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#FinancialDisclosures

#ClarenceThomas's #Corruption Finally Has A #PriceTag - he got just under $6M in gifts while on #SCOTUS. It’s easy to miss the details of the lavish gifts and splashy #luxe travel accommodations and not grasp the scope of the gifts #SCOTUS has been getting. Well, the good folks at Fix the Court (FTC) have compiled the gifts bestowed upon the justices over the last 20 years https://abovethelaw.com/2024/06/clarence-thomas-corruption-finally-has-a-price-tag/ #democracy #courts #SupremeCourt #financialdisclosures #ethics #legalresearch

Propublica’s “Friends of the Court” reporting:

#SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #law #FinancialDisclosures #SCOTUSstench #ethics #judiciary #JudicialEthics #bribes #bribery #IdeologicalPayOff
https://www.propublica.org/series/supreme-court-scotus

via #FixTheCourt

#SCOTUS Justice #ClarenceThomas racked up $4,189,994 in gifts.

Other justices $248k.

#law #FinancialDisclosures #SCOTUSstench #ethics #judiciary #JudicialEthics #bribes #bribery #IdeologicalPayOff
https://fixthecourt.com/2023disclosures/

SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas racked up $4,189,994 in gifts. Other justices just $248k.

#SCOTUS Justice #ClarenceThomas has #disclosed for the first time trips to Bali & to a private club in California in 2019 paid for by his friend & *#benefactor*, #Texas #billionaire #HarlanCrow, acc/to #FinancialDisclosures released Fri for 8 of the 9 justices.
 The required annual reports, covering activity in 2023, also show 3 justices — Brett #Kavanaugh, Neil #Gorsuch & #KetanjiBrownJackson — received 6-figure book payments. 
#law #ethics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/07/supreme-court-financial-disclosures-gifts-thomas/

@sadele2 There is a federal statute which requires all federal judges, including #SupremeCourt justices, to #recuse themselves from any case “in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned,” but there is no effective enforcement mechanism to apply this vague law to a Supreme Court justice. #Democracy #FederalJudiciary #SCOTUS #broken not subject to law #corruption continues #financialdisclosures are a fraud. We have for years now been witnessing real time the unraveling of rule of law

…Rejected by #banks & #lenders over the #Jan6, 2021, #insurrection & his long history of &bankruptcies & #business #failures, #Trump had approved the merger of his company w/a #SPAC as a way to raise money in the months after he lost the WH. Often called “blank check” firms, SPACs promise access to public stock investors w/fewer #FinancialDisclosures than a traditional corporate listing requires.

#criminal #law #SEC #FederalSecurities

#House #Democrats ask #ClarenceThomas to #recuse from #SupremeCourt review of #Colorado ballot #14thAmendment case. "Your wife was one of 9 board members for a #conservative political group that helped lead the ‘Stop the Steal’ movement, a movement which culminated in the #Jan6 attack.." Of course he will not do so. #democracy #constitution #ethics #legalresearch #corruption #financialdisclosures #insurrection #GinniThomas

ProPublica: The #Judiciary Has Policed Itself for Decades. It Doesn’t Work. The secretive #JudicialConference is tasked with self-governance. The group, led by #SupremeCourt’s #chiefjustice, has spent decades #preserving #perks, defending judges and thwarting outside #oversight. #democracy #ethicsreform #SCOTUS #corruption #FinancialDisclosures #perks #govdocs #legalresearch #recuse #clarencethomas #SamuelAlito #JohnRoberts #amy coney barrett #BrettKavanaugh #federalistsociety #legalresearch

#SandraDayOConnor, First #Woman on the #SupremeCourt, Is Dead at 93. During a crucial period in #Americanlaw — when #abortion, #affirmativeaction, sex #discrimination and #votingrights were on the #docket — she was the most powerful woman in the country. read free https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/01/us/sandra-day-oconnor-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ck0.NAXc.SIEONPlYtH5o&referringSource=articleShare #SCOTUS #ethics #ethicscode #FinancialDisclosures #integrity #leadership #pioneer #RespectWomen

@lawdorknews "The #SupremeCourt was guilted into adopting a #CodeofConduct
It's more of a #pledge though, as there is no apparent #enforcement mechanism. But, it is a first step — and a reminder that public pressure works." As citizens, employees, family members, community members, sentient people - we are held to a code of conduct that does not apply to #SCOTUS? #unacceptable #corruption #bias #FinancialDisclosures #billionaires #trips #vacations #gifts

What’s Up With Mike Johnson’s Very Shady-Seeming Financial Disclosures? The new House leader lists no bank accounts, including checking or savings, on financial disclosure forms going back to 2016.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/11/mike-johnson-financial-disclosures

#VanityFair #MikeJohnson #FinancialDisclosures #ShadySeeming #BankAccounts #HouseLeader #Politics #News

“Perhaps even more significant, the pattern exposes consistent #violations of #JudicialNorms, experts, incl’g 7 current & fmr federal #judges appointed by both parties, told @ProPublica. 'In my career I don’t remember ever seeing this degree of largesse given to anybody. I think it’s unprecedented,'said Jeremy Fogel, a fmr #FederalJudge who served for yrs on the #judicial cmte that reviews judges’ #FinancialDisclosures.”
#SCOTUS #Law #Ethics #Corruption #Power #Privilege #DarkMoney

“While some of the hospitality, such as stays in personal homes, may not have required #disclosure, #ClarenceThomas appears to have #violated the #law by #FailingToDisclose flights, yacht cruises & expensive sports tickets, acc/to #ethics experts.”

- @ProPublica

#SCOTUS #JudicialEthics #judiciary #FinancialDisclosures #Compromised #Corruption #SupremeCourt #Power #Privilege #DarkMoney #BillionaireBenefactors

#ClarenceThomas’s 2022 filing was highly anticipated after ProPublica reported on the justice’s financial dealings w/his close friend & benefactor, the Texas businessman #HarlanCrow. Instead, Thomas will have up to 90 additional days to submit his filing, which could include any amendments or updates related to his #finances from past years.

#SCOTUS #Corruption #DarkMoney
#JudicialEthics #Law
#FinancialDisclosures

#ClarenceThomas delays #disclosures

#SupremeCourt Justice Clarence Thomas has asked for more time to file annual #FinancialDisclosures following criticism that he failed to report luxury travel & real estate deals w/ #HarlanCrowe, aTexas billionaire & #Republican donor.

#SCOTUS #Corruption #DarkMoney
#JudicialEthics #Law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/07/supreme-court-justice-disclosures-clarence-thomas/

POGO - #ModelCode of #Conduct for U.S. #SupremeCourtJustices: "Of all the country’s state and federal courts, only the Supreme Court lacks a #codesofconduct. Instead, existing rules found in the U.S. Code provide standards concerning #financialdisclosures and #recusals. But this set of standards is limited. And compliance with them, along with all other decisions related to #ethical conduct, is left to each Justice’s discretion." https://www.pogo.org/report/2023/03/model-code-of-conduct-for-u-s-supreme-court-justices