Clarence Thomas' Luxury Trips Spark Calls for Supreme Court Reform
TL;DR
US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has defended luxury trips taken with a billionaire Republican donor, saying he believed they followed guidelines. A ProPublica report earlier this week said Mr Thomas had accepted vacations from real estate mogul Harlan Crow nearly every year for two decades. Following the report, several Democratic lawmakers called for an investigation into Mr Thomas and for a stricter code of conduct for Supreme Court Justices.
- Supreme Court's Clarence Thomas defends luxury trips BBC
- Justice Thomas accepted trips from GOP donor, report says NBC News
- ProPublica: Justice Thomas' decades long friendship with Republican donor MSNBC
- Editorial: Clarence Thomas's luxury life shows that Congress must tighten conduct code for justices Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Opinion | Clarence Thomas's luxury vacations underscore the need for Supreme Court reform The Washington Post
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