Hypocrisy

On January 30, 2026, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed a bill expanding the state’s Supreme Court from five to seven justices. The Republican-controlled legislature passed it on a party-line vote. After filling the new seats, Cox will have appointed five of the seven justices on Utah’s highest court. This is the same Republican Party that calls expanding the U.S. Supreme Court “unconstitutional,” “radical court packing,” and “a direct assault on our Constitution.” ...

Conservative media is questioning whether a federal judge should recuse himself from a case because he once donated to a legal aid nonprofit. Meanwhile, Supreme Court justices have accepted millions in undisclosed gifts from billionaires with cases before the Court—and faced no consequences. The disparity reveals everything wrong with our current approach to judicial ethics. The “Scandal” That Isn’t Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz of the U.S. District Court in Minnesota is facing scrutiny for threatening to hold ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons in contempt of court. The case involves whether an Ecuadoran national detained by ICE should have received a bond hearing within seven days. ...