A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to establish a way to enforce a new code of conduct. The court adopted its first code of ethics in 2023, but it leaves compliance to each of the nine justices. "This entire investigation was never about 'ethics' but about trying to undermine the Supreme Court," Paoletta said in a statement posted on X. The new ethics code does explicitly require it, and Thomas has since gone back and reported some travel. "The number, value, and extravagance of the gifts accepted by Justice Thomas have no comparison in modern American history," according to the report.

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Persons: Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, Thomas, Harlan Crow, Illinois Sen, Dick Durbin, Crow, Ginni, Mark Paoletta, Trump, Paoletta, Antonin Scalia, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Stephen Breyer, Justice Thomas, Samuel Alito, Alito, Donald Trump, Ginni Thomas, Democrat Joe Biden, Sonia Sotomayor, Biden, Elena Kaganhas, Neil Gorsuch, Gorsuch Organizations: Democratic, New York, Illinois, Crow, Republican, Democrat, Judicial Conference, Chief Locations: Washington , DC, Adirondacks, New, New York City, Alaska, Colorado