The Supreme Court is facing calls to reform its ethics after controversies involving the justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted millions of dollars' worth of gifts over two decades on the bench, according to a new data analysis.
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justices Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, and Samuel Alito attend Judge Neil Gorsuch's judicial oath ceremony in the Rose Garden at the White House April 10, 2017 in Washington, DC.
Fix the Court identified another 101 "likely gifts" — with a total estimated value of almost $1.8 million —that Thomas received in the form of free trips and lodging from the billionaire businessman Harlan Crow, and at the exclusive Bohemian Grove club.Fix the Court's analysis is largely based on investigative reporting by the media outlet ProPublica over the past year, which has been focused on Thomas and Alito, and which has sparked calls for ethics reform at the Supreme Court.
The late Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who served more than 34 years on the court, received 73 gifts until she retired in early 2006, putting her in second place behind Thomas in total number of gifts.Antonin Scalia, a conservative justice who died in 2016 while still on the court, accepted 67 gifts worth about $210,000 during his tenure, which began in 1986.
"The ethics crisis at the Court won't begin to abate until justices adopt stricter gift acceptance rules," Roth said. The Supreme Court did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment on Fix the Court's findings.from the Republican megadonor Crow without reporting them on his financial disclosures, which ethics experts said he was required to do.
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