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Another piece of the ever-evolving
Justice Clarence Thomas jigsaw puzzle just clicked into place.

This week ProPublica reported that in 2000, Justice Clarence Thomas was in
debt, and complained to a Republican congressman about his “modest”
$173,600 salary (more than $300,000 in today’s dollars) and lifestyle on
the Supreme Court. (Not long before this conversation, Justice Thomas had
borrowed $267,000 from a wealthy friend to buy a high-end RV.)

He told the congressman that Supreme Court justices should get a raise, or
else “one or more justices will leave soon.” He was looking for other ways
to juice his income, too — like removing a ban on justices giving paid
speeches.

This conversation apparently had Republicans scared that Justice Thomas
would resign. After the conversation Justice Thomas received a letter from
the congressman that said, “I intend to look into a bill to raise the
salaries of members of The Supreme Court. As we agreed, it is worth a lot
to Americans to have the constitution properly interpreted. We must have
the proper incentives here, too.” In other words: Message received.

And lo and behold, Republican billionaires were happy to give him a lavish
lifestyle so he wouldn’t resign from the Supreme Court.

In the years that followed, he infamously received undisclosed gifts and
favors spanning from superyacht rides to private jet flights to stays at
high-end resorts to premium suites at sporting events — to private
boarding school tuition covered for his grandnephew and his family’s real
estate properties being bought and renovated.

It's corruption, plain and simple.

Allowing the rich and powerful to give secret gifts to Supreme Court
justices undermines our judicial system’s ideal of Equal Justice Under
Law. And, keeping some of these gifts and favors undisclosed is against
the law.

I’m still fighting to make Supreme Court justices follow a basic code of
ethics, including tightening rules on gifts like the ones Justice Thomas
has been showered with. It’s all part of my work to root corruption out of
Washington and make our government work for everyone, not just the rich
and powerful.

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I’m going to keep pushing what my Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act
would accomplish — because it’s important we spread awareness about this
plan, and Justice Thomas just keeps giving us more and more reasons to
pass it.

Here’s some of what this plan would do:

* Make the Supreme Court follow a binding Code of Conduct
* Ban federal judges from owning or trading individual stocks
* Tighten restrictions on gifts and privately funded travel (yes,
Justice Clarence Thomas, I’m looking at you)
* Overhaul the broken recusal process (once again looking at you,
Justice Thomas, after you didn’t recuse yourself from a case around
the insurrection that could possibly have had consequences for your
wife)
* Create new tools to hold judges accountable for ethical misconduct

Meanwhile, I’m also fighting to…

* Ban all individual stock ownership by members of Congress, Cabinet
secretaries, senior congressional staff, federal judges, White House
staff, and other senior agency officials while in office
* End lobbying as we know it
* Padlock the revolving door between big businesses and our government
* Limit the influence of private defense contractors on our military
* Keep big bank executives off Federal Reserve Bank boards of directors
* Create a new, independent anti-corruption agency dedicated to
enforcing federal ethics laws
* And more

I’m not alone in this fight. I’ve got some terrific partners in
Washington. And I know that I’m fighting alongside you too.

Together, we can remove the toxic influence that big money has on our
government. And we can pass policies that put power in the hands of
working people, where it belongs.

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I need you in this fight by my side. If you’re able, can you please chip
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anything you can to support our campaign? This issue is powerfully
important to our democracy, and your support helps ensure we can keep
fighting to pass this plan.

Thanks for being a part of this,

Elizabeth




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