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Hi,
For months, we’ve been hearing about Supreme Court Justices Clarence
Thomas, Samuel Alito, and others getting millions of dollars in luxury
travel, sweetheart real estate deals, and cash payments from right-wing
megadonors and corporate lobbyists.
Last Thursday, the U.S. Senate finally took action to do something about
it.
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal,
and Transparency Act, which would be the first ever binding code of ethics
for the Supreme Court.
The next step is to pass the bill through the full Senate, and with
momentum growing, we’re turning up the heat.
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Justice Clarence Thomas is perhaps the most scandal-plagued member of the
Supreme Court. Republican billionaire Harlan Crow ensured that Thomas and
his family lived like the superrich for two decades — paying for his
relative’s elite private-school education, buying property from him way
above market value, and lavishing the Thomases with luxury vacations and
gifts.^1,2,3
None of it was ever reported.
But Thomas isn’t the only Supreme Court justice with serious ethical
breaches. Neil Gorsuch hid the sale of his property to one of the nation’s
most powerful attorneys.^4 Samuel Alito took a luxury vacation to Alaska
worth over $100,000 from Republican megadonor Paul Singer without
disclosing a dime.^5
In the face of these punishing revelations, Chief Justice John Roberts
keeps insisting the court can police itself without a binding code of
ethics. But this week, the Senate Judiciary Committee finally stepped in
and said “enough is enough.”
It is, experts believe, the first time such a comprehensive ethics bill
has passed the committee in at least 50 years.^6 This is a huge step
forward, made possible in no small part by your support of Demand Progress
Action’s tireless advocacy.
Demand Progress Action has mobilized more than 100,000 people to demand
Congress impose a code of ethics on a court that abjectly refuses to
police itself. But the fight is just beginning. Now we need to keep the
pressure on.
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pressing Congress to enact Supreme Court ethics reform?
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Sources:
1. ProPublica, "Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan Crow
Paid the Tuition.," [ [link removed] ]May 4, 2023.
2. ProPublica, "Billionaire Harlan Crow Bought Property From Clarence
Thomas. The Justice Didn’t Disclose the Deal.," [ [link removed] ]April 13, 2023.
3. ProPublica, "Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire," [ [link removed] ]April 6, 2023.
4. Politico, "Law firm head bought Gorsuch-owned property," [ [link removed] ]April 25,
2023.
5. ProPublica, "Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP
Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court," [ [link removed] ]June 20, 2023.
6. Roll Call, "Senate panel to vote on Supreme Court code of ethics
mandate," [ [link removed] ]July 19, 2023.
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