Supreme Court has another ethics problem — this time on liberal side

Jul. 17, 2023 Law

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor faces ethics questions over her book royalties, and attorneys and activists want to possibly overturn the decades-old murder conviction of the Menendez Brothers.

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Jessica Levinson - Professor, LMU's Loyola Law School in Los Angeles - @LevinsonJessica

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Madeleine Brand

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Sarah Sweeney, Angie Perrin, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Brian Hardzinski, Bennett Purser, Marcelle Hutchins, Nihar Patel

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