New findings that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas apparently failed to repay at least a 'significant portion' of a $267,230 loan he received from a wealthy benefactor prompted Senate Democrats on Thursday to step up their criticism of the court's lack of an ethics code.
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas poses during a group portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., October 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photoapparently failed to repay at least a "significant portion" of a $267,230 loan he received from a wealthy benefactor prompted Senate Democrats on Thursday to step up their criticism of the court's lack of an
Durbin said the "undisclosed, forgiven" loan demonstrates the need for a binding code of conduct for the court. The committee released its findings on Wednesday, concluding that none of the documents indicated that Thomas "ever made payments to Welters in excess of the annual interest on the loan." The documents showed that Welters forgave the loan in 2008, according to the findings.
The Senate Judiciary Committee in July approved a Democratic-backed bill that would mandate a binding ethics code for the justices. Given Republican opposition, the bill has little chance of becoming law.Unlike other members of the federal judiciary, the life-tenured justices have no binding code of conduct, though they are subject to certain financial disclosure laws.
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