Chief Justice John Roberts is ignoring blatant corruption on the Supreme Court.

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The Supreme Court is engulfed in a barrage of corruption scandals and faces its lowest approval ratings in generations. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is poised to play an unprecedented role in the 2024 presidential election, and its new so-called ethics code isn't worth the paper it's written on.1

But the annual year-end review just issued by Chief Justice John Roberts doesn't mention any of that.2

The chief justice's annual report — which is supposed to give the public and Congress an assessment of the state of the federal judiciary — is just the latest sign that the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority thinks they're exempt from any basic ethics standards or guidelines.

That's why we need Congress to step in and impose a legally binding code of ethics on this runaway Supreme Court.

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Republican billionaire Harlan Crow ensured that Justice Clarence Thomas lived like the superrich for two decades, including paying for his relative's elite private school and lavishing the Thomas family with luxury vacations and gifts.3,4 None of it was ever reported.

Justice Neil Gorsuch hid the sale of his property to one of the nation's most powerful attorneys, whose firm frequently did business before the court.5 Justice Samuel Alito took a luxury vacation to Alaska worth over $100,000 from Republican megadonor Paul Singer without disclosing a dime.6

Much of this largesse was part of a scheme by extreme right-wing billionaires to recruit conservative justices to the Court and then enrich them so they don't leave after a few years in favor of highly lucrative jobs at corporate law firms.7

But all year, Chief Justice John Roberts insisted the court could police itself, finally issuing a code of ethics with no real standards and zero enforcement mechanisms. Now he's completely ignoring the court's blatant corruption and lack of public trust.

That's why Demand Progress Action has mobilized more than 100,000 people to urge Congress to pass the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act.

Will you donate $10 to Demand Progress Action to support our work, including pressing Congress to enact Supreme Court ethics reform?

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The team at Demand Progress Action

Sources:
1. Slate, "Here's the Thing About that 'New' Supreme Court Ethics Code," November 13, 2023.
2. The Washington Post, "Roberts sidesteps Supreme Court's ethics controversies in yearly report," December 31, 2023.
3. ProPublica, "Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition.," May 4, 2023.
4. ProPublica, "Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire," April 6, 2023.
5. Politico, "Law firm head bought Gorsuch-owned property," April 25, 2023.
6. ProPublica, "Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court," June 20, 2023.
7. ProPublica, "A 'Delicate Matter': Clarence Thomas' Private Complaints About Money Sparked Fears He Would Resign," April 7, 2023.

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