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A case Senate committee is pushing for tougher ethical standards for Supreme Court

justices.

The Senate Judiciary Committee measure coming in response to recent revelations about

lavish gifts and donor-funded trips for some justices.

Committee Chair Dick Durbin says such legislation is sorely needed.

Unlike every other federal official, Supreme Court justices are not bound by a code of

ethical conduct.

They are the most powerful judges in America, and yet, they are not required to follow even

the most basic ethical standards.

Over the measure, which would call for more transparency about gifts to justices faces

united opposition from Republicans, making it unlikely we'll make it through the full

Senate.

Post-measure follows reports earlier this year of Justice Clarence Thomas taking luxury

trips with the top GOP donor.

Prosecutors in Russia are calling for an additional 20 years in prison for opposition leader

Lexi Navalny, as NPR's Charles main reports from Moscow, Navalny's latest trial is unfolded

behind closed doors and out of the public eye.

Judges move the courtroom from Moscow to inside the very prison, where Navalny is already

serving a nine-year sentence on fraud and embezzlement charges.

Their prosecutors argued Navalny should spend decades more behind bars for alleged extremist

activities.

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