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

The new rules leave compliance up to each justice. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor have been under scrutiny for gifts, benefits, travel received from outside sources.

Chicago Sun-Times

US supreme court announces ethics code amid pressure over gift scandals

Code of conduct published following months of criticism of rightwing justices accepting undisclosed gifts

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court announces new ethics code - Roll Call

The Supreme Court published a new code of conduct for its justices Monday amid a congressional effort to impose one on the high court.

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Senate Judiciary delays votes on subpoenas over Supreme Court ethics - Roll Call

The Senate Judiciary Committee abruptly adjourned Thursday without voting on whether to authorize subpoenas related to Supreme Court ethics.

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Senators clash over plans for subpoenas tied to Supreme Court ethics push - Roll Call

Senate Judiciary Committee members clashed Thursday over plans to subpoena two Republican donors and a conservative judicial activist.

Roll Call

Democrats plan to subpoena Leonard Leo over perks to supreme court justices

Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow will also be subpoenaed over roles in paying for gifts for Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito

The Guardian - US

Clarence Thomas may not have paid off friend’s secret $267K RV loan

Wealthy benefactor defended loan to Justice Thomas as help for a friend

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Justice Amy Coney Barrett calls for ethics code for Supreme Court: 'It would be a good idea for us to do it'

“It would be a good idea for us to do it, particularly so that we can communicate to the public exactly what it is that we are doing in a clearer way.”

Fortune

The man behind SCOTUS right-wing rule

The inside story of how Leonard Leo built machine that remade American legal system — and what he plans to do next

Salon

Thomas' Koch trip undermines his defense

“Even using Thomas’ flawed logic... there’s no way this chartered flight fits into that exception," expert says

Salon

The US supreme court is facing a crisis of legitimacy

There’s a growing sense among many Americans that the Roberts court with its 6-3 hard-right supermajority is irrevocably broken

The Guardian - US

Call for Clarence Thomas to recuse grow

Ethics violations by Justice Thomas and others on the Supreme Court keep piling up

Salon

Thomas' latest scandal "sickens" experts

The latest outrage over Thomas' conduct follows a report revealing his ties to the Koch brothers' political network

Salon

Revealed: Thomas went to Koch events

Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, helping a political network that has brought cases to SCOTUS

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The Independent UK

Clarence Thomas ‘secretly attended two Koch donor summits’, report says

Supreme Court Justice has been accused of conflict of interest over a string of expensive vacations and gifts

The Guardian - US

Clarence Thomas spoke at two donor events of ultra-right Koch network

Justice took part in fundraising events for Koch brothers’ organization which has brought cases before supreme court

The Guardian - US

Ginni Thomas and rightwing activists exploited supreme court ruling – report

Ahead of Citizens United decision that unleashed dark money flood, Thomas worked with Leonard Leo and Harlan Crow

Chicago Sun-Times

Justice Clarence Thomas reports he took 3 trips on Republican donor’s plane last year

Thomas said he was complying with new guidelines for reporting travel, but he did not include any earlier travel at billionaire Harlan Crow’s expense, including a 2019 trip to Indonesia aboard his yacht.

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"Hogwash": Experts doubt Thomas' excuses

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas acknowledged that he took three trips aboard the GOP megadonor's plane

The Guardian - US

Pressure grows on Clarence Thomas after more gifts from rightwing donor

Disclosures detail more flights and stays with Harlan Crow as Democrats vow to investigate scandal ‘in which this court is enmired’

Al Jazeera

US Justice Clarence Thomas discloses trips on GOP donor’s private jet

Disclosure of three trips last year comes as top US court faces heightened scrutiny over connections to wealthy donors.

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Now-released forms reveal more trips gifted to Justice Clarence Thomas by Harlan Crow

In a statement accompanying Thursday's disclosure, a lawyer for Thomas said there had been "no willful ethics transgressions" and called prior reporting errors "strictly inadvertent."

The Independent UK

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

Supreme Court Justices have come under scruinty this past year for failing to disclose lavish trips and gifts on their financial reports

The Independent UK

Justice Clarence Thomas reports he took 3 trips on Republican donor's plane last year

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is acknowledging that he took three trips last year aboard a private plane owned by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow

The Guardian - US

Billionaire-linked US thinktank behind supreme court wealth tax case lobbying

Manhattan Institute one of eight conservative advocacy groups that filed amicus briefs urging the court to hear Moore v US

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