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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has come under further scrutiny this week after Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) revealed that documents given to the committee showed that Thomas profited from the majority or all of the $267,000 loan forgiven to buy his luxury RV by a wealthy friend. Thomas is currently under scrutiny for allegedly concealing numerous gifts and vacations. The justice took at least 38 vacations, 26 private jet flights, eight helicopter flights and dozens of sports passes without reporting them as required by law. The trips included luxury vacations t...
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On Thursday, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary approved a proposal to establish a code of ethics for the U.S. Supreme Court. The Democratic measure is highly contested by Republican lawmakers. Recent reports from ProPublica about undisclosed luxury gifts and travel accommodations accepted by Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have sparked outrage. Many Americans and lawmakers have condemned the highest court in the land for not meeting basic ethical standards. The proposal was sponsored by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) and Dick Durbin (D-Illinois). If passed by the upper ...
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On Thursday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) criticized Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts for his lack of ethics reform, pledging to advance a Democratic ethics bill soon. The comment was made following a rocky month for the Supreme Court Justices. A recent ProPublica investigation exposed Justice Samuel Alito for taking a luxury fishing trip with hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer in 2008, which may have resulted in a conflict of interest in later court proceedings. Justice Clarence Thomas has also been under scrutiny forfalsifying his annual financial disc...
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In a 6-3 decision on Tuesday, the Supreme Court rejected a legal theory that gives state legislatures unchecked power to set rules for federal elections and draw congressional maps, ultimately reconstructing the federal election processes. The “independent state legislature” theory is based on an interpretation of the Constitution’s Elections Clause, which states that the “times, places and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof.” The Supreme Court’s debate was sparked by the case of Moore v. Harper in North Car...
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An investigation into U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s trip with hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer revealed a potential conflict of interest in later court proceedings. In July 2008, Alito took a $100,000 jet ride that was chartered by Singer to Alaska. The men, accompanied by other travelers, stayed in a luxury fishing lodge that charged more than $1,000 a day. Alito did not report the trip on his annual financial disclosure, which each Supreme Court Justice is required to turn in every year and outlines any gifts or compensations that they received, along with any activities that t...
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Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) said real estate developer Harlan Crow was “stonewalling” his committee. The committee is looking into financial transactions and gifts between Crow and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas that Thomas hadn’t disclosed to the public. “The bottom line is that nobody can expect to get away with waving off Finance Committee oversight, no matter how wealthy or well-connected they may be,” Wyden said in a statement. “I will send a full response to Mr. Crow’s attorney in the coming days. Wyden received an “obstructive letter” from Crow. The letter reportedl...
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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Roberts, declined to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Democrats on the committee called Roberts to testify after ProPublica uncovered a number of potential ethics violations by Justice Clarence Thomas. Roberts declined the invitation to speak to the committee, noting that Chief Justices rarely visit the Senate. He said the judicial and legislative branches of government should keep their distance to maintain the balance of power. “Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee by the Chief Justice of the United States is exceedingly ...
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas did not disclose a real estate deal he signed in 2014 with conservative billionaire Harlen Crow, further complicating the scandal involving the two men. The justice reportedly plans to amend his financial disclosure to include the transaction. The failure to disclose the 2014 deal was discovered by the online news source ProPublica, just days after the Pulitzer-prize-winning nonprofit organization exposed the vacations and trips that Crow took Thomas on. On a nine-day trip of “island-hopping” in Indonesia on Crow’s yacht, for example, Thomas and his wife w...
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been accepting luxury travel invitations from Republican mega-donor and Dallas real estate developer Harlan Crow for more than 20 years, according to a new report from ProPublica. The report accuses Thomas of traveling with Crow on his yacht and private jet “virtually every year” for two decades. ProPublica also claimed that the “public servant who has a salary of $285,000” also attended Bohemian Grove, the elite and exclusive all-male club in Northern California’s Redwood Forest, with Crow, as well as visited Crow’s “sprawling” ranch in Texas and priv...
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas placed a temporary hold on the subpoena that requires South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) to testify in the Atlanta-area prosecutor’s investigation into possible election interference by former President Donald Trump and those working closely with him. Thomas, a stout conservative, is tasked with responding to emergency requests from Georgia. While Thomas has the power to determine an outcome himself, issues like this are normally brought before the whole court. Thomas’ temporary hold was likely to allow the court to have more time to decide on how they...
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