The feud between the U.S. Supreme Court and the legislative branch of government continues to evolve with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., filing an ethics complaint.
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Clearly Thomas should have publicly reported this largess from activists, some of whom had connections to cases before the court. But as it stands, only Thomas can decide what Thomas must report.
From the editorial: If Roberts doesn’t come down from his mountain and show America that he understands that “judicial independence” doesn’t mean utter unaccountability, he risks going down in history as the chief justice who presided over the final collapse of credibility for the Supreme Court.
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