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Review by Senate Democrats finds more unreported luxury trips by Clarence Thomas

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Review by Senate Democrats finds more unreported luxury trips by Clarence Thomas toggle caption Mariam Zuhaib/AP WASHINGTON — A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to establish a way to enforce a new code of conduct. The 93-page report released Saturday by the Democratic majority …

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Senate review of Supreme Court ethics finds more luxury trips and urges enforceable code of conduct

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to establish a way to enforce a new code of conduct. 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 …

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3 days, 17 hours ago

Senate review of Supreme Court ethics finds more luxury trips and urges enforceable code of conduct

LA Times

The Supreme Court adopted its first code of ethics in 2023, but it leaves compliance to each of the nine justices. A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to establish a way to enforce a new code of conduct. The 93-page report released Saturday by …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Harlan Crow helped fund Swiftboating. Trump campaign continues that legacy in Walz attack

Raw Story

The year was 2004. One of Swift Boat's top donors was conservative GOP megadonor Harlan Crow, the Texas billionaire whose financial relationship with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been the subject of numerous bombshell investigative reports. Last year, the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington reported, "One of Crow’s first forays into large donations was …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

'Yacht trip to Russia': Senators publish list of Clarence Thomas’ gifts from benefactors

Raw Story

Two Senate Democrats have published a list of roughly three dozen lavish gifts Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas received from right-wing billionaires during his time on the Court. Read also: 'No shame': Experts explain why one Supreme Court justice went 'full MAGA' The gifts from Crow date back to 2003, and list excursions like "Yacht trip to Russia and …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Justice Clarence Thomas took more trips paid for by donor Harlan Crow, Senate panel reveals

Associated Press

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin says his committee has uncovered at least three additional trips given to Justice Clarence Thomas by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow as part of the panel’s ethics investigation into the Supreme Court. Durbin, D-Ill., said Thursday the committee obtained information from Crow that Thomas took three trips, and at least six flights, on Crow’s private …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Justice Thomas took more trips paid for by GOP donor than he disclosed, senator says

NPR

Justice Thomas took more trips paid for by GOP donor than he disclosed, senator says toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday that the panel’s subpoena of a conservative donor revealed additional travel and gifts to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, which the justice had not disclosed. The subpoena of Harlan Crow, the …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Clarence Thomas discloses trips paid for by GOP donor as justices report financials

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Clarence Thomas discloses trips paid for by GOP donor as justices report financials toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP WASHINGTON — Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday belatedly acknowledged more travel paid by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, while several colleagues reported six-figure payments as part of book deals. Thomas, who has faced criticism for failing to report luxury trips paid for by …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Thomas acknowledges more travel paid for by Harlan Crow. Colleagues report six-figure book payments

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday belatedly acknowledged more travel paid by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, while several colleagues reported six-figure payments as part of book deals. Another justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, reported eye-popping numbers, a nearly $900,000 advance for her upcoming memoir, and attention-grabbing gifts, four tickets to a Beyoncé concert valued at $3,700 from the singer herself. …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Clarence Thomas admits billionaire paid for private club membership and luxury Bali trips

Raw Story

A Texas billionaire, known to have cozy relationships with high-profile conservatives, footed the bill for two 2019 trips to Bali and membership to a private California club for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, according to a report published Friday. Billionaire conservative Harlan Crow — a prominent American businessman and real estate developer, who serves as the chairman and former CEO …

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1 year ago

Senate Democrats authorize subpoenas in the Supreme Court ethics probe. GOP won’t back enforcement

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to authorize subpoenas for two prominent conservatives who arranged luxury travel and other benefits for Supreme Court justices, but Republicans challenged the legitimacy of the move and pledged to withhold support for enforcing the legal order. That’s their decision.” Graham, R-S.C., said later he was ready to “move on” from …

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1 year, 1 month ago

The Supreme Court has adopted a conduct code, but who will enforce it?

Raw Story

This article originally appeared in ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. The new Supreme Court code’s lack of any apparent enforcement process is “the elephant in the room,” said Stephen Vladeck, a law professor at the University of Texas who studies the court. “The Supreme Court’s promulgation of a code of conduct today is of surpassing historic significance,” former federal …

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1 year, 1 month ago

The Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics, but it has no means of enforcement

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday adopted its first code of ethics, in the face of sustained criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to some justices, but the code lacks a means of enforcement. “To dispel this misunderstanding, we are issuing this Code, which largely represents a codification of principles that we have long regarded as …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Clarence Thomas declares lavish trips with megadonor Harlan Crow in 2022 financial disclosure

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas included several trips that were …

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1 year, 4 months ago

This is why it’s difficult to rein in the Supreme Court

CNN

Editor’s Note: This story originally published on April 29, 2023. CNN — The latest ProPublica report detailing Clarence Thomas’ lavish lifestyle is sure to reignite calls for greater oversight of the Supreme Court, but don’t bet on reform happening anytime soon. And they both trace back to a culture of exceptionalism, where the Supreme Court’s justices just feel that they’re …

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1 year, 4 months ago

This is why it’s difficult to rein in the Supreme Court

CNN

Editor’s Note: This story originally published on April 29, 2023. CNN — The latest ProPublica report detailing Clarence Thomas’ lavish lifestyle is sure to reignite calls for greater oversight of the Supreme Court, but don’t bet on reform happening anytime soon. And they both trace back to a culture of exceptionalism, where the Supreme Court’s justices just feel that they’re …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Samuel Alito scandal shows why conservative justices on the Supreme Court are so whiny

Salon

Earlier this week, ProPublica, which had previously exposed the bottomless corruption of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, scored another big hit on Justice Samuel Alito, who is best known for citing a medieval witch-burner as a legal authority in his Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. Related Samuel Alito took luxury fishing vacation with GOP billionaire who later had …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Justice Alito accepted Alaska resort vacation from GOP donors, report says

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito accepted a 2008 trip to a luxury fishing lodge in Alaska from two wealthy Republican donors, one of whom repeatedly had interests before the court, and he did not disclose the trips on his financial disclosure for that year, ProPublica reports. A story published late Tuesday by the nonprofit investigative journalism organization states …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Justice Jackson reports flowers from Oprah, designer clothing as Thomas delays filing disclosure

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson disclosed Wednesday that she received a $1,200 congratulatory floral display from Oprah Winfrey and $6,580 in designer clothing for a magazine photo shoot in her first months as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. Thomas’ receipt of gifts, valued at several hundred thousand dollars, from the Republican donor Harlan Crow has prompted …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Justice Jackson reports flowers from Oprah, designer clothing as Thomas delays filing disclosure

The Independent

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1 year, 7 months ago

Harlan Crow says the Constitution bars investigation into his relationship with Clarence Thomas

The Independent

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54 years, 11 months ago

Harlan Crow: Investigating My Gifts to Clarence Thomas Is Unconstitutional

Slate

Congress has regulated the Supreme Court for as long as the two institutions have existed. A different statutes compels the justices to recuse from a case any time their “impartiality might reasonably be questioned.” Bopp ignores these statutes and instead offers the familiar imperial defense, recently invoked by Chief Justice John Roberts: Any congressional intrusion on SCOTUS’ affairs would “violate …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Republicans defending Clarence Thomas have gotten nearly $500K from Harlan Crow

Salon

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have spent recent weeks fiercely defending the deep corruption on the Supreme Court in the wake of major scandals involving several conservative justices, saying that reining in the Court is "unnecessary." According to an analysis by Accountable.US, all nine of the Senate Judiciary Republicans have collectively received nearly half a million dollars in donations …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Senate Democrats demand more details from Harlan Crow on gifts to Justice Thomas

NPR

Senate Democrats demand more details from Harlan Crow on gifts to Justice Thomas Enlarge this image toggle caption Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Pressure to force a wealthy GOP donor to explain his ties to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas escalated on Tuesday, with top Senate Democrats pushing for new disclosures in the face of …

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Review by Senate Democrats finds more unreported luxury trips by Clarence Thomas

Senate review of Supreme Court ethics finds more luxury trips and urges enforceable code of conduct

Senate review of Supreme Court ethics finds more luxury trips and urges enforceable code of conduct

Harlan Crow helped fund Swiftboating. Trump campaign continues that legacy in Walz attack

'Yacht trip to Russia': Senators publish list of Clarence Thomas’ gifts from benefactors

Justice Clarence Thomas took more trips paid for by donor Harlan Crow, Senate panel reveals

Justice Thomas took more trips paid for by GOP donor than he disclosed, senator says

Clarence Thomas discloses trips paid for by GOP donor as justices report financials

Thomas acknowledges more travel paid for by Harlan Crow. Colleagues report six-figure book payments

Clarence Thomas admits billionaire paid for private club membership and luxury Bali trips

Senate Democrats authorize subpoenas in the Supreme Court ethics probe. GOP won’t back enforcement

The Supreme Court has adopted a conduct code, but who will enforce it?

The Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics, but it has no means of enforcement

Clarence Thomas declares lavish trips with megadonor Harlan Crow in 2022 financial disclosure

This is why it’s difficult to rein in the Supreme Court

This is why it’s difficult to rein in the Supreme Court

Samuel Alito scandal shows why conservative justices on the Supreme Court are so whiny

Justice Alito accepted Alaska resort vacation from GOP donors, report says

Justice Jackson reports flowers from Oprah, designer clothing as Thomas delays filing disclosure

Justice Jackson reports flowers from Oprah, designer clothing as Thomas delays filing disclosure

Harlan Crow says the Constitution bars investigation into his relationship with Clarence Thomas

Harlan Crow: Investigating My Gifts to Clarence Thomas Is Unconstitutional

Republicans defending Clarence Thomas have gotten nearly $500K from Harlan Crow

Senate Democrats demand more details from Harlan Crow on gifts to Justice Thomas