Posted on Jun 29, 2023
Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and the crisis of confidence in the Supreme Court
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The annual cascade of Supreme Court decisions this week will make lots of headlines, but polls show that Americans of all political stripes are increasingly troubled by the lack of a code of ethics for the high court.
Chief Justice John Roberts has more than once said the court is working on an ethics code for itself, but so far, crickets.
Meanwhile, investigative reporters are finding that Supreme Court conduct is rich ground to plow. Last week, ProPublica reported that Justice Samuel Alito failed to disclose that he had enjoyed an all-expenses-paid, high-end fishing trip to Alaska, complete with private jet travel, courtesy of hedge fund titan Paul Singer, a major Republican donor, who has been involved in 10 appeals to the Supreme Court.
The annual cascade of Supreme Court decisions this week will make lots of headlines, but polls show that Americans of all political stripes are increasingly troubled by the lack of a code of ethics for the high court.
Chief Justice John Roberts has more than once said the court is working on an ethics code for itself, but so far, crickets.
Meanwhile, investigative reporters are finding that Supreme Court conduct is rich ground to plow. Last week, ProPublica reported that Justice Samuel Alito failed to disclose that he had enjoyed an all-expenses-paid, high-end fishing trip to Alaska, complete with private jet travel, courtesy of hedge fund titan Paul Singer, a major Republican donor, who has been involved in 10 appeals to the Supreme Court.
Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and the crisis of confidence in the Supreme Court
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel one interesting bit...
..."As for the other justices, at the low end in terms of wealth are Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Elena Kagan.
Kavanaugh lists investments of $15,000 to $65,000. He has spent most of his adult life in public service, and even with his teaching income, capped at $30,000, he is probably the most strapped for now. He lives in a modest and relatively small house, and his wife has a part-time job. In fact, during the pandemic, with the exception of the chief justice, Kavanaugh was the only justice who worked at their Supreme Court office, because, with two teenagers at home, it was just too hard to concentrate."...
..."As for the other justices, at the low end in terms of wealth are Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Elena Kagan.
Kavanaugh lists investments of $15,000 to $65,000. He has spent most of his adult life in public service, and even with his teaching income, capped at $30,000, he is probably the most strapped for now. He lives in a modest and relatively small house, and his wife has a part-time job. In fact, during the pandemic, with the exception of the chief justice, Kavanaugh was the only justice who worked at their Supreme Court office, because, with two teenagers at home, it was just too hard to concentrate."...
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I think I heard one of the conservative Justices say;
"Ethics? We don't need no stinking ethics!
"Ethics? We don't need no stinking ethics!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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There is no crisis within SCOTUS; the only crisis lately seems to be folks unwilling to accept the fact that the current sitting court members on the Right decide cases based upon "constitutionality" rather than emotions/feelings and that has the Left in a complete tizzy. Damn, Son, just a few days ago you were applauding SCOTUS for knocking down the crazy Republica/Trump gerrymandering case from last week. Make up your mind.
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