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when he was asked what a code of conduct might look like.

“[It] would look an awful lot like the code that applies to the rest of federal government and other judges, and basically would have timely disclosures of transactions like this purchase of the justice’s mother’s home,” he said, referring to Thomas’s failure to declare the sale to the mega-donor Harlan Crow.

“It would also give standards for recusal so that if there’s going to be conflict before the court and recusal, it’d be explained publicly, and investigations of questions that are raised. It’s the same across the board code of conduct, ethics laws, applied to the court.

“Why this supreme court, these nine justices, believe they are exempt from the basic standards of disclosure, I cannot explain.”

Durbin’s invitation to Roberts did not mention Thomas, referring instead to “a steady stream of revelations regarding justices falling short of the ethical standards expected of other federal judges and, indeed, of public servants generally”.

➧ 54 years ago, a Supreme Court justice was forced to quit for behavior arguably less egregious than Thomas’s. (2023, April 11). The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/11/opinion/clarence-thomas-supreme-court-abe-fortas.html