More ethics issues and the term just started - this time Gorsuch.
New term, same ethics problems: Gorsuch’s ties to oil billionaire reignite calls for court oversight
The Donald Trump appointee is being called to recuse from an environmental case on the high court’s docket, Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, because of his cozy relationship with Philip Anschutz. The owner of Anschutz Exploration Corporation stands to benefit heavily if the court greenlights an 88-mile oil and gas rail line in Utah.
“The cozy relationship between Philip F. Anschultz and Justice Gorsuch far surpasses the standard of ‘reasonably questioned impartiality’ for the federal recusal statute,” watchdog group Accountable.US and others wrote in a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday. “This relationship that creates a conflict of interest is just the latest example of countless violations in the yearslong Supreme Court ethics crisis.”
Prior ethical raised eyebrows: