Supremely Sus
What A Day
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🗓️ 26 April 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
There are growing calls for the Supreme Court to adopt stronger ethics rules. It follows revelations earlier this month that Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose gifts and lavish vacations paid by a major Republican donor, along with a new report from Politico involving a real estate deal between Justice Neil Gorsuch and a law firm that had business before the high court. Jay Willis, editor-in-chief of Balls & Strikes, joins us to discuss what’s being done to address the allegations.
And in headlines: a Washington D.C. jury is deliberating seditious conspiracy charges against five members of the Proud Boys, the maker of Bud Light placed two executives on leave following backlash from its collaboration with a transgender influencer, and Ben of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream has started a new cannabis venture.
Show Notes:
- Balls & Strikes – https://ballsandstrikes.org/
- POLITICO: Law firm head bought Gorsuch-owned property – https://tinyurl.com/mwtnm5xh
- What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday, April 26th. I'm Priyanka Arabindi. |
| 0:09.4 | And I'm Josie Defi Rice, and this is What a Day. |
| 0:12.2 | Whereas long as we avoid seeing the new trailer for Timothy Chalamet's wonka, |
| 0:16.2 | we can still pretend it isn't happening. |
| 0:18.0 | Yeah, out of sight, out of mind, where I hope it stays forever. |
| 0:21.7 | Yeah, it's the same way we avoid processing his relationship with you know who. |
| 0:27.5 | We're not saying the name. |
| 0:30.9 | On today's show, the company that makes Bud Light suspended at least two executives amid |
| 0:36.4 | anti-trans backlash over a recent collaboration. Plus, Ben from Ben and Jerry's has launched a line |
| 0:42.8 | of cannabis products. The most predictable. Truly a natural next step. |
| 0:48.4 | Yeah, truly the most predictable next step I've ever heard. |
| 0:51.7 | But first, Politico reported Tuesday that days after being confirmed with the Supreme Court in 2017, |
| 0:57.5 | Justice Neil Gorsuch sold a 40 acre piece of property to the CEO of a law firm called Greenberg |
| 1:03.5 | Trawag. That law firm has been involved in 22 cases before the court in the year since. |
| 1:11.1 | Though Gorsuch did disclose the investment income, he did not identify the buyer, |
| 1:14.8 | nor did he disclose the income as a real estate sale. |
| 1:17.9 | Okay, double. Yeah. Well, I like him the sounds of this. |
| 1:21.1 | It's not sounding great. And this news comes on the heels of recent reporting about Justice |
| 1:26.2 | Clarence Thomas' failure to disclose lavish vacations on private jets, in yachts, paid for by |
| 1:31.6 | Harlan Crow, a major Republican donor. Aren't enough in the world for that. |
| 1:36.3 | They're not enough. It's true. These reports have renewed calls for stronger disclosure |
| 1:40.7 | requirements for Supreme Court justices, as well as calls for an investigation into any possible |
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