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Ruth Marcus: ‘Any reasonable person’ hearing SCOTUS ethics claims would say it ‘doesn’t look right’
The Senate Judiciary committee is holding a hearing on considering strengthening ethics rules in the Supreme Court following revelations about Justices receiving all-expenses paid vacations and real estate deals. NBC News Washington Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor and Washington Post Associate Editor and columnist Ruth Marcus join Andrea Mitchell to weigh in. “I think any reasonable person reading the facts of the story involving Justice Thomas and Harlan Crow would stop and say, “Hey, what’s going on here? This just doesn’t look right,’” says Marcus. “We’re just not capable of looking at that without assigning political animus and political motivation. And look, I think that’s true on both sides.”
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Ruth Marcus: ‘Any reasonable person’ hearing SCOTUS ethics claims would say it ‘doesn’t look right’
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@alexisquim4502
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
You focus on Clarence Thomas because that's what is on the piece of paper somebody hands to you puppets.
@mrtrace4968
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
If Thomas had been appointed by a Dem, "Racism!" would be screamed from the rooftops. A pity no one is mentioning Sotomayor's paid trips courtesy of the ACLU, who are constantly before the Court.
@deegreen4790
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
I used to think Texas was a nice state to live But With Abbot and how he runs the State and all the deaths their it has changed my mind?
@deegreen4790
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
After Trump, Republicans look and act more like Gestapo Storm Troop? Then they used to?
@deegreen4790
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
Accountability is not the Supreme Court thing! They should follow rules just like anyone else? If I was wealthy and needed one id love to be able to afford one myself? Alas, I'm not so I will get along without one.
@mdutton7567
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
This from people who installed a demtia victim as our President. Reasonable is a word that should not be in their vocabulary
@charlottesweatt-2585
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
This is just nauseating! Focus on Pinocchio Joe and Hunter Biden for treason, money laundering and human trafficking! What a joke you fools are!
@nuorigin
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
Evidently corruption is part of the moral code of the Republicans now
@ll-hy8qx
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
Their already in russia,special forces, putin not rebuilding, ukrain.get real,only patriots going to jail.Wheres the ring leaders that stirred this poison rally.on January 6th.
@jeanlouie9135
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
He is one ugly man 😢
@9milliondollarman
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor failed to recuse herself from cases involving a book publisher that paid her more than $3 million since 2010.
@williamlouie569
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
After Trump anything Republicans violated is pale in comparison. That's why they will just commit the crimes and laugh!
@doubleseven1078
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
"Passionate about helping at risk youth" – TRANSLATION, the Epstein/Maxwell ring of the 'right". Wait for it, it's there …
@bil8647
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
The honor system doesn't work with most of the SCOTUS, they have no honor as we now all know.
@bil8647
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
Clarence Thomas is so deep in Crow's pocket he's playing pool. 69% (and growing) of the US population have lost faith in the SCOTUS. Ethics code with tangible penalties, term limits, and a whole new bench just might restore faith.
@devon6152
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
They are nominated to the court because it's a money maker. They are there supposedly because they are the best justices we have. Turns out they are votes for higher. If clarence and alito and gorsuch and kavenaugh and Roberts felt what they were doing was just fine, why all the lying when caught? And why did three of them lie to get on the court and there they are liars lying still on the court
@sthomaschannel
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
A corrupt self serving Republican! What's new about it?
@khworker1322
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
Republican appointee. Of course.
@Levelistchampion
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
This "degree of resentment" toward advocates who earn far greater salaries than the justices is BS. Justices earn a phenomenal salary, and earn the prestige that comes with serving on the highest court in the land; they can't eat prestige, but the 300k is nothing to sneeze at. That's the trade off they ageed to when they took the job.
Government employees within my profession have salary disparities even within the government. Some people don't or can't leave Arkansas or Nebraska and accept the lower wages. Some people work for more prestigious agencies in places with higher costs of living, yet pay their dues at a lower salary for a decade or more until a promotion lets them thrive. I didn't choose that route. I chose an agency where I earn twice what some very talented people make in similar ones. I have mixed feelings about this, but that doesn't mean I think those lower earners people are entitled to different ethical standards.
Current rules dictate how many partisan bumper stickers I can have if I happen to use a government-owned garage. It's one sticker, btw. But Clarence Thomas can accept hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts without even disclosing it?!
@glenndrake6172
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
A lawyer who is obviously a crook -who would have ever thought such a thing could happen. Yeah uh huh.
@jacquelynsmith6259
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
There's something wrong with the Supreme Court judges. They need to Dismantle the Supreme Court judges.
@peterblock6964
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
The highest court in the land needs to be held to the highest ethical standards of ANY court in the land.
This fake "Honor System" nonsense must stop and real, legal accountability implemented immediately.
SCOTUS members who have been violating ethics (including justice roberts by his refusal to address the issue) have thoroughly earned the title "Dishonorable."
@roellopez3737
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
Clarence the orange clown will forever be a black stain on the legacy of the supreme court 😂😂.
@vtiger81
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
The United States Supreme Kangaroo Court.
@rebeccavalicoff1581
January 10, 2024 at 2:49 pm
Injust justice supreme court! Gop have cheated so much, they will eventually pay!!! Vote for democracy people! Republican just care about power, and greed!