Durbin uses new report to accuse Justices Thomas and Alito of violating disclosure laws

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Source: CNN Politics

Updated 10:56 AM EST, Sat December 21, 2024


CNN — A top Senate Democrat on Saturday accused conservative Supreme Court justices of violating federal disclosure laws in a lengthy report that caps a monthslong investigation by the Senate Judiciary Committee and comes weeks before Republicans take control of the chamber.

The report from aides to Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat and chairman of the committee, says that the failure by conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito to disclose lavish trips and other gifts from wealthy businessmen “constitutes a violation of federal law.”

Durbin’s report is arguably the most comprehensive yet detailing luxury travel, private jet flights and property deals arranged for some of the justices, though it mainly calls attention to trips and gifts that have been publicly known for months. The report appears designed to lay out a record of questionable ethics on the court as Democrats prepare to hand over power to the GOP.

“Now more than ever before, as a result of information gathered by subpoenas, we know the extent to which the Supreme Court is mired in an ethical crisis of its own making,” Durbin said in a statement. “It’s clear that the justices are losing the trust of the American people at the hands of a gaggle of fawning billionaires.” A Supreme Court spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/21/politics/durbin-report-thomas-alito-disclosure-laws-supreme-court/index.html

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1. Don't mince words.... It's corruption.

Call it what it is.

[JoseBalow]

2. Lock 'em up!

[patphil]

3. At this point, I don't want to see either of them resign from the court as long as Republicans hold the Senate.

They'd just get replaced by young, totally maga justices that would increase the length of time the court would be in radical right-wing hands.
If Trump fucks up enough for the Democrats to retake the Senate in the 2026 election, then they could deny their replacement until after the 2028 election. That seems to be our only hope of regaining the Supreme Court before 2050.

[Buddyzbuddy]

4. You are right on point PatPhil

Ironic, isn't it? We wanted them out at all costs and now we have to run defense for them. Because, you can be sure, 47 and his peeps are coming hard for them. If asking nicely doesn't work you can bet the threats and coercion will follow. Democrats will need discipline to not jump on the bandwagon.