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Clarence Thomas and the Supreme Court must be checked

Naomi Klass
Posted 5/16/23

Bethel

To the editor:

The recent news about Clarence Thomas’s financial entanglements with GOP megadonor Harlan Crow should be alarming to every American. This is what happens when …

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Clarence Thomas and the Supreme Court must be checked

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Bethel

To the editor:

The recent news about Clarence Thomas’s financial entanglements with GOP megadonor Harlan Crow should be alarming to every American. This is what happens when the highest court in the land is given free rein to police itself. Clarence Thomas isn’t the first justice to engage in unethical behavior. And if Congress continues to ignore the need for a Supreme Court code of ethics, he won’t be the last. 

Of the nine justices currently on the bench, four have been called out for unethical behavior and connections in the last year. Neil Gorsuch sold property to the head of a law firm with cases in front of the Supreme Court. Samuel Alito dined with anti-abortion activists and allegedly leaked decisions on reproductive health. John Roberts’ wife has earned millions of dollars from law firms with business before the Supreme Court. 

Congress has a constitutional duty to act as a check on the Supreme Court and restore faith in our judicial system. It’s time they act and pass a Supreme Court code of ethics.

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  • Unsurprisingly, the writer failed to include Justice Sotomayor who has earned millions of dollars from publisher Penguin Random House and failed to recuse herself from a copyright infringement case concerning that publisher.

    Friday, May 19, 2023 Report this

  • lhfc1563

    Congress has yet to fix themselves, so lets start there.

    Sunday, June 11, 2023 Report this