Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito got caught with their hands in the billionaire cookie jar, John. They accepted gifts worth huge sums of money from right-wing billionaires, defying any sense of ethics or decency.
Publicly, Republicans are rushing to their defense. But all across Capitol Hill there are grumbles of frustration coming from GOP members of Congress. Republicans KNOW Thomas and Alito were acting unethically, and they’re BEGGING Chief Justice Roberts to do something to fix it.
But Roberts is a deer in headlights — unable to move, unwilling to act.
Congress is going to need to step in and fix the Supreme Court’s blatant ethics problem. Now is our moment to lift up the bills Hank has been working on for years to reform the Supreme Court. Now is our moment.
Congressman Hank Johnson is a former defense attorney, DeKalb County commissioner, small business owner, and magistrate judge who now serves in Congress as a champion for the middle class.
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