Federalist Society executive helped fund a media campaign lionizing Clarence Thomas

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That spring, a flurry of opinion articles defending Thomas and railing against the film appeared in news outlets, penned by a D.C. lawyer who had worked in the George H.W. Bush White House during the confirmation. Websites celebrating Thomas’s career — and attacking his onetime accuser — popped up. And on Twitter, a new account using the name “Justice Thomas Fan Account” began serving up flattering commentary.

It was financed with at least $1.8 million from conservative nonprofit groups steered by the judicial activist Leonard Leo, the examination found.

Leo, a longtime executive of the Federalist Society, the influential nonprofit organization for conservative and libertarian lawyers, is well-known for his efforts to push the judiciary to the right.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/07/20/leonard-leo-clarence-thomas-paoletta/

 

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Senate Judiciary panel will consider ethics rules for the Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote Thursday on a new ethics code for the Supreme Court, an attempt to respond to recent revelations about justices’ interactions with wealthy donors and others. Republicans are strongly opposed, arguing the ethics bill could “destroy” the high court.

The committee’s legislation would impose new ethics rules on the court and a process to enforce them, including new standards for transparency around recusals, gifts and potential conflicts of interest. Democrats first pushed the legislation after reports earlier this year that Justice Clarence Thomas participated in luxury vacations and a real estate deal with a top GOP donor — and after Chief Justice John Roberts declined to testify before the committee about the ethics of the court.

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-...rence-thomas-3e34958536ce4fa464b6ff8cc1d71260

 

[Geeko Sportivo]

Biden has made comments that he fears that it would look unfair to add new justices to the Supreme Court as an effort to balance the court.

I understand the position he is in, and I share his concern, and understand the argument it represents to the people.

However, I do not see a problem, of adding a non-Justice position to the Supreme Court entitled Inspector General!

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[BidenPresident]

Biden has made comments that he fears that it would look unfair to add new justices to the Supreme Court as an effort to balance the court.

I understand the position he us in, and I share his concern, and understand the argument it represents to the people.

However, I do not see a problem, of adding a position to the Supreme Court entitled Inspector General!

NEXT!

Having an explicit ethics code with punishment for violation is one way to correct the situation.