Did you know? Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people.
Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.
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@ProPublica The Judicial Council has the responsibility under the 1978 Ethics in Government Act to police the ethics of the Supreme Court. In the case of Clarence Thomas' congenital inability to fill out financial disclosure forms correctly, they refused to do their job.
@gmoke No, that's not how the US government is designed. Co-equal branches of government mean that Congress doesn't have authority over the Supreme Court.
So no, it would set up a conflict of interests if Congress tried to impose on the Supreme Court like that through such a council. It's unconstitutional.
