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lindysalsagal

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Sun Dec 22, 2024, 11:33 AM Sunday

WAPO: Senate Democrats find many ethical lapses by Supreme Court justices

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/21/supreme-court-ethics-investigation-senate-judiciary-clarence-thomas/

A Judiciary Committee investigation in which Republicans did not participate identified jet and yacht trips not reported by Justice Clarence Thomas.

December 21, 2024 at 7:39 p.m.

By Justin Jouvenal
Supreme Court justices have regularly failed to identify conflicts of interest that require their recusal and have accepted lavish gifts without reporting them, including previously undisclosed jet and yacht travel by Clarence Thomas, according to Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

A report released Saturday after a 20-month investigation concludes that Thomas has accepted millions of dollars in gifts during his three decades on the court, including a newly discovered flight to Saranac, New York, and a yacht trip to New York City sponsored by Texas billionaire Harlan Crow in 2021.

“The number, value, and extravagance of the gifts accepted by Justice Thomas have no comparison in modern American history,” the report says. It notes that some of the individuals who gave to Thomas had business before the court.

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WAPO: Senate Democrats find many ethical lapses by Supreme Court justices (Original Post) lindysalsagal Sunday OP
And not a damn thing will happen to change it. Ocelot II Sunday #1
And they laughed and laughed lame54 Sunday #6
So are we trying to open another vacancy for Trump to fill? Greybnk48 Sunday #2
"Ethics, honesty, and all that shit are for suckers and losers." - G.O.P. BoRaGard Sunday #3
Big fucking woop. Not one fucking thing will be done about it. Autumn Sunday #4
Yeah JustAnotherGen Sunday #5

Greybnk48

(10,441 posts)
2. So are we trying to open another vacancy for Trump to fill?
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 11:36 AM
Sunday

Where the fuck was this report a year ago when WE could replace him? So sick of this S.C. Kabuki.

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