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Posted by: Brittany Sims on Nov 13, 2014

Viewers of Fox and MSNBC in the Washington, D.C., area will soon see a new ad that calls for greater Supreme Court transparency, the ABA Journal reports from various news sources. The six-figure campaign unveiled today by a group called Fix the Court criticizes the U.S. Supreme Court as the “most powerful and least accountable branch of government. The ad campaign has five goals: for the court to report reasons for recusals, to post detailed financial disclosures online, to adhere to the code of ethics governing federal judges, to disclose public appearances and generally allow media coverage, and to broadcast live oral arguments and opinion announcements.