Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans have rejected calls to impose ethical standards on the Supreme Court. accountable_us shows they've received more than $450,000 from the same GOP megadonor who has lavished Clarence Thomas with undisclosed gifts.
—as "an opportunity for political grandstanding and performative outrage," Accountable.US noted Tuesday.
;“NEW BLOG: The Supreme Court is facing a full-blown legitimacy crisis thanks to the corruption of three of its conservative justices.\n\nWithout reform, public trust in one of our core American institutions will continue to plummet ;��\nhttps://t.
Meanwhile, Graham, the ranking member, accused the left of trying to "delegitimize the court and cherry-pick examples to make a point." Echoing his right-wing ally, Grassley argued that recent revelations are part of a long-term effort to "cast doubt on certain judges and justices, all because the left is opposed to recent court rulings."
Kennedy, for his part, denounced "attacks on conservative justices" as "targeted" and "exaggerated" and dismissed proposed Supreme Court ethics rules as "unnecessary."a "smear campaign" against Thomas,that Crow also paid tens of thousands of dollars for the jurist's grandnephew to attend a pair of elite private schools.
Given the mounting evidence of potential connections between Crow's gifts, which Thomas sought to keep hidden, and Thomas' inclination to rule in ways favorable to his superrich benefactor,
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