re: They’re Going After Justice Clarence Thomas Now (Again)

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said his committee “will act” following the report.

“The highest court in the land shouldn’t have the lowest ethical standards,” Durbin said in a statement. “Today’s Pro Publica report reveals that Justice Thomas has for years accepted luxury travel on private yachts and jets and a litany of other gifts that he failed to disclose. This behavior is simply inconsistent with the ethical standards the American people expect of any public servant, let alone a Justice on the Supreme Court.”

Democrats latched onto the report to raise calls for more scrutiny of the conservative justice.

“This secrecy is toxic and wrong,” tweeted Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), a Senate Judiciary Committee member who is one of the chamber’s top critics of Supreme Court ethics rules.

“The Court should not protect it any longer, and the Judicial Conference should look diligently and with urgency into this mess of front group briefs,” Whitehouse added.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called for Thomas to be impeached.

And Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tweeted, “The American people deserve a federal judiciary that is accountable to the rule of law, not wealthy Republican donors. Today’s news is a stark reminder that judges should be held to the highest ethical standards and free from conflicts of interest.”

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