You will note that apart from the recusals due to involvement in prior litigation, Alito has been the justice with the most recusals in the data presented earlier in the thread.
I also think it has been well established that the legislative branch is free to make rules about its conduct, Senate rules, House rules for example. It stands to reason that the Supreme Court is free to set its own rules (absent Constitutional requirements/amendments).
Apologies, I thought my sarcasm came through but it wasn’t obvious enough. I wasn’t intending to make a fake quote!
Oh, no worries, sometimes sarcasm looks too much like truth, and some folks might misinterpret. I was mimicking Janet from The Good Place (Not a girl).
After Thomas finally disclosed the free private jet trips that the media had already discovered, yet more are found that he didn’t disclose
Despite Justice Thomas’s continued refusal to disclose private jet and yacht travel retroactively in his disclosure amendments, the financial disclosure statute (5 U.S.C. 13104(a)(2)(A)) has always clearly stated that only “food, lodging, or entertainment received as personal hospitality of an individual need not be reported.” Gifts of transportation are required to be disclosed by law.
There we go, his RV was a mode of transportation, therefore doesn’t need to be disclosed. And the stays at resorts were transporting him to a happy place, so no disclosure. Paying for his mother’s housing and a child’s schooling were transporting dollars between bank accounts.
All perfectly ethical.
The RV loan forgiveness is a weird category, but I would call loan forgiveness a financial gift.
The private jets obviously needed to be disclosed.
Letting someone stay on your private yacht (or private RV) could probably fall under lodging… that seems like a gray area.
The loan forgiveness and the private jets are not gray areas IMO.
Ginni Thomas is shockingly not a fan of SCOTUS ethics reform.
I, too, like receiving gobs of money.
Intriguing that a group whose purpose is “exclusively” to maintain “religious liberty” is very concerned that SCOTUS may be prevented from acting unethically.
Anybody remember how Biden was going to pack the courts? Couple months left to do that, he better get on it.
And, it is treasonous for anyone to stop your gobs of money from arriving!