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Tuesday, March 29th, 2022

Cory Booker Says SCOTUS Needs to “Use This Thomas Affair” to Change Its Ethics Rules

Author:     Fernanda Echvarri
Source:     Mother Jones
Publication Date:     27 March 2022
 Link: Cory Booker Says SCOTUS Needs to “Use This Thomas Affair” to Change Its Ethics Rules
Stephan:   Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, a Democrat of course, and I think that is notable, is one of those who give me hope for Congress. His history of integrity is obvious, as is his commitment for fostering wellbeing. And what he is saying here, in my opinion, is exactly what needs to be done. It is absurd that Supreme Court Justices, unlike all other federal judges, should not have ethical standards.
Democratic Senator Cory Booker Credit: The Washington Post

Reactions to a series of text messages from GOP activist and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife Ginni Thomas to former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows about overturning the 2020 election are still pouring from both sides of the aisle. Today, Sen. Cory Booker (D.-N.J.) weighed in and called for a change to the highest court’s ethics rules.

Appearing on Meet the Press Sunday Booker said that he has had “a lot of frustrations” with the US Supreme Court as a whole because “they haven’t taken measures to police themselves.” 

“They need to use this Thomas affair as an opportunity to change their ethics rules,” Booker said. 

To recap the reasons for the scrutiny on Ginni Thomas, I’ll refer to my colleague Noah Kim’s story about how she had repeatedly urged Trump’s top aide to overturn the election by any means necessary. This in itself would not be a problem, except for the fact that as a Supreme Court justice, her husband ruled on cases directly related to that effort.

Here are some sample texts that Ginni Thomas, […]

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