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The Latest Breaking News from Clarence Thomas

GOP defend Thomas from ethics charges

Republicans defend Clarence Thomas and deflect from bombshell reports about the Supreme Court justice

Salon

Clarence Thomas under scrutiny after report of activist’s payments to his wife

Leonard Leo funneled funds to Ginni Thomas with instructions not to mention her, Washington Post reports

The Guardian - US

GOP activist pushed payments to Ginni Thomas but wanted her name kept quiet

Supreme Court Justice’s wife got thousands of dollars from a nonprofit with business before the high court

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What to know about the Supreme Court and ethical concerns

Revelations continue to emerge about Supreme Court justices and lavish trips, private school tuition and more. The growing list of these nondisclosures is causing some to question court ethics.

WEKU

Thomas payments mark a tipping point

Unfortunately that leaves us with only one option — and it is extremely unlikely

Salon

Clarence Thomas scandal deepens with report of rightwing activist’s secret payments to wife – as it happened

Leonard Leo arranged for Virginia ‘Ginni’ Thomas to be paid $25,000 and emphasized ‘no mention of Ginni’ on the payments

The Guardian - US

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What I Learned From Justice Stevens' Papers on Kelo v. City of New London

There are several interesting revelations, including an unpublished dissent by Justice Antonin Scalia.

Reason

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas let a GOP donor pay family member’s tuition

GOP megadonor Harlan Crow, who paid for luxury vacations for Clarence Thomas and his wife, also paid the private school tuition for a great-nephew of the justice, who raised the boy. The payments were not disclosed.

Chicago Sun-Times

Justice Clarence Thomas let GOP donor pay tuition: Report

A Republican donor paid two years of private school tuition for a child raised by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and Thomas didn't disclose the payments

The Independent UK

Dems call for action after Thomas report

It was recently reported that Thomas' benefactor Harlan Crow also paid for the private school of Thomas' relative

Salon

Clarence Thomas: mega-donor paid for great-nephew’s private school

Supreme court justice did not declare Republican Harlan Crow’s support for schooling of boy Thomas raised ‘as a son’

The Guardian - US

GOP megadonor friend paid private school tuition for Clarence Thomas’s relative

The story in ProPublica is the latest revelation of the depth of the relationship between the two men

The Independent UK

Thomas benefactor Crow covered tuition

Crow paid for private school for Thomas' great-nephew. Yet that fact remained previously undisclosed

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The Guardian - US

Proud Boys leader and three others convicted of seditious conspiracy for January 6 attack – as it happened

Enrique Tarrio’s conviction follows seven-day jury deliberation

Salon

Thomas vote boosted benefactor's power

"The Crows used their fortune to buy access to and curry favor" with elites, one advocate said

Chicago Sun-Times

Supreme Court ethics hearings face tough, but necessary, road to reform

The hearings, led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin, began this week and are perhaps the only vehicle, at this stage, to leverage public pressure that could lead to an ethics code for the nation’s highest court.

WEKU

There's a toxic brew of mistrust toward U.S. institutions. It's got real consequences

Republicans are lambasting Democrats' attempts at uniform ethics standards at the Supreme Court as partisan politics. It's just the latest chapter in a decline in national unity.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Senate Democrats’ effort to overhaul Supreme Court ethics faces GOP opposition

Democrats hope to strengthen ethics rules governing the nine justices in the wake of reports that Justice Clarence Thomas accepted expensive vacations from a GOP donor.

The Guardian - US

Democrats call for new supreme court ethics rule amid Clarence Thomas scandal

Democrats accuse top US court of ‘lowest ethical standards’ but Republicans say criticism of Gorsuch and Thomas is unfounded

The Independent UK

Will the Supreme Court have to answer to ethics rules? Lawmakers ask ‘how low can the court go?’

Democratic lawmakers want oversight and a binding code of conduct on the nation’s highest court

Al Jazeera

US lawmakers hold hearing on Supreme Court ethics concerns

The hearing comes in the wake of several reports detailing failure by justices to report possible conflicts of interest.

Roll Call

Senate panel splits on power to force Supreme Court ethics code - Roll Call

Senate Judiciary Democrats spent a hearing Tuesday making the case for legislation that would put the Supreme Court under an ethics code.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court news: Cruz accuses Democrats of racist attacks on Thomas as Senate mulls ethics rules

Hearing comes after revelations expose ethics issues at the nation’s highest court

WEKU

Partisan divide drives Senate hearing on Supreme Court ethics

Senators heard from witnesses, ranging from judicial ethics experts to a former attorney general in the George W. Bush administration, but used their questioning to reinforce their own arguments.

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