Senate Democrats’ efforts to impose a code of conduct on the Supreme Court and get Chief Justice John Roberts to testify in Congress about Supreme Court ethics policies are fraught with problems, legal experts told The Epoch Times.
Congressional Democrats have responded with anger and indignation to an April 6 article published by ProPublica, a left-wing nonprofit funded in part by the preeminent Democratic Party donor, financier George Soros, through his Foundation to Promote Open Society. Soros has been criticized recently by conservatives for funding the election campaigns of various district attorneys who are soft on crime.
The article stated that GOP donor Harlan Crow has been treating his friend, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to luxurious vacations for years. Thomas said April 7 he was advised he didn’t have to report the trips but said he will follow new reporting requirements imposed on the federal judiciary. Days later, it was reported that Thomas sold his mother’s home to Crow but failed to disclose the transaction, as the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 is said to require. Thomas’ mother, who is reportedly 94, still lives in the home rent-free. Crow said he would like one day to turn the home into a museum to honor the justice, who overcame poverty and a difficult childhood to make a name for himself….