Interfering, they argue, would go against the separation of powers. They say this is an issue for the Supreme Court to deal with and not something that requires congressional oversight.
Republicans, on the other hand, indicated little willingness to wade into the waters related to the justice who has served on the court for 32 years. “How many more examples of Thomas flouting disclosure rules do our elected leaders need to see before they intervene? Thomas needs to answer for his misconduct. “The definition of insanity is seeing the same Supreme Court justice violate ethics rules over and over again and expecting him to actually hold himself accountable,” Sarah Lipton-Lubet, president of Take Back the Court Action Fund, said in a statement. ProPublica also reported Crow had purchased real estate from Thomas’s mother that Thomas had an interest in. The investigative outlet last month reported Thomas had accepted luxury trips from Crow, including flying on his private jet, without disclosing the travels. Thursday’s ProPublica report was the latest financial transaction involving Thomas and Crow to come to light. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who has been absent for months due to shingles, returns and once again gives Democrats an 11-10 majority on the panel - though even then subpoenaing the chief justice of the Supreme Court would be an extraordinary step. When asked during a SiriusXM interview about impeaching Thomas, however, Durbin said “no.” He noted that only one justice, Samuel Chase, had been impeached previously, and Chase was acquitted in the Senate in 1805. I hope that the Chief Justice understands that something must be done-the reputation and credibility of the Court is at stake,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said in a statement.
“Today’s report continues a steady stream of revelations calling Justices’ ethics standards and practices into question.
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Thomas’s allies have insisted the payment doesn’t violate the disclosure law since it was for Thomas’s sister’s grandson.īut the revelation has only added to the increasing pressure from Democrats for the justices to adopt a binding code of ethics.
ProPublica reported Thursday that Crow, a Dallas-based real estate developer, paid thousands of dollars in tuition to a private boarding school for Thomas’s great-nephew, whom Thomas has said he raised “as a son.”įederal ethics laws require the justices to report gifts given to a “dependent child,” but that term is defined to only include the justices’ children or stepchildren. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is facing a fresh round of scrutiny after the third blockbuster report in less than a month links him financially to GOP megadonor Harlan Crow.
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