Posted 12/4/2023, 9:00:00 PM
Supreme Court Ethics Under Scrutiny As Congress Investigates Gifts and Travel
- Senate Judiciary Committee voted to subpoena billionaires Harlan Crow and Robin Arkley over undisclosed gifts and travel given to Justices Thomas and Alito
- Crow, Arkley, and Federalist Society's Leonard Leo are part of a network trying to reshape the Supreme Court in favor of corporations and the wealthy
- Thomas has become the court's main critic of the Chevron doctrine after receiving years of gifts from these benefactors
- Congress has authority to regulate Supreme Court ethics and conduct oversight regarding alleged corrupt influence
- Separate Senate probe reveals Thomas benefactor Anthony Welters loaned over $250k to Thomas to buy a luxury motor coach