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Two new accusations from two different publications, both published Thursday, center around money and gifts Thomas and his family received from outside interests.

This week news broke of more quiet favors and payments to Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginni.

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Tuesday on “Supreme Court Ethics Reform.” The title implies that Supreme Court ethics need reform and that Congress can do the reforming. The hearing failed to make that case.

One year after a leaked draft United Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of abortion set off a political earthquake, states have taken divergent action on abortion policy as advocates on both sides of the abortion debate are calling for additional reforms in American politics and vowing to remain undeterred in their activism.

Plus: Stauber holds event to promote nickel and copper mining.

Democrats in Congress, together with their allies among left-wing groups and in the media, are attempting a hostile takeover of the Supreme Court. Their current tactics demonstrate what “by any means necessary” really means.

A Texas billionaire and GOP megadonor paid boarding school tuition for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas grandnephew, and the justice did not report the financial assistance for the child he

From the editorial: Without legitimacy, (Supreme Court) rulings will lose their force and the republic will drift ever further apart.

Thomas told C-SPAN in a 2007 interview that he and his wife, Ginni Thomas, were raising their grandnephew, Mark Martin, "as a son."

Senate Democrats promised Tuesday to pursue stronger ethics rules for the Supreme Court in the wake of reports that Justice Clarence Thomas participated in luxury vacations and a real estate deal with a top GOP donor. Republicans made clear they strongly oppose the effort.