‘An ethical crisis of its own making’: Democrats blast Supreme Court ethics
Al Jazeera
In a new report, Democrats on the US Senate Judiciary Committee call out alleged ethical lapses among high court justices.
A report from Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee has detailed new allegations about the “lavish gifts” justices on the United States Supreme Court received from donors.
The 93-page report, released on Saturday, culminates a nearly 20-month investigation led by outgoing Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin.
It builds on previous reporting from the news outlet ProPublica that raised questions about potential conflicts of interest on the highest court in the land.
The report, however, claims to have uncovered never-before-reported trips allegedly taken by Justice Clarence Thomas at the expense of real estate developer Harlan Crow, a prominent supporter of the Republican Party.
While other justices are also named in the report, it singles out Thomas for particular censure.
