“Stepping down is not an admission of guilt but an acknowledgment that holding public office often demands tremendous sacrifices at great personal cost,” said one of New Jersey’s U.S. senators to the one facing federal corruption charges. Sen. Cory Booker on Tuesday called on Sen. Bob Menendez, his fellow New Jersey Democrat in the U.S. […]
“No one is above the law,” the New York Democrat asserted. “For two decades, Justice Thomas failed to report millions in gifts.” A day after several House Democrats urged U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign following fresh reporting on undisclosed luxury vacations he accepted from wealthy Republican donors, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday led a letter calling on the Department of Justice to […]
Thomas has “received benefits—many of them previously unreported—from a broader cohort of wealthy and powerful friends” than was previously known, according to The New York Times. An in-depth New York Times story examining Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas‘ membership in an exclusive club of wealthy and powerful Americans—and the benefits he has reaped from the association—sparked fresh calls […]
“The only thing that can ensure we do not face the same crisis every June for the next 40-some years is Democrats embracing structural reform to the court,” said one advocate. Judicial reform advocates on Friday demanded that President Joe Biden recognize the urgent need for far-reaching reform at the U.S. Supreme Court after he […]