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Amanda Marcotte : The Supreme Court's new ethics code is laughable, but it's not just the payola, but what it represents: an imperious court stacked with far-right justices who have become petty tyrants.
She says it's that the money serves the larger goal of stripping basic rights away from most Americans .
Marcotte says Roberts and his crew were unwilling to offer real reform in lieu of real reform.
Republicans are pulling out all the stops to threaten Durbin into backing off, says Julian Zelizer .
Zelizer: The "ethics code" is just the latest move, an effort to create the illusion of reform that's just good enough to give the senator an excuse to give up dealing with the court's corruption.
He says direct, if forced, testimony from Crow and Leo could paint a damning picture of how the current Supreme Court operates. Americans are starting to see the conservative legal community, as organized by the Federalist Society , for what it is: A collection of pompous jerks who are cosseted by wealth and privilege.
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