branches. should supreme court justices be held to the same standard as any and all other public servants? the senate judiciary committee held a hearing on the ethical standards or lack thereof for supreme court justices a topic that has come up in light of new reporting on repeated failures by justices to disclose details of lavish vacations, travel, gifts, even real estate transactions, testifying on behalf of democrats, a former federal judge and group of legal experts, guests invited by republicans included a former attorney general. more notable than who testified was who did not. chief justice john roberts declined an invitation from the committee, something dick durbin brought up at the start of today s hearing. in his letter last week the chief justice sent a statement of ethics principles and practices. it was a document that was attacheded to his letter. it is an extraordinary document. not in a good way. it makes clear while the justices are fine with consulting
Knee. A Denver Broncos Linebacker Bombs the latest to protest during the National Anthem. Im against Social Injustice. Lets talk, live in the cnn newsroom. And good morning, im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. North korea says it has carried out the most powerful nuclear test yet. The explosion registering the force of a 5. 3 earthquake, kim jonguns government saying it can make Nuclear War Heads to fit on to missiles. President obama and other World Leaders strongly condemning it. We have the team covering the angles. We begin in tokyo, though, with cnns will ripley. Hi, will. Reporter hi, carol. Just within the last hour, japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe says this test has taken the test from north korea to a new level and that sentiment was reiterated by the president park. They are fanatically reckless. Were learning about the size of the explosion which triggered the earthquake, stronger than the 5. 1 triggered. It is believed this explosion was, and this is com
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to be held accountable? glen, you want to jump in on this? yeah. you know, bass l dumped a little water out of my justice glass, but i actually hang on to it. i agree with his observations. but here is my follow-up to that. proving a conspiracy, a seditiou conspiracy, or any other conspiracy, involves proving beyond a reasonable doubt people entered into an agreement to commit crime. you can be involved in an insurrection, you can be involved in ap attack on the capitol, you can destroy property and assault police officers and be guilty of all of that, without necessarily having been involved in a formal conspiracy. so conspiracy charges can be difficult to prove because you don t always have direct evidence of people entering into a criminal agreement. people don t sit down and kind of scratch it out and get it notarized.