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That is because there is none for SCOTUS. Thomas has certainly violated the code for the federal judiciary in not avoiding the appearance of impropriety.
Go ahead and get legal on this. What will result is a code of ethics for SCOTUS, which is overdue.
I really can't disagree with you here. But laws and regulations must be prospective. I also think major salarty increases are needed if we make these laws watertight.
Chief Justice Roberts Asked to Testify to Senate on Supreme Court Ethics
Bloomberg) -- Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin asked Chief Justice John Roberts to testify on Supreme Court ethics reform, following a report that Justice Clarence Thomas accepted unreported luxury travel from a Republican billionaire.
In a letter to Roberts, Durbin asked him to appear before the committee or choose another justice to testify in his place on May 2, arguing that there’s “ample precedent” for sitting Supreme Court justices to appear before Congress, including to testify about ethics.
It appears, these days, that attacking people who don't agree with your political ideology is just peachy, even when the behavior in question is widely practiced by politicians across the political spectrum.
Why do Dems like to pretend that their leadership is as pure as the driven snow, but Republican leadership must be beyond reproach? I'm not affiliated with either party, so perhaps it is easier for me to see that the playing field isn't level. In recent years it seems as if Democrats not only fail to acknowledge the absence of a level playing field, they've employed earth moving equipment to ensure it's not level.
I love it that you claim you are not affiliated with any party yet you definitely have a preference!
Total BS.
Thomas is the second black American to be sworn into SCOTUS, and he was confirmed by a Democratic Congress who had the majority in the Senate.
Nominated by a Republican. Senate was Democratic. The congress had absolutely nothing to do with the confirmation.
Yes...in fact, he is so good, and his intellect/wisdom so epic ...I nominate him for "World King".
When we wonder what should be done in this world...just ask King Thomas...and do whatever He says...as He is the closest thing we have ever had to a "God" level figure.
It is understandable that there are those that feel compelled to make offerings to Him.
He is one of the greatest people to ever live.
In addition to donating "$500,000 to Liberty Central, a conservative activist group founded by Ginni Thomas," Harlan Crow, Clarence Thomas' benefactor, has statues Vladimir Lenin, Josef Stalin, Fidel Castro, Karl Marx, and various fallen communist leaders in his backyard.
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