“WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is speaking with one voice in response to recent criticism of the justices’ ethical practices: No need to fix what isn’t broken.
“The justices’ response on Tuesday struck some critics and ethics experts as tone deaf at a time of heightened attention on the justices’ travel and private business transactions”
“Charles Geyh, an Indiana University law professor and legal ethics expert, said everything the justices detailed Tuesday evening about ethics was essentially outlined in Chief Justice John Roberts’ annual year-end report from 2011, more than a decade ago.”
“They’re basically saying ... What we’ve been doing is just fine.”
“Thomas has for more than two decades accepted luxury trips nearly every year from Republican megadonor Harlan Crow. Gorsuch sold property which he disclosed the sale but omitted that the property was purchased by a person whose firm frequently has cases before the high court. Roberts’ wife raised ethical concerns that she was paid large sums for placing lawyers at firms that appear before the court.”
“The justices seem to be utterly clueless about the problem they have ... They’re in a bubble apparently. They don’t see what a big problem they have”
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-ethics-clarence-thomas-2f3fbc26a4d8fe45c82269127458fa08
Every Court in the US, from local to Federal, has a defined code of conduct with an authority to monitor complaints except the Supreme Court, they supposedly consider themselves above everyone else. They appear totally unconnected with the people who are effected by their decisions, which explains some of the flat out stupid comments some of them make
They are a separate branch, but they are also part of the Federal Gov’t, and as I noted, the only entity within that Government, and even their own branch, without an enforceable code of ethics
