Looks like Federalist Society conservatives are desperate to find anything untoward they can pin on liberal SCOTUS justices after revelations of a bribery scandal with Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch.
Staffers asking college libraries to buy Sotomayer’s books is some weak sauce in comparison.
I agree with you but we should hold ourselves to the same standard.
But how does encouraging schools to buy a book compare to someone buying houses and paying tuitions for a justice and their family members, ferrying them on their private jet, and bringing them on all expense paid vacations, all by someone who is sitting on cases in front of that same justice?
I think the same standard would be if these schools had cases in front of the Supreme Court and then bought a ton of her books.
To be clear, I think this is bad and not a great look - it just doesn’t compare to the more outright corruption of Clarence Thomas. Or Kavanaugh and his baseball tickets.
These reports are showing it’s not just a couple bad justices, it’s a systemic ethical failure.
I figured that out when all of the Supreme Court justices all released that joint statement pushing back on independent over sight, mandatory compliance with ethics rules, and greater transparency because their buddy Clarence Thomas was getting exposed. That really proved that the rot went deep.
