interesting. in fact, thomas didn t repor any of the troops propublica identified on his annual financial disclosures. federal judges, includin supreme court justices, they are required under law t disclose certain gifts to ethics law experts told propublica transportation gift like thomas is super yacht cruises fall under tha disclosure requirement it seems pretty obvious. and in a statement, thomas claims he was advised that quote, personal hospitalit from close personal friends wh did not have business before the court was not reportable now, thomas wants you to believe it seems that his trip were just quaint affairs between close friends. but that doesn t appear to b the actual case, when you look at the details, as propublic reports, during just one tri in july 2017, fellow guest included executives at verizon and price waterhouse cooper, major republican donors. propublica also gained acces to this painting, which haynes
handed the every other article three life tenure federal judg has binding statutes, ethi rules, cannons that guide them and the nine justices on the u.s. supreme court take thos rules as advisory. chief justice john roberts likes to say, we consult them, the way you would consult like a menu, or a map so, here we have allowed eac of the justices to enforce the rules as they seek it. none of the justices can sor of do anything to enforce rule against anyone else. the chief justice has no enforcement power. and so, we ve got this staggering statement fro justice thomas, after this whole story blew up, saying, you know, i don t know, when i started at the court, i aske
punitive public servant like thomas would thumb his nose at the law. what impact does the lack of a binding ethics code have on th court s legitimacy i think most of our viewer would be surprised to know tha the court does not operate under the same kind of ethic rules as other federal courts. it is staggering to b handed the every other article three life tenure federal judg has binding statutes, ethi rules, cannons that guide them and the nine justices on the u.s. supreme court take thos rules as advisory. chief justice john roberts likes to say, we consult them, the way you would consult like a menu, or a map so, here we have allowed eac of the justices to enforce the rules as they seek it. none of the justices can sor of do anything to enforce rule against anyone else. the chief justice has no enforcement power. and so, we ve got this staggering statement fro justice thomas, after this
disclosure requirement it seems pretty obvious. and in a statement, thomas claims he was advised that quote, personal hospitalit from close personal friends wh did not have business before the court was not reportable now, thomas wants you to believe it seems that his trip were just quaint affairs between close friends. but that doesn t appear to b the actual case, when you look at the details, as propublic reports, during just one tri in july 2017, fellow guest included executives at verizon and price waterhouse cooper, major republican donors. propublica also gained acces to this painting, which haynes and one of pros luxury resorts it shows thomas and others with a man named leonard leo leo is widely considered the architect behind the right-win takeover of the ruling, in cas you may have forgotten as donald trump s so-calle supreme court whisper, h helped push through th
whole story blew up, saying, you know, i don t know, when i started at the court, i aske some people. and they said it was fine fo me not to disclose and for somebody who purport to be a textualist, right? who purports to be someone who believes that the blame meetin of a statute of a rule is to b read and apply to the idea tha this clearly binding guidanc that says, you cannot borrow someone else s jet, and use it to go on vacation. that s not a close call. the idea that he doesn t nee to look at the words because h just kind of knows because som people told him so, it i absolutely astounding. congresswoman, i want t play for you a clip of thoma from the 2020 documentary abou his life title, created equal, clarence thomas in his own words. and david, who was mentionin this earlier, really, really have to this here this watch. you know, i don t have an problem going to europe, but i prefer the united states and i prefer seeing th