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 who buying houses and payting tuitions for a justice and their family members, and bringing them on all expense paid vacations, all by someone who is sitting on cases in front of that 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.
These reports are showing it’s not just a couple bad justices, it’s a systemic ethical failure.
She’s abusing her office to make money, to me the distinction is only in degrees of criminality. These justices are acting like they’re above the law because they basically are, which is unacceptable. Judges in general have way too much power.
If a regular federal employee or contractor did something similar they’d lose their job and probably go to prison. A janitor at the FBI is held to a higher standard then supreme court justices are.