Calls for Ethics Probe into Clarence Thomas Highlight Supreme Court's Standards

The unreported luxury gifts from a conservative billionaire to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas over two decades have highlighted the double standard for ethics in government. Ethics watchdogs argue that there is one standard for high-profile and politically connected individuals and another for the almost two million lower-level federal workers. The Department of Justice has shown a real unwillingness to hold top officials in government to the same standard it holds lower-level officials to. The Thomas controversy is coming at a time when the Supreme Court is facing a historic lack of confidence from the American public.