Republican Justices On The Supreme Court Are Being Outed As Corrupt, Dishonest And Partisan Operatives. Clarence Thomas And Sam Alito Have Taken Expensive Trips With Billionaires Without Reporting It. Chief Justice Roberts Refuses To Support Reformd. Justices Kavanaugh, Coney-Barrett, And Gorsuch Are All Members Of The Far-right Group The Federalist Society. Congress Plans To Force Ethics Standards On The Court And Put An End To The Culture Of Zero Accountability. – Baby Boomer Resistance: A Pro Democracy Blog

Reforming the Supreme Court is now a priority for the Senate Judiciary committee chaired by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. The involvement of dark money in the nomination of the Chief Justice has politicized the Court. Billionaires lavishing expensive trips and gifts in the Justices have created a sense that the Court is owned by the rich people who want to approve the decision for them from the Court. The current Supreme Court does not appear to be objective and non-partisan. Recent scandals involving Justices Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito have added to the Court’s lowest rating by the majority of Americans.

The conservative judges have been revealed as one of corruption, they feel they have no responsibility for their behavior, or rule with political interests or special loyalty. The Ttumo-stacked court does not reflect the current beliefs or needs of the majority of Americans. The way Trump stacked the Court should not be allowed in a democracy. The revelations of lying and corruption that have occurred for years by Alito and Thomas reveal why the Court should no longer be allowed to police itself.

• Require the Court to enforce a code of conduct
• Create a process for the public to file formal ethics complaints against judges, which will be investigated by judges selected from lower courts.
• Require the court to improve recusal requirements by setting new rules for when a judge must recuse himself from a case and requiring the judge to explain in writing why he decided to recuse himself from a case.
• Requires the court to implement stricter rules to disclose gifts, travel and income received by the nine judges and clerks. require the court to implement more strict rules to disclose gifts, travel and income received by the nine judges and clerks. (CNN Politics, June 14, 2023)

ARE THOMAS AND ALITO WRONG;

Alito went on an all-expenses-paid, high-profile fishing trip to Alaska with billionaire hedge fund owner Paul Singer, including private jet travel, paid lodging, lavish meals, and undisclosed drinks in the required financials. to report He also did not recuse himself from the case involving Singer.

Clarence Thomas’ financial involvement with conservative megadonor Harlan Crow has raised serious concerns about the independent and non-political status of the Supreme Court. Some violations and non-disclosure by Thomas in relation to Crowe that;

• Harlan Crow pays his niece’s tuition without disclosing it
• Activist wife Ginni Thomas receives payments from conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo who has spent billions of dollars over the years to shape the court.
• For years he received trips from the GOP megadonor and developer Harlan Crow, including private jets and superyachts, without revealing the financial disclosures required by federal law.
• Thomas and his family also sold several properties in Savannah, Georgia, to Crow in 2014 without disclosing they were required, ProPublica reports—including the home his mother still owns. (Forbes, May 5, 2023)

Conservative judges, enabled by the silent and passive Chief Justice John Roberts have been allowed to use their own discretion about whether to reveal or hide gifts from political megadonors. There is a federal law that limits the types of gifts allowed to judges. At Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act, requires the online publication of financial disclosure reports from court officials (including the Chief Justice), bankruptcy judges, and magistrate judges. It was signed into law by President Biden in 2022. However, our democracy recklessly elevated Supreme Court Justices to a level that led to arrogance and corruption especially from conservatives.