#Ethic Committee

[saywhat-politics]

Many people pointed out the irony of how he was the only vote against the 2017 Human Trafficking Bill.

The release of the House Ethics Committee’s report about former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz caused quite a stir on social media.

Of course, that was expected to happen considering the report is chock full of shocking allegations that Gaetz violated House rules “prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress” ― as well as basic rules of conduct.

[eparchclass]

Asexual / AroAce / Aromantic O5 Council + Ethics Committee logos

[laz-kay]

“Uh-oh. Sounds serious”

“Oh, my Polish-Indian friend, it’s more than serious… it’s ethical”

[feyd-meowtha]

Being a psychiatrist in the 60s/70s was so fucking crazy, like I imagine that's what it felt like to be a pirate in Pirate Times (1650-1730) or a cowboy in Cowboy Times (1866-1886). They were psychiatrists in the Psychiatrist Times. I hope they appreciated it

[reality-detective]

The House Ethics Committee releases a report on Matt Gaetz.

It's NOT just the demonrats it's the whole fμ¢king system, it IS a battle of good vs evil and if you can't see it by now... You're still asleep or in a comatose state. 🤔

[chrysaliscreatorii]

…it was a 1 TIME THING!!

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A little context for those that don’t know.

The SCP foundation is a secret fictional organization dedicated to containing anomalies. Like man eating waves, interdimensional restaurants, inmortal lizards, etc. Etc.

The ethics committee is a branch that is in charge of keeping the moral and integrity of the organizations’ actions in check for the greater good and minimal loss of life. In other words, they are in charge of doing the hard choices.

To give an example, if you had a dangerous SCP locked up about to escape its containment, but the only way to avoid it is closing the door with people still inside, the committee would say something like “Close the door. It’s sad, but if that thing got out it would be pandemonium”

I just found it funny and sad that Ruin would totally fit into the committee. So, he got in.

A job he never asked for or wanted.

Poor Ruin can’t get a break.

Edit: the Sams, Laes and Eaps totally have my permission if they want to use this joke. lol

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Chris Geidner at Law Dork:

For the past 20 months, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Democrats have investigated the ongoing ethical questions surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court, and now Committee Chair Dick Durbin is sharing what they’ve found. “This report and its findings make clear that passage of the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act, which was reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 5, 2023, is a necessary step,“ the majority staff report issued on Saturday concludes, noting that more investigation is needed because “none of the justices have been directly questioned about their alleged misconduct.“ Although the investigation is coming to an end because the Democrats are losing the majority in January, Durbin released the 93-page majority staff report detailing what they were able to find — and also making public more than 800 pages of relevant supporting documents. “[T]he Supreme Court has allowed a culture of misconduct to metastasize into a full-blown crisis that has driven public opinion of the Court to historic lows,” the report states. “Justices appointed by presidents of both parties have engaged in conduct that ranges from questionable to clearly violative of federal ethics laws, and several justices have done so consistently without suffering negative consequences.” The report takes particular umbrage at the receipt of gifts by Justice Clarence Thomas, asserting, “The number, value, and extravagance of the gifts accepted by Justice Thomas have no comparison in modern American history.” It also concludes that Justice Sam Alito “has created the appearance of impropriety in several instances that necessitate his recusal in specific cases under federal law.” The report acknowledges the role that ProPublica played in advancing this inquiry, having published what the report describes as “several major exposés revealing extensive allegations of apparent ethical misconduct by sitting and former justices of the Supreme Court of the United States” — the first of which addressed Thomas’s relationship with Harlan Crow. (Notably, the report also highlights the fact that several senators, including Durbin, were looking into Thomas’s receipt of “favors” from Crow more than a decade earlier — something I’ve covered here.)

Saturday morning, the Senate Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee released a report on SCOTUS’s ethics crisis decrying the “culture of misconduct”, especially from “Justices” Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow.

[saywhat-politics]

Washington — The House Ethics Committee quietly voted to release its report on the investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz regarding allegations of sexual misconduct and obstruction, multiple sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday, reversing course after Republicans originally blocked its release.

Two Republican members of the committee were among those who voted for its release, according to two sources familiar with the vote. The committee has 10 members, evenly split between Republicans and Democrats. A source with direct knowledge of the process said the vote was taken on Dec. 5.

[ask-the-dunmeshi-biologists]

Hi Mr. Chilchuck, I see you're on the ethics committee! What would you say is the weirdest or most "out there" research proposal you've heard in your time there?

Invertebrates are largely unprotected by Animal Welfare laws, which leads to some…interesting proposals.

[Chicken paper]

Our ask is open!

[pinktinselmonstrosity]

got my dissertation grade back and I PASSED!!!!!

[tomorrowusa]

^^^ Unless you're in North Carolina and are hoping to run into Mark Robinson, it's not necessary to go to an adult bookstore to read the House Ethics Committee report on Matt Gaetz. The committee published it in PDF format here.

They even listed Gaetz's "expenses".

Joel Greenberg was Gaetz's wingman. Gaetz probably didn't pay him for sex.

We posted about this earlier not long after the report was released.

House Ethics report finds evidence Matt Gaetz paid thousands for sex and drugs including paying a 17-year-old for sex in 2017

[eparchclass]

O5 Council Occuden [left] — An occuden flag for those who are a member of the O5 Council

Ethics Committee Occuden [right] — An occuden flag for those who are a member of the Ethics Committee

[stonermoons-world]

Love me them thick girls🥰😘

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Joan McCarter at Daily Kos:

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin is failing at his job of holding the Supreme Court accountable. While he continues issuing stern statements and making floor speeches��about Justice Samuel Alito’s recent flag scandals, he isn’t actually doing anything about it. Now other Democrats—like Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland—are stepping up to fill the leadership void. Alito already blew off Durbin and Whitehouse’s demands that he recuse himself from insurrection-related cases, despite his display of Stop the Steal flags. Whitehouse followed up with a letter Monday, inquiring about a tax case from which he pressed Alito to recuse himself. 

Before the hearing for that case, Alito was interviewed for The Wall Street Journal by one of the lawyers, David Rivkin Jr. In the article, Alito declared that both he and the Supreme Court are above the law. Whitehouse wrote that it “appears that you offered an improper opinion regarding a question that might come before the Court; did so in the context of a known ongoing legal dispute involving that precise question; did so at the behest of an interviewer who as a lawyer represented a client in that ongoing dispute; and did so to the benefit of his client, your personal friend, and to the benefit of yourself, as a recipient of undisclosed gifts that are the subject of our investigation.” “I note that the Supreme Court is the only place in all of government where issues of this nature have no place or means of investigation or resolution,” he continued. “So far, my questions regarding these events seem to have disappeared into a black hole of indifference.” This letter is likely to fall into the same black hole, but it does help build the case against Alito and the rampant corruption he and fellow Justice Clarence Thomas have brought to the court. 

So disappointed in Sen. Durbin’s inaction on the SCOTUS corruption crisis. #DoBetterDurbin