New findings that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas apparently failed to repay at least a “significant portion” of a $267,230 loan he received from a wealthy benefactor prompted Senate Democrats on Thursday to step up their criticism of the court’s lack of an ethics code.
A personal loan that Thomas received in 1999 from longtime friend Anthony Welters to buy a Prevost Marathon motor coach was forgiven before the principal was fully repaid, according to a report by Senate Democrats on Wednesday based on a review of loan documents provided by Welters.
“With each new report, the American people realize how many lavish, undisclosed gifts Justice Thomas has received from his gaggle of fawning billionaires,” Democratic Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin wrote on Thursday in a social media post.
The supreme court went from a respected institution protecting our rights to a corrupted laughing stock. Good job, Republicans.
Respected? lol.
It’s had it good moments for sure, but if you think it’s just the Republican appointed Justices that are the problem, you’re wrong.
Social issues are where the establishment Dems and GOP agree to fight BECAUSE they’re in near lockstep on the neo-liberal economic order. How does that relate to SCOTUS? Look at the cases involving expanding corporate power and protecting the elites, they’re almost universally 8-1, 9-0, 7-2 cases… going back the last 40 years.
We have the Warren court to thank for many of our civil liberties today.