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

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin says his committee has uncovered at least three additional luxury trips given to Justice Clarence Thomas by donors as part of the panel’s ethics investigation into the Supreme Court

The Independent UK

Clarence Thomas took additional trips funded by Harlan Crow, senator reveals

Democrat Dick Durbin announces failure of supreme court justice to disclose travel paid for by billionaire benefactor

The Guardian - US

Justice Samuel Alito heard in new audio slamming media for reporting on Supreme Court ethics

‘There are groups that are very well-funded by ideological groups that have spearheaded these attacks,’ Justice Alito claims

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KBJ and Beyoncé

Justice Jackson's 2023 financial disclosure report revealed that she received four concert tickets from Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, valuing about $3,700. Patricia McCabe, the Supreme Court's Public Information Officer, released a statement: "Justice Jackson is 'Crazy in Love' with Beyoncé's music. Who isn't?" (For those outside the hive, Beyoncé and her now-husband,…

Reason

Beyonce tickets, pricey artwork: All the free stuff Supreme Court justices got last year

Gifts were disclosed as part of justices’ annual reporting requirements

The Independent UK

Clarence Thomas reveals Bali trip donor

The conservative Supreme Court justice admitted Friday that Harlan Crow paid for his 2019 trip to Indonesia

Salon

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Clarence Thomas belatedly admits luxury trips were paid for by billionaire

Supreme court justice amends financial disclosure to confirm rightwing mega-donor Harlan Crow funded travel

The Guardian - US

Justice Thomas raked in staggering $2.4 million in gifts, watchdog says, dwarfing the next highest justice

Fix the Court, the group that released the findings, calculated the total in gifts from January 2004 to December 2023 and said the nine current justices received 344 gifts totaling nearly $3million.

The Independent UK

Samuel Alito’s refusal to recuse himself in Trump v US is another ethics breach

Supreme court justice, under fire for flying flags tied to January 6, was mired in ethical mud last year for undisclosed rides in a billionaire’s jet

The Guardian - US

Billionaire Leonard Leo rejects Senate subpoena over supreme court gifts

Progressive groups hail long-brewed move against influential donor but protest lack of summons for Harlan Crow

The Guardian - US

Senate Dems Subpoena Conservative Legal Advocate Leonard Leo In Supreme Court Ethics Probe

Senate Democrats issued a subpoena to conservative legal advocate Leonard Leo on Thursday as part of their inquiry into a series of ethics controversies surrounding allegations of lavish travel and gifts provided to justices.

International Business Times

Political novice Brandon Gill seeks to be Trump’s biggest advocate in Congress

Rookie candidate Brandon Gill won the Texas GOP primary to succeed longtime U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess. But some Republicans spent big money to keep him away.

The Texas Tribune

Probe finds evidence against Harlan Crow

Evidence suggests Clarence Thomas benefactor misrepresented his yacht as business to score tax break

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The Independent UK

Clarence Thomas reportedly raised prospect of resigning from Supreme Court over salary

Years before Clarence Thomas accepted lavish gifts, he suggested lawmakers raise Supreme Court justices’ salaries

Salon

Clarence Thomas' money woes revealed

Thomas pushed for higher salary — and to allow Supreme Court justices to take speaking fees

Salon

Texas GOP wars with itself over Nazis

Texas Republicans called it "Marxist" to bar members from associating with Holocaust deniers

The Guardian - US

US ethics groups hail Senate subpoenas for Leonard Leo and Harlan Crow

Watchdogs applaud after Democrats vote to summon key rightwing duo to answer questions amid supreme court ethics row

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The Independent UK

Senate Judiciary authorises subpoenas of conservative activists in Supreme Court ethics probe

Thursday’s contentious hearing ended in an entirely Democratic vote after Republican members of the committee walked out

The Texas Tribune

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz walk out of U.S. Senate hearing as Democrats vote on Harlan Crow subpoena

The Texas Republicans opposed subpoenaing conservative donor Crow over his ties to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, casting it as a partisan attack.

Roll Call

Senate Democrats authorize subpoenas related to Supreme Court ethics probe - Roll Call

The Senate Judiciary Committee moved ahead with subpoenas Thursday as part of the panel’s inquiry into Supreme Court ethics.

Salon

The mockery of an unelected monarchy

The Supreme Court can’t be bothered by silly things like a code of ethics or checks and balances

Chicago Sun-Times

U.S. Supreme Court’s new code of conduct is too little, too late

Lacking both enforcement and the weight of law, the new code is both useless and toothless.

Salon

SCOTUS plays dumb about the public's ire

It's not just the useless "code of ethics" — the Dobbs decision revealed the real life impact of an imperious court

Reason

Supreme Court Adopts Ethics Code

The provisions seem sensible, though there are legitimate concerns about enforcement.

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