaugh misconduct charges: "SCOTUS are held to a different standard"

[catbyte]

What bullshit. If anything, they should be held to a higher standard. No wonder that sleazy shithead fought so hard. He gets a complete reset. This country is beyond fucked up.

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All 83 complaints of judicial misconduct filed against Brett Kavanaugh have been dismissed. A panel of federal judges called the complaints "serious” but had to dismiss them since Supreme Court justices aren’t bound by same code of conduct as other judges. https://www.axios.com/supreme-court-brett-kavanaugh-ethics-complaints-dismissed-f79ba1aa-dc43-4065-969f-d91076674060.html …

7:23 AM - Dec 19, 2018

[Fullduplexxx]

1. We need scotus reform and an end to summers off

[spanone]

2. K&R...

[shanny]

3. Yup: a lower standard.

[MousePlayingDaffodil]

8. No, this Axios blurb is poorly phrased ...

... and, as a result, misleading. The issue is, no one has authority to review the ethics charges against Kavanaugh, now that he’s on the Supreme Court, because, constitutionally-speaking, the Supreme Court answers to no one in this regard.

The only federal judicial institution that must exist under Article III is the Supreme Court. The rest of the federal judiciary is, per the Constitution, a creation of Congress.

So, it’s not as if the Justices on the Supreme Court are held to a “lower” standard than other federal judges. Rather, it is that they do not answer to anyone. The complaints against Kavanaugh were abandoned because the reviewing body had no “jurisdiction,” as it were, even to entertain them.

[shanny]

11. I am aware that there is no one to review the Supremes' behavior

which is why they are free to adhere to whatever tf standard they wish including a lower one. Which nowadays is just exactly what they do.

[NYC Liberal]

13. "no one has authority to review the ethics charges"

Not entirely true. Congress has the authority, because they have the power to conduct hearings and initiate impeachment proceedings.

However, you’re correct in that a lower court does not have the authority.

[VOX]

4. Sweet benefit for a crying, whining, right-wing juvenile.

I cannot picture that little shit as a grown-up. He’s forever stuck in his college years, where much beer is consumed and things are just unbearable!

All is well, now, though. Lifetime appointment, 83 complaints just *poof*
zapped into ether.

Tall cotton for an undeserving asshole.

[OnDoutside]

5. This must be a great source of comfort, to all aspiring rapists. You too have a future as a SC judge

[EffieBlack]

6. No, it doesn't mean that at all

It does tell us to pay closer attention to who gets elected o the Senate, be more engaged in the political process and to remember.that elections are about more than settling scores.

If so many Democrats hadn't helped to give the Senate back to Republican control in 2010 and 2014 (and decided Hillary wasn't good enough in 2016), none of this would be an issue.

Elections have consequences. The Supreme Court is one of them.

[Andy823]

17. Exactly!

Well said!

[Buckeyeblue]

7. If the house impeached a SC justice who resides over the trial in the senate?

It seems like having the chief justice preside would be a conflict of interest since they are part of the same court.

I'm not suggesting we impeach Kavaaugh. We have bigger fish to fry at the moment. I'm just wondering.

[Hugin]

9. I thought we were all equal in the eyes of the law.

or at least that's what is advertised in the brochure.

Standards are essentially governed by law, aren't they?

[ananda]

10. Meaning no standard at all.

Rape
Pillage
Plunder
Murder

No problem if you're on SCOTUS
(or president in the WH for now).

[ffr]

12. Please throw this in the face of anyone who votes by not voting.

The legacy of the known Russian asset labeled POTUS.

[JudyM]

14. This is outrageous.

[canetoad]

15. But he wasn't on the Supreme Court

At the time of the complaints.

[RobinA]

16. This Is What I Was Thinking

Who knew. Supreme Court Justice - get out of jail free card.

[Hortensis]

18. Agree a failure of the system, but not the "same" code doesn't mean

higher or lower in standards but that it's literally not the same code because he was switching jobs and the appellate-level code wouldn't apply any more. There were I think 4 or 5 possible outcomes when the complaints were filed, and taking this "out" was considered the most likely.