Any movement on the issue appears unlikely as Republicans prepare to take control of the Senate in January, underscoring the hurdles in imposing restrictions on a separate branch of government even as public confidence in the court has fallen to record lows.

The 93-page report released Saturday by the Democratic majority of the Senate Judiciary Committee found additional travel taken in 2021 by Thomas but not reported on his annual financial disclosure form: a private jet flight to New York’s Adirondacks in July and jet and yacht trip to New York City sponsored by billionaire Harlan Crow in October, one of more than two dozen times detailed in the report that Thomas took luxury travel and gifts from wealthy benefactors.

“The highest court in the land can’t have the lowest ethical standards,” the committee chairman, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, said in a statement. He has long called for an enforceable code of ethics.

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    Where the fuck has the will to investigate these crooks over the last 4 years, the Supreme Court has been just as corrupt this entire time, why virtue signal change right before they don’t have the political ability to do? Come on man get rid of the fascists

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    I was looking for a photo of the U.S. Supreme court that isn’t badly cropped or at a weird angle so I could make a post about them, but this is the best one I could find:

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    Golly gee! Someone’s been a naughty boy. Don’t do it again wink wink. Or we might have to give an even stronger verbal reprimand next time. Tee hee hee!

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    the senate and house need a Marbury v. Madison counter moment

    the bar for constitutional amendment is too high to fight back the Marbury v. Madison problem.

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    Attorney Mark Paoletta, a longtime friend of Thomas who has been tapped for the incoming Trump administration, said the report was aimed at conservatives whose rulings Democrats disagreed with.

    So how about when the GOP takes control of everything in January, you do an investigation into everyone on the USC and find out if the dems are as corrupt as well? Or are you just gonna do the dems and ignore Clarence who’s maybe targeted, but only because he has no ethics.