Hi,
It’s hard to know where to start when discussing Supreme Court ethics
issues — and that’s exactly the problem. But the latest scandals start
with Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito yet again.
For months, Thomas argued that he didn’t need to disclose that he took
luxury vacations with billionaire GOP mega-donor Harlan Crow. Just last
week, he finally said he “inadvertently omitted” the gifts from public
disclosures.^1 This belated half-admission isn’t nearly enough — something
has to be done about Thomas’s ethics violations, other luxury trips,
mysterious income, and conflicts of interest.
And there’s Alito. A recording was just released of Alito expressing
hyper-partisan positions and saying, “One side or the other is going to
win.”^2 That doesn’t sound like an impartial judge. This on the heels of
revelations that a Stop the Steal style flag is flying over Alito’s house,
calling into serious question Alito’s conflicts of interest on cases
related to January 6th. Congress must act to end these clear ethics
violations and ensure the Supreme Court is fair and impartial.
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Justice Thomas has taken far more in gifts than any other justice — over
$4 million in reported gifts as a judge on the most powerful court in
America. And with all of Thomas’s scandals, there’s plenty of reason to
believe that there are more gifts that have gone undisclosed. The next
closest justice on the current court is Samuel Alito, who disclosed $170K
in gifts.^3
All of this is happening as SCOTUS prepares to rule on critical cases
involving Trump and January 6.
The Supreme Court is supposed to be fair and independent, but constant
ethics scandals and conflicts of interest make it impossible to view the
Court that way. We need big changes on the Court. Congress must pass the
bill to finally create a real, binding code of conduct for our federal
courts.
[ [link removed]- ]Add your name: Pass a Supreme Court ethics act now!
Thanks for taking action,
Joey and the team at Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. ProPublica, “Justice Clarence Thomas Acknowledges He Should Have
Disclosed Free Trips From Billionaire Donor,” [ [link removed]- ]June 7, 2024.
2. The Daily Beast, “Samuel Alito Gets Remarkably Candid in Secret Audio
Recording,” [ [link removed]- ]June 10, 2024.
3. Steven Mazie on Twitter, “It pays to be Justice Clarence Thomas. New
data from...” [ [link removed]- ]June 6, 2024.
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