are your sources, this reporting is bananas, you do not have to answer that. but again bananas. let me digress. everything that you looked at, is extraordinary. it is so unethical, so terrible. however, it appears that none of it is illegal. well, i actually think it might be according to the experts we talk to about this. there is a law on the books, the ethics and government act that was passed after watergate, it says that government employees including supreme court justices, have to disclose when they receive most gifts. there are some exceptions. things like, private plane rides, yacht cruises expensive sports tickets if they don t what is the punishment? well, there hasn t been a ton of president for that. we re finding out right now that the enforcement mechanism around this law is a little squishy. there have been people calling
at is extraordinary. it is so unethical, so terrible. however, it appears that none of it is illegal. well, i actually think it might be according to the experts we talk to about this. there is a law on the books, the ethics and government act, that was passed after watergate, it says that government employees including supreme court justices, have to disclose when they receive most gifts. there are some exceptions. things like, private plane rides, yacht cruises, expensive sports tickets if they don t what is the punishment? well, there hasn t been a ton of precedent for that. we re finding out right now that the enforcement mechanism around this law is a little squishy. there have been people calling for someone to actually open an investigation, the judicial
like private plane rides, yacht cruises. the personal hospitality exemption that justice thomas cited in the past as his reason for not disclosing, the experts told us that s really meant to cover, say, a dinner at a friend s house sort of thing. these failures to disclose jet tickets on private planes, sporting event passes in the sky box, all of that is supposed to be disclosed. that s what they say are the violations of the ethics in government. and in your piece you speak with a former federal judge, who called this unprecedented. just how unusual are these types of gifts compared to, let s say, other justices and the things they may or may not have done? yeah, so we have been reporting and we will continue to report on all the justices. we re actively soliciting tips and information about any of the justices. as far as we know now, justice thomas is an extreme outlier in
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