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More unreported luxury travel by Thomas detailed
The top court’s review urges an enforceable code of Conduct The investigation of Supreme Court Ethics by Democratic Senators lasted nearly two years. It revealed more luxury travels by Justice Clarence Thomas. They also urged Congress to create a code of conduct to be enforced. As Republicans prepare to control the Senate in January it…
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Federal judiciary releases first-ever report on workplace misconduct
The first federal workplace report released on Wednesday shows that between 2021-2023, federal court employees reported more than 100 complaints of abusive behavior. The report was released to address concerns regarding the way in which the judiciary deals with workplace harassment. It defines abusive conduct as a “pattern of demonstrably egregious, hostile” behavior, that interferes…
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Justice Kagan: Lower court judges could enforce Supreme Court ethics code
Justice Elena Kagan discussed emergency dockets and the number of women who have been on the Supreme Court in the past. Justice Elena Kagan dismissed concerns on Monday about lower-court judges’ ability to enforce the Supreme Court’s new ethics rules. She said federal judges are more than able to hold justices accountable. Kagan stated, “I…
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Justice Thomas Failed to Reveal More Private Flights, Senator Says
After records revealed that the Supreme Court Justice Harlan Crow flew between Hawaii and New Zealand without disclosing it, Senator Ron Wyden wrote to Crow’s attorney. Justice Clarence Thomas did not publicly disclose the additional private travel paid for by wealthy conservative donor Harlan Crow. This was revealed in a Monday letter from a top…
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Justice Kagan calls for a way to enforce Supreme Court ethics code
Justice Elena Kagan suggested that Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. appoint a panel of outside judges of high respect to review allegations. Justice Elena Kagan announced Thursday that she supports the creation of a panel of judges to investigate potential violations of the Supreme Court’s new ethics code. She spoke out on an issue…
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Left and right agree on one thing: The justice system is corrupted by bias
The courts are not equal, and it is naive for anyone to think otherwise. The other day, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked a simple question which in an earlier era would have prompted a flurry of banalities from civics classes about the nation of laws or the wisdom of our founding fathers. Anderson…
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Justice Thomas discloses two 2019 trips paid for by Harlan Crow
The 2023 financial disclosure report for Supreme Court Justices shows six-figure payments to Kavanaugh and Gorsuch. According to the financial disclosures for eight of nine Supreme Court justices, Clarence Thomas revealed for the first-time that he visited Bali in 2019 and attended a private club located in California, both paid for by Harlan Crow. Crow…
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Ketanji Brown Jackson ethics complaints referred to judicial conference finance committee
The Committee on Financial Disclosures in the Judicial Conference has received a complaint from Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, alleging that her income was not disclosed. The Center for Renewing America – a conservative policy group – filed a complaint last month with the Judicial Conference, which oversees federal courts, alleging that Jackson had…
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Ketanji Brown Jackson slapped with ethics complaint over husband’s income
Group claims Supreme Court Justice omitted portions on husband’s income for years. A conservative policy group filed an ethics complaint in the United States against Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Jackson, accusing him of “willfully” failing to disclose required income for many years during his tenure on federal benches. The Center for Renewing America (a think…
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A “Delicate Matter”: Clarence Thomas’ Private Complaints About Money Sparked Fears He Would Resign
Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court justice, was in Sea Island, Georgia in early January 2000. He was hundreds of thousands in debt. Friends say that after almost a decade of playing tennis, Thomas was frustrated by his financial situation. Thomas had just started to raise his grandnephew and Thomas’s wife asked for advice on how she…