Five Supreme Court justices sit out case in rare move

SCOTUS won't take up copyright case against Ta-Nehisi Coates after five justices recuse themselves

Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Sonia Sotomayor all recused themselves in the case.

Supreme Court justices finally find something to recuse over

The Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts has been mired in scandals about the failure of justices to recuse themselves when their personal interests are at stake. Two major scandals—...

Basic Ethics Breaks Supreme Court Because Too Many Justices Have Book Deals - Above the Law

The good news is that the Supreme Court took its self-imposed, entirely toothless ethical code seriously and multiple justices recused themselves from a major copyright case implicating publishers paying them hefty sums for their books. The bad news is… apparently the Supreme Court just can’t hear major copyright cases because they have too many conflicts of interest with publishers paying them hefty sums for their books. It would be ideal if th…

SCOTUS Can't Take Case Because Five Justices Recused Themselves

Monday’s recusals are only the third time that justices have recused themselves from cases since the court adopted a new—non-binding—code of ethics in November 2023.

Five Supreme Court justices sit out case in rare move

The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a copyright lawsuit after five justices recused themselves.

Five Justices Recuse, Court Upholds Coates Victory

The U.S. Supreme Court just handed a free pass to Ta-Nehisi Coates and Oprah Winfrey, affirming a lower court’s dismissal of plagiarism claims against them. Five justices stepped aside, leaving the court unable to muster a quorum. Even the highest court can’t escape the shadow of corporate ties. According to Bloomberg Law, Ralph W. Baker’s 2022 lawsuit accused Coates’ book “The Water Dancer” of ripping off his own “Shock Exchange,” but the Supre…