Hi,

A new report just dropped about unethical behavior by another Supreme
Court justice.

This time it’s Trump-appointed Justice Neil Gorsuch caught red-handed.
Just days after being sworn in on April 10, 2017, Justice Neil Gorsuch and
his co-owners secretly sold a 3,000-square-foot lodge in Colorado to the
head of a high-powered law firm that has had nearly two dozen cases before
the Court since the property closed.^1

This comes after we’ve already learned that John Roberts’ wife is being
paid millions by law firms arguing before the Court and that Clarence
Thomas has gotten millions in gifts and sweetheart real estate deals from
a Republican megadonor.

At every other branch of the U.S. government, a transaction like this
would be meticulously reported, strongly discouraged, or completely
prohibited. But the Supreme Court has no ethical code of conduct and
refuses to adopt one.^2

That’s why Demand Progress Action has mobilized more than 200,000 people
to press Congress to pass the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and
Transparency Act, requiring the nation’s highest court to follow basic
rules of disclosure and recusal.

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Justice Gorsuch sold his Colorado mountain getaway to Brian Duffy, a
partner at the high-powered law firm Greenberg Traurig. Duffy’s firm has
been involved in 12 cases in which Gorsuch recorded an opinion, and in
most of them, Gorsuch sided with Greenberg.^3

Gorsuch was required by law to report the sale, but he didn’t — despite
getting as much as half a million dollars from one of the nation’s most
powerful attorneys.

The corruption runs deep at the Supreme Court. Clarence Thomas secretly
accepted luxury trips from Republican megadonor Harlan Crow for two
decades and failed to report a lucrative real estate deal with him.^4,5
Big D.C. law firms, many with business before the Court, paid the wife of
Chief Justice John Roberts millions of dollars in commissions for her work
as legal recruiter.^6 The list goes on.

But momentum for reform is building. The American Bar Association says the
Supreme Court needs a binding code of ethics, and legislation has been
introduced in Congress to do just that.^7,8

[ [link removed] ]Will you donate $10 today to help Demand Progress Action
urge Congress to pass a code of ethics for the Supreme Court, and push for
other key reforms?

With gratitude for all that you do,

Tihi and the team at Demand Progress Action

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Sources:
1. Politico, "Law firm head bought Gorsuch-owned property," [ [link removed] ]April 25,
2023.
2. The Washington Post, "Supreme Court justices discussed, but did not
agree on, code of conduct," [ [link removed] ]February 9, 2023.
3. Politico, "Law firm head bought Gorsuch-owned property," [ [link removed] ]April 25,
2023.
4. ProPublica, "Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire," [ [link removed] ]April 7, 2023.
5. ProPublica, "Billionaire Harlan Crow Bought Property From Clarence
Thomas. The Justice Didn’t Disclose the Deal." [ [link removed] ]April 13, 2023.
6. The New York Times, "At the Supreme Court, Ethics Questions Over a
Spouse’s Business Ties," [ [link removed] ]January 31, 2023.
7. American Bar Association, "Supreme Court Justices Should Follow Binding
Code of Ethics, ABA House Says," [ [link removed] ]February 27, 2023.
8. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., "Murphy, Johnson Reintroduce Bicameral Bill
Requiring SCOTUS to Follow Code of Ethics," [ [link removed] ]February 9, 2023.
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