{"id":573085,"date":"2023-05-04T23:35:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T20:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/conservatives-criticize-liberal-supreme-court-justices-for-ethics-issues\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T23:35:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T20:35:30","slug":"conservatives-criticize-liberal-supreme-court-justices-for-ethics-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/conservatives-criticize-liberal-supreme-court-justices-for-ethics-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"#Conservatives criticize liberal Supreme Court justices for ethics issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2746ea104f9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2746ea104f9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/conservatives-criticize-liberal-supreme-court-justices-for-ethics-issues\/#More_coverage_of_Supreme_Court_ethics_from_The_Hill\" >More coverage of Supreme Court ethics from The Hill:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Conservatives are criticizing the liberal Supreme Court justices over ethics issues following the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of reports of the ties between Justice Clarence Thomas and a major Republican donor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thomas has been the subject of scrutiny in recent weeks following reporting from ProPublica that Harlan Crow, a real estate developer and billionaire who has donated heavily to conservative causes, has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/clarence-thomas-scotus-undisclosed-luxury-travel-gifts-crow\">paid for luxury trips<\/a> for the justice for years, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-real-estate-scotus\">bought a property<\/a> from Thomas and his family and covered tuition at a private school for Thomas\u2019s great-nephew.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Thomas did not disclose any of these on financial disclosure forms, despite federal law requiring justices and other federal officials to disclose certain gifts they receive. He has said he was advised the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>s did not need to be reported because they would be considered a \u201cpersonal hospitality\u201d exception.<\/p>\n<p>But the reports have led to criticism from Democrats over the lack of disclosures and calls for new ethics rules to be put in place for justices on the court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Congressional Democrats have vowed to pursue new rules for the court, but conservatives have declared their opposition to these efforts and called out what they view as hypocrisy from Democrats who did not denounce gifts and possible conflicts of interests that liberal justices have had.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire, a conservative-leaning <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> outlet, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/liberal-scotus-justice-took-3m-from-book-publisher-didnt-recuse-from-its-cases\">reported Wednesday<\/a> a few instances in which Justice Sonia Sotomayor received money from book publisher Penguin Random House for her book but did not recuse herself from cases involving the publisher.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/sotomayor-gets-12-million-advance-for-memoir\/2011\/05\/27\/AGH8m3CH_story.html\">received $1.2 million<\/a> in 2010 in advance from Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, which is part of Penguin Random House. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/news\/sotomayor-gets-another-1-9-million-memoir-wbna52134465\">Knopf paid her<\/a> an additional $1.9 million in 2012 in advance of her memoir coming out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_coverage_of_Supreme_Court_ethics_from_The_Hill\"><\/span>More coverage of Supreme Court ethics from The Hill:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">The Daily Wire also reported Sotomayor took part in deciding whether the court would hear a case involving Penguin Random House in 2013, Aaron Greenspan v. Random House. The court ultimately decided against hearing the case, but then-Justice Stephen Breyer, who reportedly had also received money from the publisher, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/orders\/courtorders\/041513zor_p86b.pdf\">recused himself<\/a> from the case while Sotomayor did not.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Sotomayor was not the only justice who had a relationship with the publisher and did not recuse themself in a case involving Penguin Random House.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Author Jennie Nicassio requested the court <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/19\/19-560\/120318\/20191025143802046_Petition.pdf\">hear a case<\/a> she had against Penguin Random House and Viacom International in 2019. Penguin Random House also is the publisher of Justice Neil Gorsuch\u2019s book, but only Breyer <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fixthecourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OT19-recusal-report-July-2020.pdf\">recused himself<\/a> when the court <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/search.aspx?filename=\/docket\/docketfiles\/html\/public\/19-560.html\">decided against hearing<\/a> the case in February 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"5649\" height=\"3766\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/f423d5eb8b854299bfec7fdacd5a45e8.jpg?w=900\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3670143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/f423d5eb8b854299bfec7fdacd5a45e8.jpg 5649w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/f423d5eb8b854299bfec7fdacd5a45e8.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/f423d5eb8b854299bfec7fdacd5a45e8.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/f423d5eb8b854299bfec7fdacd5a45e8.jpg?resize=1080,720 1080w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/f423d5eb8b854299bfec7fdacd5a45e8.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/f423d5eb8b854299bfec7fdacd5a45e8.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/f423d5eb8b854299bfec7fdacd5a45e8.jpg?resize=645,430 645w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/f423d5eb8b854299bfec7fdacd5a45e8.jpg?resize=50,33 50w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/f423d5eb8b854299bfec7fdacd5a45e8.jpg?resize=876,584 876w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 876px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Members of the Supreme Court pose for a photo during Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson\u2019s formal investiture ceremony at the Supreme Court in Washington on Sept. 30, 2022. Fred Schilling\/U.S. Supreme Court via AP<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg also received criticism from Mark Paoletta, who served as counsel to former Vice President Mike Pence and is a friend of Thomas, over an award she received in 2010 from the Women\u2019s National Democratic Club, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that holds events and activities <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/democraticwoman.org\/about-us\/\">supporting the Democratic Party<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s Justice Ginsburg accepting award in 2010 from the partisan Woman\u2019s National Democratic Club. I am unaware of any reporting of this at time,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkPaoletta\/status\/1653424705968173056?s=20\">Paoletta tweeted<\/a> with a photo of Ginsburg receiving the organization\u2019s Eleanor Award.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The award was named for former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt and is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/democraticwoman.org\/about-us\/our-story\/\">presented to leaders<\/a> dedicated to \u201chumanitarian principles.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t recall any member of the press at the time or since reporting that Justice Ginsburg was acting \u2018politically\u2019 for accepting an award at this event,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/bench-memos\/on-mark-sterns-smear-of-clarence-thomas\/\">Paoletta wrote<\/a> in an article on the previously undisclosed gift from the organization in January in The National Review.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. 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