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Our Endorsements: Memorializin'
* The Tea Party Report memorializes the war on women.
* Superhero ethics, from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.
* A pie chart that shows us all the reasons Donald Trump wants to be V.P.
* Rejected ideas for Mitt Romney's "Day One" ad, from Funny or Die.
* From McSweeney's, Joey Camire writes a letter to himself about his 2004 election vote.
* Soldiers and cats. Have a thankful and thoughtful Memorial Day.
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Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia Attend Dinner Sponsored by Law Firms Opposed to Obamacare
What do you call two Supreme Court Justices in preparation to rule on health care reform who attend a Federalist Society dinner sponsored by two anti-Obamacare law firms and a huge pharmaceutical company?
No big deal at all apparently…
The two justices have been attending Federalist Society events for years. And it's nothing that runs afoul of ethics rules. In fact, justices are exempt from the Code of Conduct that governs the actions of lower federal judges.
If they were, they arguably fell under code’s Canon 4C, which states, "A judge may attend fund-raising events of law-related and other organizations although the judge may not be a speaker, a guest of honor, or featured on the program of such an event."
Nevertheless, the sheer proximity of Scalia and Thomas to two of the law firms in the case, as well as to a company with a massive financial interest, was enough to alarm ethics-in-government activists.
Oh, no! Now Thomas and Scalia are never going to cast their vote in favor of the liberal side of this issue!
I really had a feeling they were gonna sway Thomas on this one.
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Caption Challenge: Rep. Charlie Rangel
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Colbert on Charlie Rangel's Harsh Punishment
As you know, Congressman Charlie Rangel was convicted this week of committing eleven ethics violations, and as Stephen Colbert discussed last night, the Representative is being punished with a Congressional letter of reprimand. Worse yet, I hear it's going to be one of those cushy minimum-security white-collar Congressional letters of reprimand. Nothing like the hardcore waking-nightmare Congressional letters of reprimand they used to have on Oz.
The Colbert Report airs Monday through Thursday at 11:30pm / 10:30c.
Meanwhile, The Daily Show Facebook page is coming up on 2 million likes, so if you haven't yet, get over there and show your support.
Tags: Charlie Rangel, Ethics, House of Representatives, Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, Video
