A panel of judges has dismissed ethics complaints against new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
The judges say the complaints must be dismissed because they were filed under a federal law that does not apply to Supreme Court justices.
That's the outcome many ethics experts predicted once Kavanaugh took his Supreme Court seat.
The complaints deal with statements Kavanaugh made during his confirmation hearings.
They were filed originally with Kavanaugh's old court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Chief Justice John Roberts took no action on them while Kavanaugh's nomination was pending, then transferred them to federal judges in Colorado and neighboring states.




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Roberts received the first three of 15 eventual complaints on Sept. 20, a week before Kavanaugh's testimony angrily denying sexual assault allegations.
U.S. judge Tomothy Tymkovich, who led the probe reported that there were a total of 83 complaints which included accusing Kavanaugh of 'making false statements' under oath during his judicial nomination hearings, not just in 2018 but on 2004 and 2006; making 'partisan statements that demonstrate bias'; and treating members of the Senate Judicial Committee with 'disrespect.'
None of the substance of any of the complaints was revealed but the judge wrote described them as 'serious'.
During hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Kavanaugh denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a California professor, Christine Blasey Ford, when the two were teenagers in Maryland in the 1980s, and committed other sexual assaults.
He leveled a partisan attack against Democratic senators, calling himself the victim of 'a calculated and orchestrated political hit' fueled by anger on the left at Trump's 2016 election win over Democrat Hillary Clinton.
A bitterly divided Senate voted 50-48 to confirm Kavanaugh.
Gabe Roth of Fix the Court, an advocacy group that pushes for Supreme Court transparency, said the judicial misconduct law badly needs to be rewritten.
'Today's decision,' Roth added, 'underscores the need for the Supreme Court to adopt its own code of conduct or for Congress to write one if the justices cannot be bothered.'
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Main photo article A panel of judges has dismissed ethics complaints against new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
The judges say the complaints must be dismissed because they were filed under a federal law that does not apply to Supreme Court justices.
That’s the outcome many ethics experts predicted ...
It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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