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☆ The Senate Judiciary Committee just asked GOP megadonor Harlan Crow for a list of any gifts he's given to a Supreme Court justice
  + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Harlan Crow on Monday. The letter asks Crow to list any gifts he's given to a Supreme Court justice or their family worth more than $415. The letter follows reporting from ProPublica documenting the many vacations Crow's paid for with Justice Clarence Thomas. The Judiciary Committee sent its letter to Crow a week after it held a hearing on ethics reform for the Supreme Court, which Chief Justice John Roberts declined to attend. "They've done a pretty good job in the last week or two of unfairly slamming me and more importantly than that, unfairly slamming Justice Thomas."
☆ Clarence Thomas: Senate Democrats turn up pressure on justice's billionaire friend by demanding accounting of gifts
  + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Shawna Mizelle Ariane De Vogue | Shawna Mizelle | Ariane De Vogue | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
Washington CNN —Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have asked Harlan Crow, the GOP megadonor and friend of Clarence Thomas whose gifts to the Supreme Court justice have prompted fresh criticism about the ethical standards of the nation’s highest court, for more information about the expenditures. The letters also state that the recent revelations come amid a lack of American confidence in the Supreme Court, pointing to recent polling. Thomas had not financially disclosed the hospitality from or the deal with the Texas billionaire. Democrats have vowed to keep investigating the ethics of the nation’s highest court, and Chief Justice John Roberts declined an invitation to testify at a hearing on Supreme Court ethics. Speaking to CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday, Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin said “everything is on the table” as the panel scrutinizes new ethics concerns around Thomas.
☆ Senate Judiciary chair says ‘everything is on the table’ in response to Clarence Thomas revelations
  + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Aileen Graef | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
Washington CNN —Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin said Sunday that “everything is on the table” as the panel scrutinizes new ethics concerns around Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Crow also purchased several real estate properties, including the home where Thomas’ mother lives, from the Thomas family and paid boarding school tuition for Thomas’ grandnephew, according to ProPublica. But Durbin said Sunday the recent revelations “just embarrasses me” as he called on Chief Justice John Roberts to impose a code of conduct on the court. Roberts previously declined Durbin’s request to voluntarily testify in a hearing on Supreme Court ethics. Feinstein, 89, has been away from the Senate since March as she recovers at home in California from shingles.
☆ 2 Supreme Court justices failed to recuse themselves from cases involving their publisher after receiving exorbitant amounts in book advances and royalties
  + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
On two occasions, the Supreme Court has declined to take on cases involving publishing conglomerate Penguin Random House. There have been two cases that came before the Supreme Court involving publishing conglomerate Penguin Random House. In both situations, the Supreme Court declined to take on the copyright infringement cases, allowing the publisher to win at a lower court level. Conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch was confirmed in 2017 and was also a member of the Supreme Court during the second case. Sotomayor and Gorsuch had both signed major book deals with the publisher before the cases occurred, and both justices declined to recuse themselves from the cases involving Penguin Random House.
☆ Clarence Thomas — who let a GOP megadonor foot bills for him for years — said being a Supreme Court justice 'is not worth doing for what they pay'
  + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
In a 2001 speech, Thomas said serving on the Supreme Court wasn't worth it for the money. "The job is not worth doing for what they pay," Thomas said during a speech in 2001, The New York Post reported at the time. The Post reported Thomas cried during the speech and thanked his lawyer who worked on the custody battle. In 2001, the salary for an associate Supreme Court justice was $178,300, while the chief justice made $186,300. A group of 15 Democratic lawmakers now wants to withhold $10 million from Supreme Court funding until the court adopts a code of ethics, The Hill reported.
☆ The same year Clarence Thomas sent a child to a private boarding school on Harlan Crow's dime, a parent testified that the academy used children for free labor
  + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The school Clarence Thomas sent a child to has been accused of forcing students into hard labor. A ProPublica report found that Harlan Crow footed the school's $6,000-a-month bill for Thomas. Thomas has been accused of judicial misconduct for not reporting gifts he received from Crow. These activities could go on "for as long as 8 hours," the parent wrote. Justice Thomas has been accused of judicial misconduct after a series of reports from ProPublica detailed his acceptance of unreported lavish gifts from Crow.
☆ Top Senate Democrats push for new ethics rules in wake of Clarence Thomas report as Republicans defend justice
  + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Manu Raju | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +5 min
Plus some Democrats on the panel, like Sen. Dick Blumenthal, want to go much further than Durbin in the Thomas probe – exposing divisions within the ranks. “I hope that Chief Justice Roberts reads his story this morning and understands something has to be done,” Durbin told CNN. “The reputation of the Supreme Court is at stake here. “The drip, drip, drip of these destructive disclosures is going to destroy the United States Supreme Court unless there is an effective proper investigation,” he said. “The court is responsible for their own guidelines in that regard,” Romney told CNN.
☆ Peter Thiel says Ron DeSantis would 'make a terrific president'
  + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Peter Thiel says Ron DeSantis would "make a terrific president." "If he's the Republican nominee, I will strongly support him in 2024," Thiel said. "If he's the Republican nominee, I will strongly support him in 2024," Thiel told podcast host Bari Weiss in an episode of the "Honestly" podcast on Wednesday. Robert Bigelow, a UFO-loving Las Vegas hotel mogul, vowed to "go without food" if that was necessary to fund DeSantis' 2024 run. Thiel did not elaborate in the podcast on whether he plans to give money to DeSantis in the 2024 election cycle.
☆ A group of Democratic senators want to withhold $10 million in Supreme Court funding until it adopts a public code of ethics: report
  + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A group of fifteen Democratic senators sent a letter in March asking to withhold $10 million in Supreme Court funding. The senators said the $10 million should be withheld until a public code of ethics is instituted for the court. "Congress has broad authority to compel the Supreme Court to institute these reforms, which would join other requirements already legislatively mandated. At a Supreme Court ethics hearing on Tuesday, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley appeared to take umbrage at the Democratic senators' request, asserting the $10 million that would be cut from the Supreme Court's budget would directly impact their security. She added that cutting funding for the Supreme Court's security simply wasn't on the table.
☆ GOP megadonor Harlan Crow paid for Clarence Thomas to send a child in his custody to a $6,000-a-month private boarding school: ProPublica
  + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sent a child in his custody to a private boarding school. GOP megadonor Harlan Crow paid at least some of the child's $6,000-a-month tuition, per ProPublica. Tuition at the Hidden Lake Academy cost more than $6,000 a month, but ProPublica reported that Thomas did not pay for Martin's education himself. A former administrator at the school, Christopher Grimwood, told ProPublica that Crow covered the costs of Martin's entire education at the school — about a year. If Crow had paid for Martin's education at both schools over a period of four years, he would have spent more than $150,000, ProPublica said.
☆ ProPublica: GOP megadonor paid private school tuition for grandnephew of Justice Clarence Thomas
  + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +6 min
CNN —A Texas billionaire and GOP megadonor paid boarding school tuition for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ grandnephew, and the justice did not report the financial assistance for the child he helped raised on his annual disclosures, according to a new ProPublica report – the latest revelation raising ethical questions around the high court. The ProPublica report on Thursday revealed that the billionaire Harlan Crow paid tuition for Mark Martin, who lived with Thomas’ family as a child and for whom the justice became a legal guardian. ProPublica cited a 2009 bank statement and an interview with a former administrator at the Georgia boarding school Martin attended. The former administrator at the school, Hidden Lake Academy, told ProPublica that Crow paid for Martin’s tuition for the year or so Martin was at the boarding school. The administrator said, according to ProPublica, that he had been told by Crow that Crow also paid for Martin’s tuition at another school, the Randolph-Macon Academy in Virginia, which is Crow’s alma mater.
☆ A law school named after the late Antonin Scalia is a haven for conservative Supreme Court justices to enjoy lavish treatment, New York Times reports
  + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Antonin Scalia Law School at the Virginia-based George Mason University was renamed in 2016. The renaming was part of a plan to help its reputation by getting closer to the Supreme Court. Justices were given notable benefits to teach there, emails obtained by The New York Times reveal. This desire to keep Supreme Court leadership on their roster even superseded scandals the judges faced. The Antonin Scalia Law School and a spokesperson for the Supreme Court did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
☆ The attorney featured in the painting that shows Clarence Thomas at one of the undisclosed vacations just published an article arguing that the Supreme Court justice did not have to report the trips
  + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Earlier this month, ProPublica reported on Justice Clarence Thomas's undisclosed luxury trips. Mark Paoletta, a partner at Schaeer Jaffe and close friend of Thomas, wrote in the right-leaning National Review article published Thursday arguing that Thomas had "acted properly and consistent with the rules" of financial disclosures for Supreme Court Justices. But the attorney is also featured in a painting that was commissioned by Crow and depicts Thomas vacationing at the luxury resort that is central to the renewed scrutiny of Thomas' financial disclosure forms. Sharif Tarabay, the artist of the painting, told ProPublica that the piece depicts a moment at Topridge from about five years ago. But that is immaterial to the conclusion that Justice Thomas had no obligation to disclose these innocuous trips," Paoletta wrote.
☆ GOP megadonor Peter Thiel won't fund candidates in 2024 because he's unhappy with the party's stance on abortion and transgender bathroom use, sources say
  + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Republican megadonor Peter Thiel is not planning to donate to any 2024 GOP candidates. Sources told Reuters that he's unhappy with the GOP's positions on abortions and transgender rights. One source, a Thiel business associate, said that the GOP's positions on abortion and restrictions on which bathrooms transgender students can use in schools contributed to his decision. Thiel contributed more than $25 million to federal-level GOP candidates in 2022, making him the 10th largest donor to either party in the midterm congressional elections, according to Reuters, which cited OpenSecrets data. The news that Thiel does not intend to contribute to GOP candidates in 2024 follows reports that Republican megadonors are souring on Gov.
☆ Sen. Wyden asks billionaire Harlan Crow for list of gifts to Supreme Court Justice Thomas
  + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Monday asked GOP megadonor Harlan Crow for a complete list of gifts to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and evidence that the billionaire real estate developer complied with federal tax law in connection with the long-undisclosed largesse to Thomas. "This unprecedented arrangement between a wealthy benefactor and a Supreme Court justice raises serious concerns related to federal tax and ethics laws," Wyden, who heads the Senate Finance Committee, wrote in a six-page letter to Crow. Thomas had not disclosed any of the gifts from Crow, or the property purchases by him, until they were revealed by ProPublica. "The secrecy surrounding your dealings with Justice Thomas is simply unacceptable," Wyden wrote in his letter to Crow. "The American public deserves a full accounting of the full extent of your largesse towards Justice Thomas, including whether these gifts complied with all relevant federal tax and ethics laws," he wrote.
☆ A Las Vegas hotel mogul who ardently believes in UFOs says he's funneling millions into Ron DeSantis' super PAC: 'I will give him more money and go without food'
  + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
"I will give him more money and go without food," Bigelow told Time. "Trump lost his north," Bigelow told Time. In 2017, Bigelow told CBS that he believes aliens are here on Earth and "right under people's noses." In April, Trump trounced DeSantis in a 2024 primary poll, leading DeSantis 51% to 41% in a head-to-head match-up. Representatives for Bigelow, DeSantis, and the Never Back Down PAC did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment sent outside regular business hours.
☆ Durbin invites Chief Justice John Roberts to testify on Supreme Court ethics before a Senate committee
  + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Lauren Fox Tierney Sneed | Lauren Fox | Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
CNN —Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin has requested that Chief Justice John Roberts or “another Justice whom you designate” appear before his committee next month for a hearing on Supreme Court ethics rules. The hospitality was not disclosed on Thomas’ public financial filings with the Supreme Court, ProPublica said. In his letter, Durbin argued that there is precedent for justices to testify before the committee, citing a hearing in 2011 when then-justices Stephen Breyer and Antonin Scalia appeared for a hearing. These problems were already apparent back in 2011, and the Court’s decade-long failure to address them has contributed to a crisis of public confidence,” Durbin wrote. “The status quo is no longer tenable.”The Supreme Court did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
☆ DeSantis megadonors revolt in private chat, saying if they wanted a MAGA candidate they 'would donate to Donald Trump', report says
  + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Ron DeSantis donors criticized him in a private chat. Rolling Stone obtained screenshots of the group chat between the GOP megadonors. Ron DeSantis donors raged together in a private chat about the Florida governor's presidential prospects. Rolling Stone gained access to screenshots of a group chat between several DeSantis donors, some of whom it said had given large sums to the governor. Other donors wrote that they wanted DeSantis to hit back harder at Trump, with one describing him as a "damn wimp," per Rolling Stone.
☆ Clarence Thomas inspires pizza chain promo deal that made 'every pie on sale, just like' the Supreme Court Justice following report he accepted vacations from GOP donor
  + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
A ProPublica report last week revealed Justice Thomas accepted lavish vacations from a GOP donor. A Washington DC-based pizza chain emailed customers with a reference to Thomas accepting the vacations to promote a sale, Fox reported. The &pizza chain often uses its social media accounts to post memes related to politics and popular culture. "Every pie on sale, Just like Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas," it reportedly read. Two weeks prior to their Thomas-themed sale, &pizza Instagram account published a photo of Donald Trump captioned, "Today's weather forecast: Stormy."
☆ GOP senators defend Clarence Thomas' billionaire benefactor's Nazi memorabilia collection: 'Harlan Crow's a terrific person'
  + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
The GOP megadonor also keeps Nazi artifacts at his Dallas home, where he's hosted fundraisers. In interviews with Insider at the Capitol on Tuesday, several of them defended the Republican megadonor amid broad scrutiny of his taste in historical artifacts. The Texas senator argued that the media is "deliberately" mischaracterizing the nature of Crow's collection in order to tarnish Justice Thomas' reputation. 'He's not a drug dealer or cocaine trafficker'Crow also collects other historical artifacts, including thousands of documents, books, and historical artifacts pertaining to American history. But when asked about Crow's Nazi memorabilia and dictator sculptures, Ernst said she had "no idea" about it.
☆ AOC says there's an easy solution if Clarence Thomas wants a life of luxury: 'Resign from the court'
  + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez weighed in on Justice Clarence Thomas' undisclosed luxury trips. Public servants who want to live a luxury lifestyle "can resign from the court," she said. Thomas reportedly took undisclosed vacations with a GOP megadonor over the past 20 years. And if they want to live that kind of lifestyle, then they can resign from the court. Host Jordan Klepper asked who she thought would write the opinion if conflicting rulings on the abortion pill mifepristone make it to the Supreme Court.
☆ GOP megadonor Harlan Crow isn't charging Clarence Thomas' mother rent. Zillow estimates suggest that would have saved her $155,000 since 2014.
  + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
GOP megadonor Harlan Crow bought SCOTUS justice Clarence Thomas' mother's house in October 2014. Thomas' mother still lives there rent-free, CNN reported. And that deal may have saved her more than $150,000 in rent for the property, according to Zillow estimates. According to Zillow's estimates for what the property would cost to rent, Williams could have saved as much as $154,900 over the years. ProPublica reported that after the sale, renovations equating to thousands of dollars were made to the home, including a repaired roof and a new carport.
☆ One of Florida's wealthiest GOP donors won't finance a DeSantis presidential run because of his book bans, but supports the governor's war with Disney
  + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Hannah Getahun | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Peterffy told the Financial Times he didn't like the governor's stance on abortion or book bans. Peterffy is on board with DeSantis in his battle against Disney, however. Thomas Peterffy told Financial Times that DeSantis' "stance on abortion and book banning" meant that he and "his friends" are no longer planning to give the Republican governor their money. DeSantis signed into law the Stop Woke Act and the Don't Say Gay Act in 2022. DeSantis has not announced a 2024 run for president, but he has continued to tease the possibility.
☆ GOP Megadonor Harlan Crow claims he's the victim of 'a political hit job' after reporting showed he paid for Clarence Thomas' lavish vacations and bought property from him
  + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
GOP megadonor Harlan Crow defended his ties to Justice Clarence Thomas. "I think it's a political hit job," Crow told The Dallas Morning News. "I think it's a political hit job," Crow told Dallas Morning News columnist Cheryl Hall in his largest response to ProPublica's bombshell reports. "I don't think the media cares really much about Harlan Crow, and I think they're right. Engelberg added that the publication reached out to Justice Thomas and Crow with extensive questions about what their reporting uncovered.
☆ Amy Klobuchar, who sits on the Senate judiciary committee, says Clarence Thomas' undisclosed lavish gifts from billionaire GOP donor is 'serious' and callsfor stronger ethics rules
  + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Sarah Al-Arshani | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose ties to a GOP megadonor, ProPublica reported. Klobuchar called for "ethics rules in the Supreme Court that are clear and enforceable." A ProPublica investigation found that Thomas had taken luxurious vacations with Harlan Crow, a billionaire real estate magnate, and GOP megadonor, among other things. Klobuchar on Sunday said there needs to be "ethics rules in the Supreme Court that are clear and enforceable." Every federal judge in the country comes under these ethics rules.
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